The Daily Memphian On the Record

The Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn on the Nov. 5 ballot talks about the statewide campaign and the historic change in the Democratic presidential ticket on The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast.

Tami Sawyer and Lisa Arnold are the candidates in the only countywide race to be decided by Shelby County voters this election year. Arnold is a retired  supervisor in the clerk’s office who began working there part-time as a teenager.

Tami Sawyer and Lisa Arnold are the candidates in the only countywide race to be decided by Shelby County voters this election year. Sawyer is best known as a former county commissioner.

Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery talks in the “On The Record” podcast about more specific plans for a hip hop museum in Memphis.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris breaks down how county commissioners settled amid budget season, including keeping vacant positions on the books and local opposition to the Regional One Health rebuild. 

Shelby County Budget Director Michael Thompson talks about the 2024 budget season in county government on The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast as well as the savings found in vacant county positions.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked on The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast about his $1.6 billion county budget proposal and the change to more local funding for a rebuilding of the Regional One Health campus.

One of the artists working on new stained glass images for Historic Clayborn Temple talks on the “On The Record” podcast about bringing images of the 1968 sanitation workers strike to the frames of the landmark.

County Commissioner Henri Brooks found out two years ago she was adopted through the Tennessee Children’s Home Society - a notorious black market adoption operation. Her lawsuit against the state could open a “floodgate.” Brooks talked about the sudden revelation in The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast series.