The public comment period on the first draft of the study that plays a crucial role in whether the city-owned utility stays with the federal agency ends Monday. The Integrated Resource Plan in its final form goes to the MLGW board in August. The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast reviews three critical interviews on the issue on the WKNO series "Behind The Headlines."

Black Lives Matter is a seven-year old movement with an ambitious platform beyond the protests of police abuses it has been most associated with. And in the last month of protests, activists and academics locally have seen reaction to it shift -- a shift explored on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast and a recent Hooks Institute forum.

Sarah Lockridge-Steckel is one of more than 100 nonprofit leaders who issued a call to action and a list of demands to political and business leaders in an open letter this past week. On The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, Lockridge-Steckel talked about the frustrations and movement that prompted the nonprofits to speak up.

Rev. Earle Fisher of Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church and Up The Vote 901 talks about the issues behind the last three weeks of protest in the city over the death of George Floyd.

Bobby White, a native Memphian with experience behind the scenes in local government and politics, talks about what more than a week of daily protests in the city mean for future decisions on how the police do their jobs.

A short podcast this week with updates on several political topics as non-COVID issues began to move back into prominence and an uneasy coexistence with the pandemic.

Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer talks about the county commission’s budget struggle, almost two years in office with a Democratic majority and the politics of face masks.

A geekfest on the new online system coming to take and track permits and other paperwork from development projects across the county. Our guest is planning and development director John Zeanah.

City council budget committee chairman Martavius Jones talks about the city budget season and the effect of the pandemic on city finances.

MICAH director Rev. Ayanna Watkins talks about bail reform, the digital divide and homelessness and the new look its getting with the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic in Shelby County.