A new wheel tax proposal, a revenue hole from COVID-19 and a review of the city budget proposal.

We talk with Deborah Fisher of the Tennessee Coalition for Open Government about the prospect of an Election Commission vote on new voting machines without the public being able to see and comment on the bids for the contract.

Shelby County election commissioners Brent Taylor and Bennie Smith talk about the complex path to making a decision on new voting machines that would keep the price and other details of the contract bids secret until the Election Commission seals the deal.

Shelby County Schools board member Kevin Woods talks about his decision to run for re-election and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public education.

More votes for Trump and Biden and Sanders, the April 2nd filing deadline, no COVID testing numbers and who we are after the unemployment spike.

A summary of items from how the city is moving away from the science and medical developments around the COVID-19 pandemic

Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips says new voting machines are still a possibility for the August elections. Phillips also talks about the debate between hand-marked paper ballots and a paper audit trail using touchscreen machines that appear to be the two most likely options.

Shelby County Democratic Party chair Michael Harris and vice chair Sarah Beth Larson on the what Super Tuesday says about Democrats locally and counter the idea that Shelby County could be going from blue to purple.

As the Tennessee presidential primary nears we talk with Rhodes College Political Science professor Michael Nelson about his new book on Bill Clinton’s two campaigns and two terms as President and the view from the Trump era.

Shelby County Republican Party chairman Chris Tutor on Trump, who the Democrats are likely to nominate and why Shelby County is purple, not blue.