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— The Memphis City Council will reconvene this afternoon to resume a contentious meeting cut short Tuesday.

— Many Memphians saw a higher-than-usual MLGW bill in September, prompting some to complain that the utility was raising prices.

— Former Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. has been sentenced to two years in federal prison stemming from his guilty plea to tax evasion charges.

— The parents of Nolan Wells want federal investigators to review their son's death, citing lingering questions after a grand jury report resulted in no criminal indictments.

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— In the face of growing community anger over local data center expansion, the Memphis City Council voted 7 to 5 on Tuesday to delay a final vote on a proposed data center moratorium. Protests erupted and police were called in to clear the chambers.

— Christa Pike, the woman who survived Tennessee Department of Correction’s attempt to kill her with lethal injection, has regained consciousness and is able to speak.

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— Republican US Senator Marsha Blackburn, frontrunner to replace Gov. Bill Lee, has refused to debate her opponents in the governor’s race. So Democrat Jerri Green has started hosting debates against an empty podium.

— John Doyle, former head of the Memphis Rock and Soul Museum, will return to Memphis in May International Festival as the Vice President of Programming.

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— The man who created Tennessee’s lethal injection protocols, Frank Strada, is stepping down at the Department of Correction after a second failed execution this year.

— Today is the last day to register to vote ahead of the November 3 election.

— Voting rights advocates, community organizations, and residents packed Mississippi’s state capitol last week for a final hearing on a possible mid-decade congressional redistricting.

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— US Senator and Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Marsha Blackburn is suing former Special Counsel Jack Smith over his subpoenas for her phone records while his office was investigating her involvement in the Jan. 6 capitol insurrection.

— In the wake of Wednesday’s botched execution of Christa Gail Pike, politicians have been weighing in on lethal injection in Tennessee.

— FedEx has made a major deal to buy more than 2,000 electric trucks from California-based automotive manufacturer Garden Grove.

— FedEx stockholders voted down a proposal to conduct a risk assessment of shipping drugs that are used to induce abortions.

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— The state of Tennessee failed to execute convicted murderer Christa Gail Pike Wednesday evening, after witnesses reported that her lethal injection was not lethal.

— Four DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies have been cleared of wrongdoing in a fatal shooting.

— The former IKEA property in Cordova has been purchased by a yet-undisclosed retail company.

— In greater numbers, rural Americans are pushing back against the rise of data centers.

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— Shelby County’s new Assessor of Property says the number of vacant office buildings in Downtown Memphis are creating problems for future government budgets.

— A Texas company has filed a nearly $2 million lien against SpaceXAI.

— Christian Brothers University is switching its membership from the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

— A group of local entrepreneurs is transforming a historic building just across the Bartlett and Lakeland city lines into a restaurant called the Brunswick Rail Yard.

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— A federal appeals court has struck down part of a Tennessee anti-abortion law that made it a crime to counsel someone under age 18 about abortion access, even if the abortion would happen in another state where it is legal.

— In rural Tennessee, health leaders say residents are being squeezed by rising care costs and limited access to services.

— A nonprofit funded by the City of Memphis has fired its CEO, Michael O. Harris, over an alleged use of a company credit card for personal expenses.

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— A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton’s estate a temporary restraining order last week against the late singer’s nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.

— SpaceXAI is offering to buy the homes of some Southaven residents who pledge not to join a class-action lawsuit over its power plant noise.

— After a grand jury ruled out homicide in the death of Nolan Wells off the coast of Mississippi, attorneys for Wells’ family are releasing investigation findings, including information from his cell phone.

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— A federal class action lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of residents affected by noise generated by SpaceXAI’s power plant and data centers in South Memphis and Southaven.

— After two years, the battle over the East Memphis liquor store, The Station, is settled.

— Bartlett has broken ground on the new Altruria Elementary — just behind the old Altruria School.

— The midterms are fast approaching, and civil rights groups say voter rights are under attack nationwide and in Tennessee.

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