This week (March 16), the Behind the Headlines panel discusses Rick Santorum's win in Mississippi in the GOP Presidential Primary. Plus, Shelby County's redistricting plan winds up in Chancery Court, and Federal Court Judge Samuel Hardy Mays says that there will be no mistrial in the case of two men accused of being hit men for the Craig Petties drug organization.
This week (March 23), the Behind the Headlines panel discusses the Tennessee Attorney General's statement that municipal schools cannot proceed until after Memphis City and Shelby County Schools have merged. Plus, Memphis City Council decides to dip into the reserve fund to cover a projected operating deficit.
This week (March 30), the Behind the Headlines panel questions whether the State Legislature will lift a 14-year-old ban on new municipal school districts. Plus, the Beale Street redevelopment project starts to show some tangible results, and Operation Safe Community is credited for a 24 percent drop in violent crime in Memphis and Shelby County.
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This week (April 6), the Behind the Headlines panel discusses Pinnacle Airlines' bankruptcy petition. Plus, the State Legislature wonders about the constitutionality of municipal school bills.
This week (April 13), the Behind the Headlines panel discusses Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash's job possibility in Charlotte, North Carolina. Plus, the evolution bill becomes law without Governor Haslam's signature, and the fate of the municipal schools bill may lie with a Federal Judge.
This week (April 20), the panel discusses the guns in parking lots bills, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton's request for a 47-cent one-time property tax to cover the cost of court-ordered school funding, and Memphis Police Director Toney Armstrong's first year on the job.
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This week (April 27), the panel discusses discusses the pressure on Tennessee lawmakers to pass the guns in parking lots bills and the arrival of The American Queen. Plus, are airport fares in Memphis causing a drag on economic development?
This week (May 4), Senator Mark Norris talks to Eric Barnes and Jackson Baker about municipal schools, plus some on the Memphis City Council are calling for de-annexation as a way of balancing the city budget. [Watch unaired segments from our interview with Sen. Norris online as our Web Extra]
