Commission approved resolution 7-0 calling on Gov. Bill Lee to rescind his executive order that allows parents of some students to opt out of school mask mandates.
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- At the opening of Memphis Sports and Events Center at Liberty Park. This is half of the building across Early Maxwell from the Coliseum.
00:00 - Shelby County Health Dept director Dr. Michelle Taylor says she will change the county health directive today to call for a universal mask mandate in Shelby County. She says this at Shelby County Commission committees.
- New paint in an old alley of a timeless city by an eternal river waiting for what’s left of a hurricane.
- This appears to be a Shelby County record for first day of early voting since 1996, the first presidential election with early voting in Tennessee. Early voting continues Thursday and thru Oct. 29. Oct. 27 is deadline to request absentee and Nov. 3 is election day. DEMOCRACYThe final unofficial turnout number for day one of the early voting period is 26,839. Highest one day early voter turnout for presidential general election cycle since 2008. The number then was 26,887 on the last day of early voting. Wednesday's total was 48 short of that.
- Republican state Rep John Gillespie of Memphis says he will vote against the open constitutional gun carry bill. Says he will vote no because local law enforcement is against and because it includes no training provision.
- The final unofficial turnout number for day one of the early voting period is 26,839. Highest one day early voter turnout for presidential general election cycle since 2008. The number then was 26,887 on the last day of early voting. Wednesday's total was 48 short of that.
- Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris, as expected, orders weekly COVID testing for county employees who have not been vaccinated.
- Looks like one arrest at the Whitehaven Y opening this morning and a heckler who called Gov Bill Lee “a liar and a fascist” was ejected from the event. Both incidents protesting drag show ban bills in Legislature.
