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On The Record is the interviews that become Daily Memphian stories by Bill Dries. Read the stories and listen to the interviews for a combination that gives you a fuller context of the stories and issues that are essential Memphis.

  1. 08/13/2024

    S6E12: Democratic Senate nominee Gloria Johnson

    The Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn on the Nov. 5 ballot talks about the statewide campaign and the historic change in the Democratic presidential ticket on The Daily Memphian's "On The Record" podcast.

    S6E12: Democratic Senate nominee Gloria Johnson

  2. 07/08/2024

    S6E11: Lisa Arnold - The race for General Sessions Court Clerk and why it is important

    Tami Sawyer and Lisa Arnold are the candidates in the only countywide race to be decided by Shelby County voters this election year. Arnold is a retired  supervisor in the clerk's office who began working there part-time as a teenager.

    S6E11: Lisa Arnold - The race for General Sessions Court Clerk and why it is important

  3. 07/08/2024

    S6E10: Tami Sawyer - The race for General Sessions Court Clerk and why it is important

    Tami Sawyer and Lisa Arnold are the candidates in the only countywide race to be decided by Shelby County voters this election year. Sawyer is best known as a former county commissioner.

    S6E10: Tami Sawyer - The race for General Sessions Court Clerk and why it is important

  4. 07/03/2024

    S6E9: Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery on hip-hop museum

    Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery talks in the "On The Record" podcast about more specific plans for a hip hop museum in Memphis.

    S6E9: Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery on hip-hop museum

  5. 06/19/2024

    S6E8: Mayor Harris talks about the compromises of county budget season

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris breaks down how county commissioners settled amid budget season, including keeping vacant positions on the books and local opposition to the Regional One Health rebuild.

    S6E8: Mayor Harris talks about the compromises of county budget season

  6. 06/11/2024

    S6E7: Countywide voter registration numbers up as early voting approaches for August election

    Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips talks on the "On The Record" podcast about the upcoming August elections and voter turnout. Meanwhile, the latest election commission count shows 593,121 voters countywide as of May - an increase of approximately 10,000 voters from two years ago.

    S6E7: Countywide voter registration numbers up as early voting approaches for August election

  7. 05/28/2024

    S6E6: Explaining the two major features of the Shelby County budget proposal

    Shelby County Budget Director Michael Thompson talks about the 2024 budget season in county government on The Daily Memphian's "On The Record" podcast as well as the savings found in vacant county positions.

    S6E6: Explaining the two major features of the Shelby County budget proposal

  8. 05/02/2024

    S6E5: County budget proposal ups county's share of Regional One Health campus rebuild

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked on The Daily Memphian's "On The Record" podcast about his $1.6 billion county budget proposal and the change to more local funding for a rebuilding of the Regional One Health campus.

    S6E5: County budget proposal ups county's share of Regional One Health campus rebuild
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