Getting MATA on track

The Memphis Area Transit Authority has struggled in recent years, with funding, misallocated resources, bad bus schedules and questionable spending. Now, the beleaguered public transportation agency is headed by an operations trustee, Rodrick Holmes, who used to MATA's general counsel.  Mary Cashiola is joined today by enterprise reporter Samuel Hardiman, who recently got an inside look at the MATA trolley barn and information about the future of the transit authority. Plus: Memphis musicians were recognized by the Tennessee Legislature Michael Drake is the new CEO of Christ Community Health Memphis continues to see a drop in crime in 2026 Two buildings could fill out Germantown's medical corridor