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EPISODE · Sep 15, 2026 · 16 MIN

What is going on with the county's elected officials?

from The AM/DM · host The Daily Memphian

When new Shelby County clerk La Sonya Hall got to her office on Sept. 1, she was greeted with 34 crates of unprocessed car title and registration packets. Separately, days into the new Shelby County Commission's four-year term, two commissioners have been formally charged with crimes. A third is under review because of a 2025 Memphis City Council grant her nonprofit received.  Today we're joined by longtime political reporter Bill Dries to talk about all of these strange cases and how they impact the elected officials, the bodies on which they serve and the electorate.  Plus: Regional One has committed to a $1B new hospital with no plan to pay for it Pipkin could go pickleball An interim state rep. calls off his write-in campaign for his late father's seat Mayo Clinic Labs is investing more than $30M and adding 234 jobs in Southaven Three are being investigated after the death of a 6-year-old left on a daycare bus Dutch Bros Coffee could open in Cordova Little Petals is to open in Raleigh

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