Memphis Morning News
Memphis Morning News, weekdays from 6-9 on Newstalk 989. Ditch and Jeff talk with people important in shaping news and politics in The Mid-South and the country.
Episodes
@UofMpastpres Dr. David Rudd on Memphis Morning News talking about the athletic department, the position of the university in NIL and realignment and the mayors proposal to raise property taxes in Memphis.
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Heard exclusively on Memphis Morning News, Comptroller to The Treasury of Tennessee, Jason Mumpower said that Shelby County Clerk is not capable of doing the job she was elected to do." Listen to Mumpower's comments about his team's visit to Memphis and what they found. Also what he thinks the solution is.
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State Senator Brent Taylor has presented 45 bills this session and he has won big for Memphis with SB2572 that says - Local city councils and commissions cannot enact referendums that restrict police from doing their job.
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Founder of Polaris National Security and former spokeswoman for the Department of State, Morgan Ortagus spoke to Ditch and Tim on Memphis Morning News about American hostages held by Hamas, Biden's SOTU address and in the devesting of TikTok from the CCP.
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Memphis Catholic Diocese, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Deacon Bill Pettit tells the story of one of the incredible relics of the 12 apostles. The Apostle of the Impossible Tour will make a stop in Memphis featuring a relic that includes bone of the right arm of Judas Thaddeus, also known as St. Jude. His arm was around the shoulders of Jesus. St. Jude's Arm will be on display at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception...
Senator Bill Hagerty -"...what they're doing, is they're destroying our nation."
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Danielle Dallas Roosa heard on Memphis Morning News, explains the math behind the reason for Leap Day. Her grandfather, Astronaut Stewart Roosa on Apollo 14 mission put her close to the NASA program when she was young. She interned at NASA and now is creator of the Back To Space entertainment company.
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Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn on Memphis Morning News, said that President Joe Biden has paroled more people in the United States than any other President ever. You would have to add up all of the people paroled from the 70's through Trump to get to the numbers that Biden has paroled in just 3 years.
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The mystery of Sassy The Sasquatch. It is reported that Jennifer Jordan's yard sasquatch, known in the neighborhood as "Sassy" was stolen at approximately 7am on February 26th. Coach Jordan spoke to Memphis Morning News about Sassy's history in the neighborhood and what is believed to be a description of the truck that was seen in the the Cooper-Young neighborhood the morning Sassy was taken.
Gary Humble of Tennessee Stands speaks about HB1183 and SB0503 regarding funding for school choice.
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"Scam School Professor" from the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South reminds you that there's two sides to every story. Ditch tells the story of a tow truck company that answered his complaint from the BBB's website and what you should know from his experience.
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Mario Hendrix is a Bridge Builder at Bridges USA and speaks about the life changing experiences for him and young people at Bridges in Memphis.
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Parents of students have been waiting for important information as they prepare to declare where their kids are going to go to college. FAFSA , The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is a form completed by current and prospective college students in the United States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid and the federal rollout of the 2023 - 2024 year has been delayed multiple times by the Department of Ed...
Tennessee District 94 representative Ron Gant says caption bill HB2845 is not just about baring the sale of cold beer at retail outlets. It opens the discussion of looking at ways to stop people from drinking and driving.
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Sarah Parshall Perry is a Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation and author. Sarah provided her insight to how the justices might decide in the Trump v. Anderson case argued before them yesterday in which Trump's lawyer, Jonathan Mitchel agued that section 3 doesn't necessarily apply to presidents.
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Tennessee Senator Brent Taylor called to update us on the letter he sent to TBI asking for an investigation into the decision by MPD not to arrest the activists who organized the I40 bridge shutdown with their pro Palestine / cease fire demonstration. For hours hundreds of cars and trucks were stuck with no way to get to Memphis area hospitals and distribution centers because of the demonstration and the work being done on the I55 ...
Tennessee Senator Bill Hagerty on Memphis Morning News details the plan for those being allowed to cross our borders. They're backfilling for electoral votes. The Electoral College is based on people and that's why the sanctuary cities are located where they are. It's that simple.
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The search for Amelia Earhart's airplane takes and intriguing twist. Plus the 18 year old who joked in a snapchat message about blowing up the airplane will not have to pay the $120,000 it cost to scramble fighter jet.
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Following last Friday's Shelby County Commission's budget retreat, Mick Wright spoke on Memphis Morning News about the interruption of the budgeting process because Shelby County Clerk, Wanda Halbert is not submitting collection reports for final reconciliation. "She simply will not do her job- will not give us the reports we need"
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Allan The Food Dude delivered some delicious treat today - Chili Boats with mashed potatoes, chili and cheese.
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