After playing only one game in the past six days, the Grizzlies embark on a busy stretch tonight, traveling to Dallas to fave the division-rival Mavericks for their first of three games in four nights. Tip-off is 7:30 p.m. Chris Herrington has a preview at Beyond the Arc.
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“End the Fed” Rally to be held Saturday
“End the Fed” is a nationwide campaign to abolish the Federal Reserve Bank and the Federal Reserve Act in hopes of creating a more stable U.S. monetary system. A rally will be held Saturday, November 22nd, at noon, at Federal Reserve banks in 39 cities across the U.S., including Memphis. The Memphis bank is located at 200 North Main downtown.
Read the End the Fed’s press release after the jump.
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Young Leaders Encourage Engagement
After bringing Newark, New Jersey, mayor Cory Booker to Memphis to speak, the Leadership Academy felt like it needed a special event to follow the energetic young mayor.
The result was one of the group’s Celebrate What’s Right luncheons, this one with a panel of “young politicos.”
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“Democratic Solidarity Event” Scores Big for Ballot Repair, Inner-City Project
All’s well that ends … well, further ahead than you were before you got behind. Thanks to the organizing efforts of Brad Watkins (left), enough money was raised at a “Democratic Solidarity Event” Tuesday night both to compensate Shelby County Commissioner Steve Mulroy (right) for correcting an error in the party’s sample election ballot and to put some real money into an inner-city outreach project.
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Conrad Takes the Oath as 13th Council Member
Businessman Kemp Conrad was sworn in as the newest member of the Memphis city council in a ceremony Monday in the Hall of Mayors. Conrad, winner of a special election earlier this month, replaces former councilman Scott McCormick, who left to become president of the Plough Foundation.
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Grizzlies Host Milwaukee Bucks Tonight
After a dreadful return home Wednesday night against the New York Knicks, the Grizzlies look to rebound tonight against another middle-of-the-pack Eastern Conference team, the 4-5 Milwaukee Bucks. Tipoff is 7 p.m. at FedExForum. Chris Herrington has a game preview at Beyond the Arc.
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April 24-30, 1997
Although the battle over the riverbluff walk seems to have drawn to a close, Jacqueline Marino explains why the fight may not be over.
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How the GOP in Tennessee Bucked the National Democratic Tide
This is an official portrait, but the puzzled expression on the face of longtime Democratic Speaker of the House Jimmy Naifeh looks appropriately up-to-date. The Republicans just took control of the state House for the first time since Reconstruction. (They already had the Senate.) How’d this happen?
Jackson Baker explains….
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Grizzlies-Knicks at FedExForum Tonight
The Memphis Grizzlies return home from a four-game road trip to host the New York Knicks tonight at FedExForum and rookie guard O.J. Mayo is coming back to town an emerging star. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. and Chris Herrington breaks down the game at Beyond the Arc.