Newspapers: The Clarksdale, MS, Press Register is moving to two day a week publication. Mentioned on a national television show, The Colbert Report, the Commercial Appeal apparently wants to make sure all their readers see the piece, too.

Medical Education & Research Institute: They have begun a $10 million capital campaign to fund their mission to teach doctors the latest in surgical techniques and medical device advances.

Previously Posted: More on the push by local cops, legislators and city officials for tougher anti-crime laws.

Memphis Theological Seminary: An interview with its new president, Dr Daniel J. Earheart-Brown, from the Commercial Appeal.

Collierville: A church donated to the City may become a museum, if the money and the contractor can be found.

Men’s Club at St. Augustine Catholic Church: A report on their annual public dinner, the ‘Men Who Cook’.

ARKANSAS: All 100 House members sign on to grocery tax cut as cosponsors. Bill would restrict driving hours and possible passengers of minor drivers.

University of Tennessee: In worrying news for the state system, other states that have pre-paid tuition plans are running out of money to fund those plans, due to the economy.

University of Memphis: The baseball team is using Millington’s USA Stadium as its primary home field, while the campus field is being renovated, which is also a boost to the Millington economy.

MISSISSIPPI: ‘No text messaging while driving’ law passes in the House. Cellular South is expanding its wireless network in the state. Senate votes down a bill allowing public employees to have gastric bypass surgery covered by the State; more from the CA. Another bill in the Senate would prohibit minors from using tanning booths commercially.

Delta Air Lines: The airline may cut more jobs and must cut at least 10% of its international traffic. Despite 1Q problems, they expect a profitable 2Q and 2009. More at the Daily News.

DeSoto County: At a public forum of the State Public Service Commission in Southaven, complaints on high utility rates and lack of broadband Internet access. The Olive Branch Planning Commission won’t rezone to allow a CVS Pharmacy.

Survey Says: Turner Construction Co. reports commercial construction costs dropped 5.77% in the 1Q of 2009. Manpower predicts that hiring will increase in the 2Q in Memphis. Social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn) are now more popular and used than email, according to Nielsen. The Commerce Department says wholesale inventory levels fell for the fifth straight month.

The Med: County Mayor A C Wharton presents his plan for the regional hospital to Mid-South legislators in Washington, and their staffs.

Rock and Soul Museum: The Assisi Foundation has given the museum $50,000 to fund the purchase of exhibition guides.

The Memphis and Shelby County Music Commission: New director, Johnnie Walker, feels she ‘walked into a cyclone’ in taking on the new role.

Overton Square: The Flyer asks When the sale of Overton Square goes through, what happens to the historic buildings along Madison Avenue?

POLITICS: Former County Commissioner Walter Bailey is considering another run for his old seat. The new term limits law, which he opposed, allows it.

Center City Revenue Finance Corp.: They approved two PILOTs, including The Horizon, which contains several major deviations from previous PILOT policies and requirements. The Daily News has more.

TENNESSEE: State figures Shelby County isn’t economically distressed’ and so we won’t see as much Federal stimulus money as hoped / expected. State Senate moves bill banning texting while driving out of committee, toward full vote; more from the Daily News. A House Committee approved a bill banning thumbprinting when purchasing a gun; more in the Daily News. The Legislature approves two resolutions confirming the Governor’s Ethics Commission appointees. And the Senate is taking up several proposals, reshaping the state’s wine laws.

Police Residency: The battle still rages. Circuit Court Judge Arnold Goldin has given attorneys more time to present arguments. More from WMC, Daily News, Commercial Appeal.

Memphis City Schools: Open enrollment has been postponed, because the new plan ran counter to Board of Education policy. MCS was rebuked! Also, the schools’ largest union was angry over insurance policy changes.

BUSINESS: Kroger’s profits were up in the 4Q; more in the Daily News. Hilton Hotels unveiled a new, luxury brand - Denizen Hotels. Numbers for the first two months of 2009 show the local housing market is in very bad shape. Speculation on what might happen with the Memphis employees of Schering - Plough, post merger.

At First Horizon National’s annual meeting next month, shareholders will have a ’say on pay’ vote about executives’ salaries. Their two top executives received a combined $6.8 million in compensation in 2008. A sympathetic report on the same from the CA.

People in Business, from the Daily News, for Wednesday; and People in Business, from the CA.

Stem Cell Research: The Commercial Appeal surveys the reaction of local religious and medical leaders to President Obama’s change of policy.

Dr Randeep Mann: He is now denied bond and being held on Federal weapons charges. More from WREG.

Christ Community Health Center: They are opening a new health center on Winchester Road next month.

The Conservative Zone: He’s back, he’s better and he’s not happy with the state of the nation!

Mediaverse: It always comes back to sex. A kudo to WREG. More on the content-sharing agreement between the state’s seven largest papers.

Rustmeister’s Alehouse: He has a (Second Amendment) dream.

Commercial Appeal: Agreeing with homeless families activist group on need for action in black families. Support for Memphis City Schools’ administration plan for new class schedule for 2009-10 year.

Friends for Our Riverfront: A playground on Mud Island? And the City and the RDC want your input on possible other changes there.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: Is her domestic life so atypical?

BEEB: A tribute to the abandoned snowpeople of Midtown.

A View From the Middle: Links to a few podcasts he’s been involved in.

Buck’s Blog: It was a high-tech weekend, in a way.

what would you ax it: The days seem to dissolve under his feet.

theology & geometry: A reflective pause before Spring arrives.

Steve’s Nude Memphis Blog: A very long essay on white and black, men and women, violence and celebrity, and much more. Likely to be very controversial.

Pretty in Pink Megan: The wedding fun has begun.

55-40 Memphis: Preparing for the economic bottom to hit us in the face.