Reappraisals: Some are shocked at their new valuations.

School Menus: Memphis City schools here and Shelby County schools here.

National Civil Rights Museum: Two firms have been chosen to make presentations to the public on March 17, for renovations to the Museum.

Northwest Airlines: A passenger with tuberculosis sets off a search for nearby passengers.

BUSINESS: Small Hispanic businesses are finding customers and being found thanks to a new website. International Paper refinanced over $600 million in loans, extending to 2012; more in the Daily News. Several Memphis businesses have secured Federal contracts recently. Clothing designer Fred Spikner turns distinctive signature into a brand. Harrah’s 4Q earning fell 14%. The closing of two Memphis S&K Menswear stores is being managed by Hilco.

Money for more than 100 apprentice-training positions has been awarded to the Memphis Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee.

More and more banks are questioning their acceptance of, and even returning, Federal TARP funds. Chicago-based commercial capital firm Mone’t is opening a Memphis office.

Done Deals deals, from the CA, from Sunday. And People in Business for Saturday, Sunday and Monday. From the Business Journal, more People in Business.

A business profile of Blann Martial Arts in Southaven, MS, and the architectural design firm AERC in Hernando.

TENNESSEE: Work discrimination claims are rising; more from WMC. E-filing of tax returns in state is up 20% this year.

Habitat for Humanity: They are searching for ‘green’ certification with six homes in Binghamton, via Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.

University of Tennessee Health Science Center: The campaign to raise funds for the budget-strapped school continues.

Redbirds: The team is having trouble making bond payments on AutoZone Park. Attendance is still declining and the charities the team supports are seeing donation cuts.

Survey Says: The National Alliance for the Mental Illness rates downgraded Mid-South states on treating the mentally ill. A child-care advocacy group rates TN the third in the nation in child care quality. According to the American Religious Identification Survey , more Memphians are not self-identifying as religious.

First Tennessee Foundation: They award grants totalling $100,000 to twelve Memphis arts groups.

Stanford Financial Group: Some stories of people who lost money with the company. Judge frees up $4.1 billion, which could help investors. A series of meetings in Miami are at the center of the case against Stanford.

Previously Posted: More on the ‘living wage’ cap passed in the State Senate. Trash hasn’t been picked up in Turrell, AR, for weeks; this is the town that ‘closed’ a couple of weeks ago.

ARKANSAS: Legislators expect a lottery bill to pass the Legislature this week and be on the Governor’s desk by next.

Memphis Crime: The ZIP codes with the most burglaries for February.

Memphis Zoo: A python digests a pig for the public and another story on animals at the Zoo, this time mini-cows.

POLITICS: State House staffer pleads no contest over creating fake website; more from the Daily News. Most Legislators remain undecided on proposed wine sales law; more from the CA. Despite the concealed handgun carry database, many more State databases are still not publicly available online.

Memphis City Council: They are studying an ordinance to require spay and neuter for all cats and dogs kept in city limits.

Shelby County Schools: Thanks to a last-minute entry, there are now four candidates for County Superintendent.

Mississippi River: The City is attempting to fight two problems making the river filthy: foam and trash.

MISSISSIPPI: New DUI bill temporarily causes confusion. State ranks last in making public records available online. A pair of child safety bills are headed to Governor Haley Barbour for signing. Also, Mississippi Outdoors, on hunting and fishing and wildlife, from the Commercial Appeal.

Commercial Appeal They have a new database to peruse! Check how your reappraisal stacks up with your neighborhood, or you can go directly to the Shelby County Property Assessor’s Office search page. In a related story, ad revenue for most media — except two categories — was down last year.

Collierville: Board of Mayor and Aldermen prepares for next budget year by studying possible layoffs. This year’s fireworks show will go on as usual.

Millington: One car dealership changes and another may be closing. City’s budget problems appear to have been shaved into manageability.

DeSoto County: New Horn Lake animal shelter on track to open in July. Senior Center seeing smaller and smaller attendance. DeSoto and other MS counties aren’t spending bridge repair money fast enough, and may lost $9 million. The Southaven race for Alderman is heating up. A vacant warehouse in Horn Lake has the Mayor, Nat Baker, asking the County Board of Supervisors for a better deal and a piece of the pie.

Running With Dice: A bit of his role-playing game history; some role-playing geekery; and then, some serious geekery. He asks for some help with using his camera.

Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease: Cat blogging with photos! She adopts Cloud and he explores the new home; the other cats adjust; and they start to work out status; things start to settle down. And then a visit to the St Louis Arch, with valium chaser.

Thaddeus Matthews: He continues to point out that SCDP chair candidate Van Turner has union-busting ties.

Steve Mulroy: Arguments in favor of the living wage.

Otis Sanford: Two bills in the Legislature are polar opposites — one is good for you and the other is good for no one.

Zach Bair: A surprise ’spare tire’ leads to awareness of good and bad fats.

Wendi Thomas: Hard work and a generous community makes a trip to London possible for the Memphis Youth Performing Arts Company.

Vegan Crunk: Smoothies, salads and vegan Easter.

vibinc: Thoughts on social media, transparency, dissent and top down/bottom up talking. Also, he has two posts addressing Left Wing Cracker on the SCDP chairmanship race, here and here.

Mediaverse: Thoughts on the CA’s reporting of furniture buying by the City.

Weeden Arts Watch: Help document the city’s various murals!

Smart City Memphis: Criticising Shelby School board chair David Pickler and new blood in the County Commission is leading to new action regarding single-source school funding.

Notes From Memphis: Is a small SUV a small car for purposes of parking? And, some photos of various construction projects downtown.

memphis.cool.movies: Jon has a list of various stage and musical productions now auditioning!

Commercial Appeal: Faulty suburban crime numbers, but we still have a metro crime problem. In a tight budget time, spending must be watched. Keep the Tennessee Plan. Is it hypocritical to vote against a Federal bill yet take the benefits from it? Qualified praise for performance / merit bonuses for MCS teachers.

Richard Locker: Voters simply don’t know enough about judges to change from the Tennessee Plan.

David Fowler: State’s contitution is clear: voters are the ones to elect judges.

Buck Lewis: Merit selection by panels is superior to direct election of judges.

MAKE IT HAPPEN: Danni travelled to Little Rock for the half-marathon. A pre-race report and then a report on the run itself.

Left Wing Cracker: Scorned and derided for giving a forum to critics of one candidate for SCDP Chair. Then, a call for strong SCDP leadership … from anyone.

Complacencies of the Peignoir: Conversation with a sad memory from the past and people watching at Starbuck’s.