Memphis City Council: The Capital Improvement Program budget has a “pay as you go” requirement that means almost $800,000 in cuts.

The Wharton Administration: Mayor A C Wharton presented a ten year plan to end homelessness. He formed a committee to deal with it.

Memphis City Schools: From WREG, student video of the fight at and near Wooddale High School. Police are investigating. A student at Booker T. Washington High School was arrested for bringing a weapon on school grounds.

Consolidation: Discussions of the composition of the new Council/Commission.

Beale Street Music Festival: It began under dry skies before storms forced a closure Friday night. Rain delayed the start Saturday and then a potential tornado forced the evacuation of Tom Lee Park that evening. Two acts are stranded in Nashville and cancel. Sunday, things pick up. More from Fox13.

Plenty of positive press from unofficial sponsors, the Commercial Appeal. Day Two; “shimmy and strut”. And a typically upbeat wrap up of the weekend from the CA.

Eighth District Congressional Race: At a Tea Party candidate’s forum on Thursday, Dr Ron Kirkland talked of his own experience dealing with gays in the military. A more complete report on all the candidates’ comments on DADT. The Kirkland and Smith campaigns, and gay rights groups, have responded on Friday. More from Fox13. Democrat Roy Herron campaigned on jobs in Dyersburg.

David Kernell Found Guilty: Kernell has been found guilty on two of the counts against him: misdemeanor unauthorised computer access and felony obstruction of justice. He was acquitted on one charge. The other was declared mistrial: felony identity theft. The possible sentences he faces.

The Main Street Journal’s archive of early reporting in the case.

City of Memphis: If Lehman Brothers doesn’t raze their 28 acres at Poplar and Cleveland, the City will.

Pro-Immigration Rallies: Overshadowed locally by the storms and flooding, a group of Hispanics from Memphis travelled to Washington DC for Friday’s Hispanic pro-immigration rally. Spanish-language pre-rally story in La Prensa Latina. The Memphis rally appears to have been a bust.

A three-day sweep in the Southeast netted 596 immigrants convicted of crimes who should have been deported.

Financial: Is the high rate of joblessness in Memphis also holding down the number of bankruptcy filings?

University of Tennessee Health Science Center: The State Comptroller recommended a “complete evaluation” of their relationship with UT Medical Group, which will include loan forgiveness. How new dean Dr Timothy Hottel turned around the College of Dentistry.

Politics: The Flyer’s Jackson Baker has a report on Rep. Jimmy Naifeh’s 2010 Coon Supper. Revival of “state’s rights” talk concerns some African-Americans.

A bill passes the House to revoke previous calls for constitutional conventions. A bill to stop municipalities from setting traffic ticket quotas has also passed a Senate committee.

Governor Bredesen will propose a new $1 tax/fee on pet vaccinations.

VOTE! Main Street Journal Sample Ballot: The Main Street Journal offers its endorsements for the May 4 Primary in Shelby County. Whether you agree or disagree, be sure to vote May 4. Your vote counts! Download here. (PDF document)

SNEAK PEEK: May’s Main Street Journal: Editor and publisher Jonathan Lindberg reminds us of our civic duty, On Voting.

School Menus: The school menus for Memphis City schools and Shelby County schools.

Census 2010: TN’s response rate is 74%! DeSoto County’s response rate is the highest in the state of Mississippi.

Shelby County Voting: Secretary of State Tre Hargett says he has no authority to delay Tuesday’s election because of the rain and flooding. After-effects from local rain and flooding will impact Shelby County. Early voting turnout was five percent. The Commercial Appeal releases their background checks on the candidates in the primaries. County Commission candidate Joe Baier steps in it again with a mailer to Mroz-Baier Breast Care Center patients. And, the Commercial Appeal with profiles of the six candidates running for County Commission District 2, Position 3. Eyewitness News has profiles on Sheriff’s candidates Bill Oldham, Dale Lane.

Funding The MED: A British woman who credits them with saving her life is now helping them raise money.

Mississippi: From the Commercial Appeal, Mississippi Outdoors — the hunting, fishing and wildife news.

Aerotropolis: A study to be conducted by a Chicago firm will examine the “real estate market/feasibility … of the commercial corridors”.

Arkansas: The State’s Congressional delegation says they are bringing $2 million in traffic safety funding. An ousted Pulaski County judge, Willard Proctor Jr, cannot be re-elected to his former seat. The St Francis Levee District official calls FEMA’s call for landowners to purchase insurance “a scam”.

West Tennessee Storm Damage: Amazing video of the collapse of the Steam Mill Ferry Road bridge. Many school closings in/around Jackson. Photos from Jackson flood damage. Jackson Sun on flooding, also tornado in Pocohontas and “deep water” in South Jackson. Numerous photos of waterfalls, washouts, flooding and sinkholes around Jackson, TN.

Tipton County report from the Covington Leader. (Free registration required) Unconfirmed reports that Trenton is flooded and inaccessible. “Extensive damage” in Hardeman and McNairy Counties. The town square in Lebanon. Highway 641 at the Benton and Henry County line is closed. Pictures and reports from Clarksville. Wind damage in Oakland.

Local Media: Beginning today, Ben Ferguson will be replacing Thaddeus Matthews from 4 to 7PM on KWAM/AM990. More from the Commercial Appeal.

Business: A new player in the cotton market is moving into Memphis — Anderson Clayton Corporation. Also coming to Memphis, Argent Financial Group, from Louisiana. Resolute Games is now Resolute Interactive.

A business profile of Mr. Appliance, from the Daily News.

From the Daily News, Today’s Events for Monday. And from the Commercial Appeal, What to Do for Saturday, Sunday; People in Business for Sunday; and, What to Do This Week Sunday and Monday.

Valero: The company says last week’s refinery fire won’t disrupt fuel supplies.

Collierville: The Prairie Life Fitness Center was suddenly shut down on Friday.

Rhodes College: A $1.4 million renovation permit has been filed.

DeSoto County: There will be an open public meeting by the Memphis Metropolitan Planning Organization to discuss the Imagine 2035 planning initiative. A Federal grant in the First Congressional District means support for fire department infrastructure. County officials are hopeful they’re on track for Federal road funds. The County’s air is the state’s most polluted. Some folks hope the Southaven Springfest will have more than just country music on stage.

Survey Says: Chief Executive magazine rates TN third in the country for business.

Bartlett: Shelby County DA Bill Gibbons says there’s no grounds to prosecute the Bartlett cop who shot Malcolm Shaw.

Tennessee: Governor Phil Bredesen released the Multi-modal Work Program for 2010-2013, listing transportation and highway projects and programs. The State Court of Appeals will rule on the release of TNInvestco information. It turns out, the “Race to the Top” education reform funds will cost some school systems money. Governor Bredesen expects a non-profit will run the State implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

Governor’s Race: Is Republican Ron Ramsey attacking the governor over the budget as a way of getting free media? A report from Thursday’s gubernatorial forum in Murphreesboro; another report. Republican Ron Ramsey is dodging questions about his vote against the “hospital assessment” fee. Tom Humphrey of the Knoxville News-Sentinel with his gubernatorial notebook.

Previously Posted: More on the Mid-South Angel Network, a partnership of Innova Memphis and the Memphis Bioworks Foundation. More on Morgan Keegan’s administrative hearing.

Capture Memphis: The second photography contest will let people vote on their favorite Memphis photographs.

Doug Johnson at Work: Some personally informed thoughts on CNN and the news.

Fertile Ground: A visit to Whitton Farms.

Former Mean Girl Seeks Same: She gives Wendi Thomas her “On The High Horse” award.

moremittenz: A couple of hundred dollars in yardwork gone.

North Mississippi Commentor: Reaction to an Alan Nunnelee campaign ad. Is this a portent of “looming disaster” for MS fisheries? Part one and part two.

Bring me penguin dust: Stumbling into the public, yet very personal, space of strangers.

at home she feels like a tourist: The transformation of higher education under financial pressures.

Air Traffic Mike’s: Perhaps they should just call it “Maybe in May”?

Midtown Stomp: A blustery Friday, the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and a couple of fine wines.

Memphis Outsider: Friday night in Memphis.

Listwork: Elizabeth list her 25 favorite books, in no particular order.

I Love Memphis: The Breakfast Brackets are down to their Final Four!

Gilmour Girl Goes Memphis: A trip to a Tupelo triathlon gets derailed, and then some, by Mother Nature.

VVixen: Her elderly mother is injured and she shares her experience with the health care system.

Persian Pit Bull: Five weeks of asthma problems.

Tennessean: Problems, real and potential, with Arizona’s new immigration law. Republican attacks on the Attorney General’s office are political.

Commercial Appeal: The new “gun carry in restaurants/bars” bills are “irresponsible”. Coming down on the side of civil servants. Gulf of Mexico oil rig accident should steer us to energy alternatives. A reminder to vote Tuesday and some suggestions on who to vote for.

Mark A. Skoda: The local Memphis TEA Party founder says their leaderless, principle-based model is their strength. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Bartholomew Sullivan: His response to Skoda’s column is mischaracterisation since-debunked Democratic talking points. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Otis L. Sanford: He supports the FBI investigation in the shooting of Malcolm Shaw. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Chris Peck: It’s possible to see this editorial as a veiled message to the workers about to vote on the Newspaper Guild contract. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Wendi C. Thomas: While her paper makes money from strip clubs, she decries the music programming of Dr George Flinn’s radio station. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Tom Pease: The recession may be turning a corner, but many challenges remain. (via the )