Non-Profits: Hundreds of thousands of non-profit agencies across the county, including many in the Mid-South, face losing their non-profit status thanks to a new IRS deadline many are unaware of!

Shelby County Commission: Members revisit a debate on starting from scratch on a new emergency operations center at Shelby Farms.

Downtown: The Center City Development Corporation has four real estate incentives to consider awarding at today’s meeting. After years of neglect, $70 million in Federal funds will be spent in the Pinch District and on the Pyramid; more from WMC.

County Commissioner Mike Ritz Amends Complaint: Read his request to the Federal government to amend his Civil Rights complaint against Governor Bredesen and the State governement over funding The MED. His letter. (PDF document) The ruckus he’s stirred up in Nashville. A report from Nashville on the talks to get more MED funding. More stories from Eyewitness News and the Commercial Appeal.

Arkansas: Results from Tuesday’s primaries and elections. A report from the Commercial Appeal. Smaller reports on the races for lieutenant governor and secretary of state, from WREG. More than $10 million is coming to the State to preserve and maintain wetlands. Local police are helping curb fighting at West Memphis High School but some parents worry they’re going too far.

Flooding & Recovery: An enormous sinkhole appeared Tuesday morning in the eastbound lanes of I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga! Local and State politicians have “coalesced” in the Millington recovery effort. State Senator Roy Herron wants currently-exempted “high hazard” dams to receive a safety inspection. It’s not just an ad, as the Tide Loads of Hope program arrives in Dyersburg!

Some people lining up for Federal assistance cash shouldn’t be getting anything at all. It’s the “honor system”. More on the long lines at the DHS offices for that cash assistance from Eyewitness News; also, WREG and the Commercial Appeal and again.

Insurance holders are discovering problems with what they thought was covered and insurance companies are responding defensively. Tips on avoiding home-improvement scammers.

Politics: Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle has presented the Democrats’ budget alternative. More on that plan from the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

As expected, Governor Phil Bredesen has vetoed the “gun carry in restaurants” bill. More details from the Commercial Appeal and the full AP story here, with Bredesen’s statement. Rep. Curry Todd and other legislators predict a second veto override; more in the Tennessean. A bill is being considered to waive sales taxes on items needed to rebuild after the floods in Middle and West TN.

State Republicans are being asked to sign a “Republican Caucus Pledge” to support the party’s candidates.

More excoriation for Rep. Joe Towns’ now-withdrawn resolution to ban AP reporter Erik Schelzig for doing his job on the House floor.

Tennessee: A Nebraska group has won a quarter-million dollar grant to improve racial healing in the state. The State Board of Nursing can take 14 months to revoke a nurse’s license; related story on nurses and drugs.

TVA: Newly released documents, obtained after Freedom of Information Act request, show that 17 top officials alone make $7.3 million.

Family Action Council of Tennessee: Coming up on June 8, learn how to impact your community politically with Christian, pro-family values. (DOC format document)

Shelby County District Attorney: A brief report on a prodecural change to prosecuting felony meth cases.

Germantown: Celebrating the fixed ditch or, in this case, the expanded water treatment plant.

The Wharton Administration: Now Mayor A C Wharton is proposing to also close some libraries among many other cuts in his 2011 budget.

Shelby County Clerk Investigation: Southaven car dealer Leroy Gilliam has been arrested in the ever-evolving situation. He was the unnamed fourth indictment mentioned last week.

Forest Hills Funeral Home: Day five and still no verdict in the trial of Mark Singer.
 
 
 

Mississippi: There’s still money available in the appliance rebate program. A FEMA photographer was in the wrong for demanding some volunteers remove religious t-shirts. More and more towns are reviewing their alcohol sales ordinances with an eye to increasing tax revenues.

Business: Another disputed audit and reduced payment claim for AdvanceMed. A repurposed Wal-Mart store in Millington is now Open Marketplace, giving small businesses a new space to sell in.

A business profile of Trumbull Labs in the Daily News. And, in the Commercial Appeal, a business profile of LSI, a laminating company, then another business profile of Memphis Chemical & Janitorial Supply Company.

What to Do and People in Business, from the Commercial Appeal, and some business briefs. Today’s Events, from the Daily News.

Governor’s Race: Is Republican Zach Wamp ready to sign the pledge to support State funding for The MED?

Real Estate: The numbers don’t tell the true story of the industrial real estate market.

Southern Christian Leadership Conference: Squabbling between two factions over leadership has resulted in one side padlocking their HQ.

DeSoto County: More on the DUI cases being thrown out due to a paperwork technicality; public outrage. A second threat of violence against a student at Olive Branch Intermediate School. “Green” renovations at the DeSoto County Civic Center could save $100,000/year.

MLG&W: Techs who visit your house are now also being trained to study your children for signs of child abuse.

Youth Villages: Nicole Fannin has been promoted to director of their Dogwood Campus.

Tennessee Bar Association: The 4ALL campaign to increase legal access to the poor has won an ABA award.

Survey Says: CBRE says Memphis office vacancies are up slightly but still below national averages. However, distribution and warehousing are showing “robust” activity. TN is the eighth largest importer of coal in the nation.

University of Memphis: A group of researchers there will conduct a five-year study of dioxins thanks to a $1.57 million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

Steve’s Nude Memphis Blog: What do you think of the growing trend of government micro-managing our lives?

Smart City Memphis: Excoriating Mayor Joe Ford for his stance against consolidation. Why electric cars are bad for cities and some ideas for fighting them. Memphis provincialism.

Lamar Alexander: He points to certain dam projects that were considered “earmarks” that also saved lives and property.

Ray and Dana Brannon: Preparing your Financial Emergency Kit. (via the Daily News)

Commercial Appeal: Noting a Memphis Democrat’s efforts to banish a reporter from the State House. Kudos to the work being done to make the Memphis rail industry the nation’s leader.

Ephie Ballard-Johnson: Teaching parents of small children the four basics of mentally healthy children. (via the Commercial Appeal)

The Seaberry Experience: Markus brings the weekend.

what would you ax it: A painful post full of confusion and fear.

What is a Carbunkle Trumpet? This Memphis in May BBQ Fest find raises lots of baffling questions.

Jen-sized: Falling into the coffee pot, blearily.

Doug Johnson at Work: Some contrarian thoughts on spending for the Pinch to protect St Jude.

Former Mean Girl Seeks Same: Women make plans and babies spit up all over them.

Listwork: Thoughts on the cancellation of favorite TV shows.

dminmem: How the Gulf oil spill might actually benefit marine animals.