Memphis City Council: A number of issues are on deck for discussion; more from the Commercial Appeal. The meeting agenda is here.

Harold Buehler: More on Sunday’s sudden, surprising death of the local developer. More in the Commercial Appeal. Close friends remember Buehler. His Commercial Appeal obituary.

Memphis City Schools: The “If I Had a Hammer” program, started by Perry Wilson, along with Streets Ministries, is deceptively teaching students math skills as they build model homes.

Mississippi: State and Federal Emergency Management Agencies have approved over $4.6 million in disaster aid.

Memphis Council of Pastors: They are meeting with City and MCS officials about maintaining full funding for the schools. More in the Commercial Appeal.

Shelby County Commission: Because three members were absent, a debate on the budget has been delayed; more from the Commercial Appeal. They did agree to fully fund the Extension Service. And they decided to keep Judge Ann Pugh as her own interim replacement.

Memphis Animal Shelter: Seven months after being suspended, employees Tina Quattlebaum and Angela Middletonfinally had administrative hearings. Results will be known later.

Memphis Aviation Career Education Academy: This camp for teens encourages careers in aviation and related industries.

Business: ArborGen (affiliated with International Paper) is encountering resistance with its plans to plant large forests of genengineered eucalyptus trees. Chism Hardy Enterprises, a local bottler, is seeking to buy a new plastic bottle-making machine.

What to Do and People in Business, from the Commercial Appeal.

From the Daily News, Today’s Events.

Shelby County Schools: Five more schools are being added to the Title I list for increased Federal funding.

Cordell & Cordell PC: This law firm, specialising in men’s issues in divorce and custody, is opening a Memphis office.

Governor’s Race: The Knoxville News-Sentinel’s Tom Humphrey has a look at campaign news across the state.

West Tennessee: Hurricanes will not drop Gulf oil onto West TN. The Dyer County Special Summer Food Service Program started up yesterday. The Dyersburg Farmers Market opens this Saturday with a lot of hoopla!

Children’s Museum of Memphis: The Catholic Heart Workcamp is helping to spruce the place up ahead of its 20th anniversary celebration.

DeSoto County: Weekend car shows in Scale Park are a concern for neighbors and now the police. Due to construction delays, DeSoto Central Primary School will not be ready on time this Fall. Once again, the Board of Supervisors delays a decision on the new jail site; this time until tomorrow. The Horn Lake Chamber of Commerce has already begun its annual school supplies drive.

Survey Says: A survey by Information & Insight shows Mid-South attitudes toward economic and business conditions are improving. Gasoline prices continue their Summer slide.

DeGarmo and Key: Dana Key, one-half of the groundbreaking Christian rock duo, passed away suddenly Sunday night.

MAIN STREET JOURNAL Online Exclusive: County Commissioner Mike Carpenter offers his alternative proposal for a Shelby County budget.

Shelby County Government: One of Interim Mayor Joe Ford’s task forces is recommending property maintenance codes and a land bank authority.

Nashville v. Memphis: Metro schools have made lucrative sponsorships and business-education partnerships.

Cohen v. Herenton: Former mayor Willie Herenton professes not to care about purported polls showing him incredibly far behind US Rep. Steve Cohen.

Metro Charter Commission: They are beginning the work of assigning services to taxing districts.

Tiger Lane at the Liberty Bowl: Supporters swear that the new entrance to the Liberty Bowl will be ready by football season.

Arkansas: The Democratic US Senate candidates campaigned in West Memphis yesterday and are trying to win the black vote. Today is primary run-off day. Governor Mike Beebe has used his Disaster Fund to find one million dollars in aid for the State. The race is heating up in its last hours.

United Methodist Church: The congregation at the former Union Avenue United Methodist Church was formally merged into the St Luke’s United Methodist congregation yesterday.

Pets: Thanks to two grants, Mid-South Spay & Neuter Services can offer subsidised, low-cost services to certain individuals.

Tennessee: With the Great Recession at its nadir (or peak) why haven’t hospitals around the state been inundated by poor patients? Congress’ failure to stop cuts in Medicare payments to doctors will have a devastating effect across the state.

The Board of Regents are set to vote today on tuition increases for colleges and universities; more from WSMV in Nashville and the Chattanooga Times Free Press. The TN Highway Patrol will conduct Operation Roadcheck 2010, spot inspections of commercial vehicles, beginning tonight. People calling the State hotline for jobless benefit information are being told their benefits have stopped. Fox13 picks up the story locally, as does WREG.

FEMA has an update on disaster recovery porgress after the devastating May floods. Hazard mitigation specialists will offer free advice to homeowners at numerous sites around the State. The deadline to register for Federal assistance is less than a month away.

Red Light Traffic Cameras: Brian McCrary of Bluff City (Sullivan County in far eastern Tennessee) was angry with local police for a red light traffic camera speeding ticket, so he took over their website and is now mocking them!

Politics: A look at a trio of bills targeting illegal and unassimilated immigrants. Were you aware that last year’s State budget still hasn’t been reconciled yet?

The State Senate is considering a bill to require local jailers to determine the immigrant status of inmates.

In the 8th Congressional race, Republican Stephen Fincher is disputing figures in a Commercial Appeal story about farm subsidies he has received. Fincher sent out a press release saying he’ll work to repeal the estate tax. Republicans are sniping about who is voting in Democratic primaries and donating to Democrats.

Real Estate: Continued tenant departures from One Commerce Square spell trouble for the Downtown office tower. The founders of Crye-Leike Realty are trying an experiment in flat-fee agency payments with Adaro Realty.

Notes from Memphis: Where in the world is the Memphistanista?

Commercial Appeal: Asking the former mayor to give it back. Kudos for keeping armed robbers behind bars even longer.

Chick Chat: Grandma’s advice on being a good employee. (via the Commercial Appeal)

A Right Perspective: Fond memories of Al and Tipper Gore. (via the Commercial Appeal)

John Branston: He’s been doing a disaster tour of the Florida Gulf coast and here’s his report. (via the Flyer)

Tennessean: Repeated emergencies and disasters call for fresh response thinking from school systems.

David Waddell: Guarded caution about the markets this Summer. (via the Daily News)

Ken Whitehouse: Ridicule for supporters of Second Amendment rights. (via the Nashville City Paper).

Jeff Woods: Strongly mischaracterising the last two years of the Legislature in the hopes that this will cause voters to change their minds. Or something. (via the Nashville Scene’s Pith in the Wind)

Paul Ryburn’s Journal: Random Downtown news and a tube top photo. Paul attends the opening of a high-end women’s fashion store? And Paul hits on a few women.

Ramblings of the Mad Cow: Your “cute kittens being cute” video of the day.

West TN Conservative: Methinks he reads too much into this photo of a trio of Republican candidates, but that’s politics!

Thoroughly Modern Medusa: She finds an anatomically correct Joey Stivic doll? She joins the fantasy to-do list craze.

theology & geometry: A ton of photos from her Memorial Day weekend. Memories of Grandmaw’s house.

The Soundcheck & the Fury A writer succumbs to the 140 character straitjacket of Twitter.

The MakeShift Revolution: Rules of the road for mothers and six-year-old sons.

scribblescrawl: There is no day like Sunday.

short + rose: Broccoli and chocolate … but not together.

Smart City Memphis: A farewell to the Memphis College of Arts’ Jeff Neesin. Convincing the municipalities to pay their share of County amenities.

Student: Revisited: Just some interesting odds and ends.

Speak to Power: Nickel-and-diming the Legislature that won’t spend the money on programs they want. Politics is just a popularity contest.

The Intersection of Madness and Reality: Some very complex thoughts on sexual and racial stereotyping among black men and black women.

The Changing Newsroom: The value of copy-editing and verification for news sources.

MemphisShelbyInform: If you own a business along certain Memphis streets, you should be aware that the Office of Construction Code Enforcement may be coming to visit you soon.

Just A Girl in the World: “There’s a distinct chance the Green Bean is invincible.”