Downtown: At Thursday’s Center City Revenue Finance Corporation meeting, there will be discussion of the incentive package to be offered to Pinnacle Airlines; more from the Commercial Appeal. The former Plush Club will convert to a Caribbean restaurant.

Electric City: Shelby County mayors want to snag an electric vehicle demonstration project.

Shelby County Elections: The Democratic investigation has been suspended until Monday, so the election results can be certified. More from Fox13 and the Commercial Appeal.

Rutherford County faces throwing out all results of their August 5th voting because of a major early voting oversight. The State Election Commission is now involved, and looking at Hawkins County, too.

Memphis Police Department: The vast majority of red light traffic camera tickets are being thrown out before being issued.

Blight: Mayor A C Wharton unleashes the City’s most powerful weapon yet against blight — lawyers.

Harold Ford Jr: He will be at Davis-Kidd Booksellers today signing his new book, More Davids Than Goliaths.
 
 
 

Sewer Rates: The public outcry is so large, a hotline has been established.

Arkansas: An additional $5.9 million has been found for 1400 more lottery scholarships.

Governor’s Race: Republican Bill Haslam explains his most recent ad that touts a number of Democrats. Haslam also explains where the prominent Republicans went. Democratic candidate Mike McWherter is still talking about job creation.

Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada: Sixty-one of their attorneys have been named to Best Lawyers in America 2011.

Shelby County District Attorney: The new deputy district attorney general is Amy Weirich.

Financial: A decline in bankruptcy filings in Memphis may not herald good news.

Tennessee: We were the deciding vote in the passage of the 19th Amendment, 90 years ago today.

Politics: Independent candidate Donn Janes, running in the Eighth Congressional District race, issues a position statement on the “Ground Zero Mosque” in New York. Republican candidate Stephen Fincher released his statement, also opposing President Obama’s stance on the mosque.

Seventh Congressional District challenger and Democrat Greg Rabidoux, says incumbent Republican Marsha Blackburn is avoiding him. She appeared in Bartlett on Tuesday.

The Nashville attorney who wrote Sunday’s Tennessean editorial on altering the 14th Amendment, Gregg Ramos, reveals his personal stake in the issue. The national parties are keeping a close eye on Tennessee’s races. A State Comptroller study finds $675,000 missing from local governments!

DeSoto County: Another news story on Hernando becoming the healthiest hometown in the state. Budget talks were set for Olive Branch and Southaven last night and more communities. Southaven already has a number of plans, if the tourism tax is approved. Hernando will soon have a fourth water tower. A report from the Olive Branch Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting.

Germantown Performing Arts Center: Two special performance events with legendary pianist McCoy Tyner are coming up in September. More information here. (DOC format)

Memphis and Shelby County Industrial Development Board: They are meeting today to discuss the Germantown Technology Corridor.

NEW! Main Street Journal: From our August issue, Editor in Chief and Publisher Jonathan Lindberg welcomes The End of Racial Politics.

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! Memphis Shelby County Metropolitan Charter: Save Our Shelby County asks the unaddressed questions about the new charter. And Tom Guleff, co-leader of SOS, is calling on Election Commissioner and president of Rebuild Government Brian Stephens to step down.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare: The last hurdle to their plans for an Olive Branch hospital is now gone as Baptist Memorial Health Care declines to oppose them. Much more from the Daily News, Desoto Times Tribune, Eyewitness News and the Commercial Appeal.

The New Metropolitan Charter: The Flyer’s Jackson Baker notes high levels of apathy in the Democratic ranks for the new charter.

Shelby County Commission: If Interim Mayor Joe Ford times it just right, the commission won’t be able to override his expected veto of a cut in County employee benefits. More from the Commercial Appeal.

Janis Fullilove: The City Councilwoman is in the news again, this time apologising for an “overboard” dance at the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials last week. More on the situation from WMC, Fox13, Commercial Appeal.

The Murderous Heat: Three more deaths are now attributed to the heat, bringing the County’s total to 19. Also reporting: WMC, Fox13 and the Commercial Appeal.

Delta Air Lines: Flight attendants are one step closer to a union vote.

University of Memphis: Officers from a number of departments around the Mid-South took part in cooperative training with the FBI.

Business: How a Memphis R&D team developed the Dr Scholl’s Custom Fit Orthotic Centers you see on TV. Kroger is making a major expansion into the beauty and health care products market.

Today’s Events and Memphis Newsmakers, from the Daily News. The Commercial Appeal tells you What to Do.

Medtronic: They are acquiring smaller rival company Osteotech for $123 million. More from the Daily News and the Commercial Appeal.

FedEx: Their CEO, Fred Smith, saw his compensation fall four percent over last year. More from Fox13 and the Commercial Appeal.

Orpheum Theatre: The musical WICKED is coming back to town. (DOC format) Tickets go on sale this Friday. More information on their Facebook page and theatre website.

Foster Children: A new program, the Dream Seekers Center, to house homeless foster kids and provide services, will soon open in South Memphis.

Day Care Death: A 20-month old girl died at the Advanced Learning Academy Day Care while being transported home. An investigation is underway. It’s not thought she died while in the van.

Mississippi: The state’s public libraries are being hit by the revenue squeeze in State government.

Survey Says: Tennessee has the second highest bankruptcy rate in the nation. We are also the best State in terms of lowest State-debt-to-GDP ratio. Christian Brothers University has been rated one of the 25 best Southern universities. Forty percent of professional workers are thinking about quitting their jobs… soon.

Agriculture: AgBioworks, a part of Memphis Bioworks, is hosting a new crops farm tour later this month at the AgriCenter.

The Changing Newsroom: Thoughts on “oversharing” online.

Pretty in Pink Megan: What’s with the love for this Starbuck’s concoction? Another adult outgrows J. Crew.

Mediaverse: Richard profiles the newest reporters at the daily paper.

Nicole Gates: What Shelby County is doing to combat infant mortality. (via the Commercial Appeal)

Commercial Appeal: No seat belts for special-needs MCS kids is a no-go. They disagree with most folks about the “Ground Zero Mosque” plan.

Lori Turner: Does your business really embrace change? (via the Daily News)

Kathy Thurmond-Edwards: Retirement plans can be a valuable employee benefit. (via the Daily News)

Sid Salter: Are black Mississippians really apathetic when it comes to issues of the State flag? (via the Desoto Times Tribune)

John Branston: Proponents of the new charter aren’t conveying a sense of urgency. (via the Flyer)

Rustmeister’s Alehouse: Your “let’s be careful out there” post for today.

sharp stick in the eye: A brief post on the mess that will become something wonderful soon.

Steve’s Nude Memphis Blog: He has a pair of strange dreams involving women who appear to have no use for him.

Jen-sized: Adventures in telephone anxiety.

La Vie Quotidienne: Momma gets sporty!

I Love Memphis: The pulled pork sandwich brackets of the BBQ Challenge moves to Payne’s v. Coleman’s!

Gilmour Girl Goes Memphis: She checks in from Chicago and drops some news.

Fertile Ground: Fun foods to make with watermelon!

dminmem: His partner is an airline attendant and so he sees the Steve Slater blowup a little differently.

Cafe Kel: She revisits an old post about outgrowing or returning to old friends.

Convo With Mario: His latest podcast is up and he talks with sports-dude Ron Tillery.