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		<title>Main Street Journal - Weekly Update for Monday, May 13, 2013</title>
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Photo Credit: FOX1333 Feet and Rising
Despite early Spring rains and even snow, the river is expected to stay below flood level, which is 34 feet. More from WMC. Local storms are a bigger problem, with flash flooding.

West Memphis Three: The step-father of one of the victims, Terry Hobbs, denies he&#8217;s the killer in an interview [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Main Street Journal - Weekly Update for Monday, April 22, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo Credit: Wikipedia.orgIn Like a Supermajority&#8211;
Out Like a General Assembly
The Tennessee State Legislature wrapped up their 108th General Session in a flurry of activity and failures. First thing last week, both houses of the Legislature overwhelmingly passed (HB1288 &#038; SB1353) law that allows the formation of new municipal school districts in TN counties. The bill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Main Street Journal - Weekly Update for Monday, April 15, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo Credit: Beacon Center of TennesseeDividing the Dollar Pie
2012 was a record-setting year for the States, in terms of tax collections. Inforgraphics on how the State&#8217;s budget breaks down and how much of our State&#8217;s money comes from the Federal government. The State Legislature sent the income tax ban to the voters for a referendum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Main Street Journal - Weekly Update for Monday, April 8, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 08:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo Credit: soulofamerica.comA White Elephant For the Redbirds?
The team may be sold to its big league parent team, the Cardinals, if the City of Memphis will buy out Autozone Park first. More from the Daily News. Is Autozone Park &#8220;descending into disgrace&#8221;? This was opening weekend for the 2013-2014 season. More on potential new owners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Main Street Journal - Weekly Update for Monday, April 1, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo Credit: CNNRally for Hate /Rally for Hope
A firm and carefully deployed police presence during the Saturday rally held by the Ku Klux Klan disrupted their attempts at crowd and media appeal. Only sixty Klansmen, and assorted supporting groups, appeared. They arrived late and left early during a non-stop rainstorm. Only one arrest was made, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Main Street Journal - Weekly Update for Monday, March 25, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo Credit: RecallRitz.comRecall Mike Ritz?
&#160;Republican County Commission president Mike Ritz voted with all the Democratic commissioners to expand the composition of the school board. The Commission approved the plan, to convert the planned school board to one that mirrors the current commission districts.

His action has spawned a recall movement. There is a recall Facebook page, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Main Street Journal - Weekly Update for Monday, March 18, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Photo Credit: WMCAnother Goodbye?
Shelby County school superintendent John Aitken, in a suprising switch, is asking the school board to consider buying out his contract. More from ABC24. School board member Rev Kenneth Whalum doesn&#8217;t want him to go. More from Fox13.

The remnant of Memphis City Schools&#8217; obligations, a payment of $57 million, still remains to [...]]]></description>
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