 | City Council Approves Budget, Lowers Property Tax Rate
After more than four hours of council debate, the City of Memphis has a new budget, and it will lower your property taxes.
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 | Council Considers Vote on Sales Tax Increase
The business of sin is off the table for now with the Memphis City Council, unless you believe a sales tax increase is a sin.  Watch Video
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| Memphis City Council Members Promise No New Taxes
Memphis City Council members presented their budgets at City Hall Tuesday and none agree with Mayor Wharton's spending plan, which includes a property tax increase. Watch Video
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 | Memphis City Council Weighs Budget Options
A special meeting was called as Memphis City Council members went over three new budget plans, but here's a switch. All of the council's proposed plans would cut taxes; the only one that raises taxes is the one proposed by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Mayor's Property Tax Increase Likely Axed
If you own a home in Memphis you can breathe a bit easier. Mayor A C Wharton now says he won't get the 47 cent tax increase he requested. Watch Video
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 | Mayor Wharton Supports Ford's Vehicle Inspection Plan
Shelby County drivers beware. Memphis Mayor A C Wharton says if you use Memphis city roads and services during your commute in and out of the city, you should be forced to get your car inspected and pay for it as well. Watch Video
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 | County Leaders Confident Vehicle Inspection Plan will Fail
Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland is dead-set against a plan that would charge you for car inspections, and that would include people who live outside city limits but drive into the city more than twice a week. But now a few days have come and gone. Roland's not as worried as he used to be. Watch Video
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| Residents Lash Out at Memphis City Budget Meeting
The idea of a 47-cent property tax increase is not going over well with taxpayers, and they let it be known at Tuesday night's city council meeting. Watch Video
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 | Councilman Revisits Idea for Adult Entertainment District
A Memphis City Council member says it's time to put the subject of topless dancers on the table. Watch Video
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 | Sparks Fly over City Vehicle Inspection Fees Plan
Even before the plan is officially presented, the war is underway between Memphis city government and Shelby County Commissioners. City councilman Ed Ford Jr. is proposing charging more for vehicle inspections. Watch Video
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 | 'Food Fight' between ABC24 Bulldog, City Council
It was a food fight. Not the funny kind you see in the movies, but a very serious one between the Memphis City Council and ABC24'S 'Bulldog' Mike Matthews. Watch Video
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 | Councilman Ford Confident in Vehicle Inspection Plan
Earlier this week, Memphis City Councilman Ed Ford Jr. said he wants to charge for motor vehicle inspections. He also wants people who travel into the city at least two times a week to get their cars inspected too. Ford says he's getting nothing but good comments from people in Memphis about the plan, and so he's moving forward. Watch Video
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| Budget Talks Underway at Memphis City Hall
Mayor Wharton is pushing for a plan that would raise your property taxes to pay for city schools. But the chairman of the City Council Budget Committee says the Wharton plan doesn't do enough cutting and slicing. In fact, he says he has a plan that will end up cutting your property taxes. Watch Video
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 | Taxpayers May Chip In $2M for Chisca Hotel Renovation
It will cost nearly $20 million to fix and reopen the historic Chisca Hotel. Members of the Memphis City Council are also talking about the city throwing in $2 million to help renovate the hotel, but with all the talk about the city's budget woes, is it a wise investment? Watch Video
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| Mayor Wharton, Memphis Council to Battle City Budget
These are taxing times in Memphis, and Mayor A C Wharton says the city is in desperate financial shape. Watch Video
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| Memphis City Budget Committee to Weigh Tough Choices
The days of the free lunch might soon be over for Memphis City Council members. Budget talks begin April 28, and some say it's time to quit having taxpayers pay for their chow. It's just one of many cuts being talked about as council members try to figure out a way to avoid a 47 cent property tax increase proposed by Memphis Mayor A C Wharton. Watch Video
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 | City Council Votes against Temporary Tax Hike
The Memphis City Council decided there would be no property tax increase, at least not for now. Watch Video
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 | Plans to Privatize City Sanitation Put on Hold
Call it the calm before the storm. Memphis City Council members were told that a plan to buy out some sanitation workers has been put off for a month and a half. Watch Video
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| City Council Compromises on MLK Remembrance
What had all the makings of an ugly fight has turned into peaceful compromise. Watch Video
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| Shelby County & Memphis: Two Different Budget Outlooks
Memphis and Shelby County, so much in common, yet so different when it comes to your money. Watch Video
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| High Salaried Officials Eyed for Cuts Amid City Budget Crunch
The head of the Memphis City Council Budget Committee is sharpening his scalpel. Jim Strickland says there is some cutting to do. Watch Video
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| Memphis City Council Votes Down Property Tax Increase
The Memphis City Council voted to take $10.2 million out of the city's reserves and agreed to $3 million in cuts. Those cuts would not affect the Memphis Police Department. The tax increase was voted down.
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 | Memphis City Council Slams MLGW For Rate Hike
A City Council smack-down over Memphis Light Gas & Water's bid to raise water rates by 5 percent. Watch Video
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 | Wharton Considers Employee Layoffs as Budget Looms
Mayor A C Wharton is considering police and fire department layoffs in Memphis as he prepares to present his budget ideas to city council members next week. Watch Video
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| Mayor Wharton Proposes 47 Cent Property Tax Hike
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton wants to raise property taxes by 47 cents in his new budget. His plan calls not only for more taxes, but also for more layoffs. The key is whether city council members will buy it. Watch Video
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 | Memphis Faces Tough Decisions in Budget Battle
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton proposed raising property taxes by nearly 50 cents Tuesday to balance a record budget for next year. Watch Video
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| Memphis Fights State Lawmakers In Legislative Power War
Mayor A C Wharton and some Memphis City Council members say Republican state lawmakers from Shelby County are trying to ruin the city. Watch Video
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