Category: Opinion (Memphis)
Opinion in Memphis Category
[Behind the Headlines – December 6, 2019]
Richard W. Smith talks about his role at the Greater Memphis Chamber, the Memphis economy and job market, and his various roles at FedEx with Bill Dries, reporter for The Daily Memphian, and host Eric Barnes.
As a result of the $1.4T student loan crisis, employers across the nation are starting to offer student loan repayment as an employee benefit to improve the financial well being of their workers and a bill co-authored by U.S. Rep. Scott Peters would make this employer contribution tax free. Alex Smith (City of Memphis), Scott Thomspon (Tuition.io), and Representative Scott Peters (US House of Representatives) will discuss.
Dr. Tracy Hall, President of Southwest TN Community College; and Dr. Jacqueline Taylor, Associate VP of Retention & Student Success at Southwest TN Community College discuss the impact and relevance of Southwest TN Community College in the Mid-South with Bill Dries, reporter for The Daily Memphian, and host Eric Barnes.
901 Columnist Ryan Poe talks with News Columnist Tonyaa Weathersbee and City Hall Reporter Sam Hardiman about the 2019 Memphis municipal elections that saw Mayor Jim Strickland returned to office along with the approval of a .5 percent sales tax increase.