Behind the Headlines – December 13, 2019

President and CEO of The Works, Inc. Roshun Austin, the Executive Director of the Binghampton Development Corporation Noah Gray, and the Executive Director of the Frayser Community Development Corporation Steve Lockwood discuss neighborhood development with host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries.

From DC to Memphis: Solving the #StudentDebtCrisis | SXSW EDU 2018

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.