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2 Jun, 5 tweets, 2 min read
New details about @SecretaryPete visit to Memphis Thursday: He'll meet with FedEx leaders in morning and then tour #40MSRiverBridge and hold separate news conference in afternoon.
.@FedEx spokesperson said in email: “We are honored to host @SecretaryPete & and @USDOT for their roundtable discussion on infrastructure (Thursday)."
The visit by Secretary Buttigieg comes as the I-55 bridge in Memphis suffered a significant delay for second time in a week - including this morning - as #40MSRiverBridge faces indefinite closure for repairs.
Arkansas Trucking Association today: "We continue to anticipate (I-40 bridge) closure will last months, not days. Commercial trucks continue to incur additional expenses associated with longer travel times and in some cases are being forced to re-route around Memphis entirely."
A longtime economist in Memphis on FedEx specific impact with #40MSRiverBridge closure indefinitely: "We know that anything that affects the flow of traffic causes their cost to rise and causes their profits to fall. It's plain and simple."

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3 Jun
Today on @LocalMemphis, I'll provide online, on air and Twitter updates as @SecretaryPete visits #Memphis to update #40MSRiverBridge construction, see worksite & meet with @FedEx leaders on impact the bridge's indefinite closure is having on freight, commerce and logistics.
On top of @SecretaryPete visit, @myTDOT also expected this week to provide detailed construction timeline on when bridge can reopen to traffic. Last month, TDOT and ARDOT leaders feared it could take months, not weeks, to safely reopen the bridge after extensive repairs.
For now, the older I-55 bridge is the only the Mississippi River crossing connecting Memphis & Arkansas. @ARTrucking said I-55 bridge now averages more than 66,000 daily vehicles - compared to 45,000 before I-40 bridge closure.
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At 5 & 6 @LocalMemphis, I'll recap Attorney General Bill Barr's visit in Memphis this afternoon, where he'll update with @MEM_PoliceDept recent results of #OperationLegend , an initiative launched in the Bluff City in August.
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Just in from @ShelbyVote spokesperson: to date, about 25,000 absentee ballot requests received. All but 200 mailed to those voters. 13,582 of those requested ballots have been returned.
In 2016, about 8,000 absentee ballots requested TOTAL. Elections administrator with @ShelbyVote told me earlier this month they are preparing for possibly between 45,000 & 100,000 absentee ballot requests. To handle unprecedented count, @FedExForum will be used to count/scan.
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20 Oct 20
Just in: @ShelbyTNHealth reports 342 new COVID-19 cases in Shelby County. That's second highest in month of October and second highest since 8/8 overall. Last three days: 212, 287 and 342 in Shelby County.
Overall positivity went up from 11.36% two weeks ago to 11.49% today in Shelby County.
Seven-day COVID-19 case average in Shelby County went up from 120.6 two weeks ago to 195.6, 14-day average spiked from 122.3 to 181.7. That's a 62% and 49% surge respectively in two weeks. @ShelbyTNHealth
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19 Oct 20
Happy Monday ! Heads up, #Arkansas ! Today is the first day you can take part in early voting.
In West Memphis, AR and Crittenden County, to prepare for more voters, the election commission added a second early voting site in WM which will be at the Eugene Woods Civic Center.
“90% of the early voters traditionally come from Marion and West Memphis, those two cities have about 85% of the total voting population in the county," Crittenden Co. Election Commissioner Frank Barton said last month. “The courthouse is the traditional voting site."
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