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The city of Memphis is split between two congressional districts. The western three-fourths of the city, including downtown, forms the core of the 9th District, which has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen since 2007. Cohen was the first white Democrat to represent a significant portion of Memphis in more than 40 years.
The city is served by Memphis-Shelby County Schools (formerly Shelby County Schools). On March 8, 2011, residents voted to dissolve the charter for Memphis City Schools, effectively merging it with the Shelby County School District. [145] After issues with state law and court challenges, the merger took effect the start of the 2013–14 school ...
The US Employment Service (ES) is the national system of public employment offices, managed by state workforce agencies and their localities, and funded by the Department of Labor. [1] It is supervised by the Employment and Training Administration and was established by the Wagner–Peyser Act of 1933 .
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He created the city's Office of Talent and Capital in 2010 in an effort to promote employment in the city. [ 16 ] In September 2013, a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation report recognized Memphis as a paradigm for a government focused on job creation, crime reduction, and economic growth. [ 17 ]
The city later purchased the local portion of the electrical system of the Memphis Power and Light Company in 1939 for $15 million [5] and formed the MLGW Division. [ 4 ] From 1937 to 1970, the department was headquartered at the historic Scimitar Building at Madison Avenue and Third Street.
Of the 607,900 jobs in Memphis in July 2014, 209,900 are in the manufacturing and transportation industries, around 34.5 percent. [5] Over the years, the city has become less dependent on its manufacturing and transportation sectors and has diversified its economy especially in services.