MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Could the push for the City of Memphis to have its own crime lab be picking up steam? A lot of local and state voices have been heard this year in the debate for the city to have a crime lab versus just relying on the TBI facility miles away in Jackson, Tennessee. A city council committee was supposed to take up the crime lab issue Tuesday, but it was tabled until the Dec. 3 meeting. For investigators with the critical job of examining key forensics evidence linked to criminal cases from Memphis and Shelby County, the closest crime lab is 85 miles away and run by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. It's one reason some are asking, should Memphis have its own crime lab? Earlier this year. Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy saying he'd like to see one in Memphis. "I think it would be a game changer in terms of increasing our solve rate, which is a really important thing we need to improve if we are going to bend the curve," Mulroy has previously said. Discussions about having a crime lab took center stage after Memphis teacher and runner, Eliza Fletcher was abducted and later found dead. A rape kit that took about a year to process with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation eventually matched DNA to murder suspect Cleotha Abston, who was also convicted of the rape of different woman. State leaders discuss possibility of crime lab in Shelby County This year, some state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle told WREG they are willing to work together for the state to study the feasibility of having a crime lab in Shelby County. "I'm looking for a more efficient and effective crime lab. We're going to set the model for the rest of the nation and probably the world," said state Rep. G. A. Hardaway (D-Memphis). Earlier this year, the Shelby County Commission approved funds to conduct a feasibility study of having a local crime lab."We can either say, whoa let's just look at the problem, or jump in with both feet and hands to find a solution that works. That's what the hope is with this TACIR study," said state Rep. Ryan Williams (R-Cookeville). In a few weeks, a Memphis City Council Public Safety and Homeland Security committee is expected to address the issue. Israel, Lebanon's Hezbollah agree to a ceasefire to end nearly 14 months of fighting Prisoner causes barricade situation in AR jail Feed the Needy keeps Memphis families fed at Thanksgiving Serenity Towers past due on MLGW, cut-off set for Dec. 4; judge allows city to appoint a receiver for property Biden team briefed Trump transition on Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire But some council members are telling your News Leaders they still have several questions. For example, who would run the proposed crime lab? Would it be a partnership between the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. Would there be any state involvement and how much would it cost to operate? Those questions must be answered as Memphis looks into having its own crime lab.