Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed into law a bill adopting a new congressional map on Thursday, May 7, carving up Memphis' representation in the state. State lawmakers passed the legislation with a 64-25 ...

An ACLU attorney argued that Tennessee's new congressional maps intentionally discriminated against Black people, harming ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Governor Bill Lee, the Tennessee House, and Senate passed the redrawn congressional maps, which will split Memphis into three districts. The new map splits Memphis and Shelby County ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage ...

A short drive from downtown Memphis, the overpass on Poplar Avenue crosses train tracks, invisible below, as it whisks drivers past self-storage units and billboards for personal injury lawyers. A ...

Tennessee Republicans eliminated the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district after the supreme court gutted part of the Voting Rights Act From the bridge on Poplar Avenue, above ...

A three-judge panel dismissed a suit filed by plaintiffs including Gloria Sweet-Love, president of the Tennessee chapter of the NAACP, pictured here during a recent special legislative session, ...

Krystal Donnelly raises her eyebrows, purses her lips and lets out a deep exhale while standing outside the Pulaski dry ...