Tennessee’s new congressional maps are now facing multiple legal challenges, as voters, candidates and the NAACP, file to stop new maps from going into effect before the midterms.
NashVillager Podcast: The Congressional maps just keep on changing (except for when they didn’t)
How long have Tennessee’s political maps been gerrymandered? Plus, the local news for May 7.
Late Tennessee Rep. G.A. Hardaway’s son to replace him ahead of redistricting vote
Shelby County is sending TJ Hardaway, the son of late Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, to the Tennessee statehouse to replace his father, who passed away less than two weeks ago.
Tennessee GOP unveils new maps fracturing Memphis and Nashville area
Tennessee Republicans unveiled new congressional maps Wednesday morning that would likely help their party gain an extra seat in Congress as a special session on redistricting continues this week.
‘Grave concern’ expressed in letter from Martin Luther King III
Martin Luther King III sent a letter to Tennessee legislative leaders expressing “grave concern” about the plan to divide Memphis’ congressional representation.
Two strikes, you’re out: TN House votes to ban spectators for reacting during session
Spectators in the gallery booed Cameron Sexton as he was re-elected House Speaker. Now, Sexton will have the power to ban them from the House.
How the ‘Tennessee 11’ found common ground on gun safety proposals when lawmakers couldn’t
Last year as lawmakers gathered at the capitol for a special session on guns, a group of 11 strangers came together to try and reach consensus on gun safety.
Supermajority podcast, from WPLN and NPR’s Embedded, tackles single-party rule
Supermajority is a new podcast from NPR’s Embedded, in partnership with Nashville Public Radio. Host Meribah Knight has been following three conservative moms in Tennessee over the course of a year as they learn to navigate their Republican-controlled state legislature.
Tennessee limits access to child autopsy reports following push by Covenant families
A bill that would remove the autopsies of children who are victims of violent crime from the public record has passed the state legislature. Only the child’s legal guardians or, in some cases, a court order would allow them to be released.
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