Republican legislative leaders are floating a special session to rewrite property tax appraisals after Lower Broadway bar owners complained about surging valuations. The state already built a mechanism to divert up to $30 million in convention surplus toward those tax payments.
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Officials in Robertson and Montgomery counties say the federal government never told them a contractor was awarded up to $63 million to run a 24-hour ICE call center in Adams, Tennessee, population roughly 600. ICE and the contractor are not answering questions.
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A federal jury unanimously found CSX not responsible for the August 2021 Waverly flood after a five-day trial. Families had sought $450 million.
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Anthony Darrell Hines was pronounced dead at 10:43 a.m. on August 13 at Riverbend, after final appeals built on the claim that the assigned physician could not safely place an IV line. Media witnesses described groaning and facial discoloration during the procedure.
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The Brentwood company reported $684.9 million in second-quarter revenue, sold four facilities to the Department of Homeland Security for $2.2 billion, and activated the 600-bed West Tennessee Detention Facility, the detention pipeline that sits an hour from Memphis.
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Washington County joined Wilson and Rutherford counties under a law Governor Bill Lee signed in May that permits but does not require displays, in a state-approved text at a minimum 26-point font. No board in Shelby County has been reported to have voted. No legal challenge has been filed.
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Jerri Green won the Democratic primary Thursday. Marsha Blackburn won the Republican primary, defeating John Rose in a race President Trump declined to endorse. Whoever wins in November commands the Highway Patrol and the National Guard supplying the Memphis task force, and inherits the state's posture on the schools takeover.
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No candidate qualified in either party for Tennessee House District 93, which covers Orange Mound, Binghampton, Highland Heights and part of Cordova. Voters there must write in a name. The threshold Representative G.A. Hardaway Sr. missed is one of the lowest ballot access requirements in the country.
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The state restructured both cities' airport boards. Nashville litigated and its dispute may reignite. Memphis lost majority control of its own board and, so far as the public record shows, no comparable challenge is pending here.
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Final disclosures before the Thursday, August 6, 2026 Republican primary show U.S. Rep. John Rose largely self-funding while U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn's PAC network absorbed millions routed from her federal Senate account, a transfer a national money-in-politics tracker calls a workaround.
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A May special session split Shelby County across the 5th, 8th and 9th districts. The state has a free address lookup that tells you which one you are in. If you are voting Thursday, check before you go.
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The state health department told families of roughly 400 medically fragile immigrant children to disenroll or be reported to a state immigration enforcement division. A Nashville chancellor blocked it, and the state has agreed to hold off while three doctors litigate. The directive itself is still on the books, and Memphis families are among those living under it.
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Governor Bill Lee joined 22 other Republican governors on a voluntary White House pledge holding data center companies responsible for their own power costs. The Tennessee law passed this year, sponsored in the Senate by a Shelby County Republican, allows utilities to help cover those costs in defined circumstances. Neither instrument is enforceable by a Memphis ratepayer.
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A three-judge panel denied the ACLU's request to block Tennessee's new congressional map, ruling that politics, not race, best explains why Shelby County was cut into thirds. The lawsuit itself is not over.
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Tennessee dismantled its only majority-Black district on May 7, dividing Shelby County three ways. Early voting starts Friday. Check your district before you vote.
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State lawmakers say the changes are aimed at reducing cryptocurrency-related scams and increasing consumer protections.
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Tennessee drivers may face new vehicle registration requirements under recently approved legislation. Here's what motorists need to know.
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A state court panel upheld Tennessee’s new congressional map, preserving the split of Memphis into three districts. The ruling keeps the fight over who speaks for 901 voters at the center of redistricting oversight.
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UT Knoxville just advanced a $227M business building and a national security center, while Memphis still fights over what gets funded and who pays. The question for Shelby County: why is Knoxville building ahead while 901 keeps arguing over basics?
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked Tennessee Highway Patrol from assisting immigration enforcement during traffic stops in Memphis and Nashville. The question now is who authorized the practice - and how many 901 drivers were caught in it.
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Tennessee’s unemployment rate held at 3.6% for a third straight month, but that headline hides the pressure on Memphis households already facing high rent, weak wages, and tight credit. The question is whether state leaders will pair the good numbers with real relief for 901 families.
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Tennessee’s weekly loan-rate cap reset to 10.75% on May 19, and Memphis borrowers are now the ones living with the fine print. For families already balancing rent, car notes, and late fees, this is a budget story with teeth.
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The fight over Tennessee’s new congressional map just got bigger: the ACLU of Tennessee has brought in outside attorneys as another case is reassigned and the NAACP calls for a boycott. For Memphis, this is about who gets to speak for 901 voters - and who answers when the map splits the city apart.
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State Republicans’ new congressional map splits Memphis into three districts, triggering lawsuits and pushing Rep. Steve Cohen to end his reelection bid. The fight now centers on fair representation and who can be held accountable for Memphis voters.
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