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Cohen, Pearson drop federal redistricting lawsuit
One of the federal lawsuits against Tennessee’s new congressional map was dismissed following a request by the plaintiffs.
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BusinessFormer Memphis news anchor starts PR firm to help clients ‘command the moment’
Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Richard Ransom announced the launch of his own public relations and media company, Ransom Strategy Group.
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BusinessFormer Evolve bank CEO sentenced in child sexual abuse material case
Robert Hartheimer, 69, was arrested last year for using dating app Grindr to solicit sex with a 15-year-old boy, according to the criminal complaint.
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Business Ducks Unlimited raises billions for waterfowl protection
Seven years ago, Ducks Unlimited launched “Conservation For A Continent” to protect North American wetlands. With more than 2 million donors, the nonprofit blew past its fundraising goal.
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BusinessHollywood Feed announces Memphis layoffs
The pet-supply store, which employees more than 1,400 people nationwide, described the layoffs as a “proactive restructuring” in preparation for changing market conditions.
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Business Horseshoe Tunica operator closer to $17B merger
Caesars Entertainment, which operates the Horseshoe casino in Tunica, is being acquired by a Houston-based entertainment company for $17.6 billion.
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BusinessHernando’s Hide-A-Way in Whitehaven goes international
The honky-tonk was just featured in a new video series by Brand USA that is meant to encourage more international tourism to the U.S. and Tennessee.
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State Government Democratic leaders hold redistricting town hall: ‘There’s no such thing as a post-racial America’
State Rep. Antonio Parkinson held a town hall meeting Thursday to discuss Tennessee’s new congressional redistricting and update attendees about the map’s legal challenges.
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State Government Chancery Court hears arguments for, against congressional maps
A Chancery Court in Nashville heard arguments Thursday on a request for a temporary injunction in relation to Tennessee’s new congressional map.
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State Government Why a federal judge denied an injunction against TN’s new congressional map
A judge filed a legal memo a week after his May 14 decision to deny a motion for a temporary pause in implementing the state’s new congressional map.
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State Government Judges uphold map in state redistricting lawsuit
A panel of judges delivered a setback for those wishing to preserve Tennessee’s only majority-Black congressional district. While a federal judge denied an ACLU injunction in its redistricting lawsuit.
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Public Safety Immigrant rights group sues Highway Patrol over traffic stops in Memphis, Nashville
The suit challenges what it describes as an “increasingly commonplace” practice of THP troopers teaming up with federal immigration agents to stop Memphis and Nashville motorists in order to investigate their immigration status.
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State Government Federal judge rules against Tennessee Democrats in suit over new congressional map
A federal judge dealt a serious blow to Democrats by denying their request for a temporary restraining order against implementing new congressional maps.
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Fourth lawsuit filed against Tennessee’s new congressional map
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State GovernmentRedistricting update: ACLU brings in outside attorney. A case is reassigned. NAACP calls for college boycott
The ACLU of Tennessee brings in outside attorneys to argue against new congressional map as another case gets reassigned and the NAACP calls for a boycott of college sports in eight states in reaction to redistricting.
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State Government Law firm that helped reverse affirmative action may aid TN in defending new congressional maps
The state has tapped lawyers from a Virginia firm that has racked up recent Supreme Court victories.
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State GovernmentTennessee Legislature passes two bills aimed at DA Mulroy
Tennessee lawmakers recently passed two bills aimed at Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy that aim to scrutinize how his office handles cases stemming from the Memphis Safe Task Force.
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State Government ACLU files federal lawsuit over Tennessee’s new Congressional map
The ACLU has joined the NAACP, Tennessee voters and Congressional candidates and the Tennessee Democratic Party in suing the state over its new mid-census Congressional map.
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State Government Tennessee House Speaker removes Democrats from standing committees
The move came as a result of Democrats’ actions on the House floor May 7 during a vote on new a congressional map that splits majority-Democratic Shelby County into three different districts.
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State Government Fourth lawsuit filed against Tennessee’s new congressional map
Tennessee’s League of Women Voters and NAACP file suit against state election officials over the new congressional map, which passed last week in a whirlwind three-day special session.
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State Government Redistricting update: Court date set in one suit, plaintiffs file emergency motion in another
The plaintiffs in one of the federal cases against Tennessee’s new congressional maps have filed an emergency motion for an expedited ruling.
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State Government NAACP, TN Democrats sue state about new congressional maps
The Tennessee Democratic Party supported multiple events and several rallies during the three-day special session that led to the map’s passage into law.
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State Government Gov. Lee signs redistricting legislation, candidate filing period reopens
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee also signed several more bills related to redistricting.
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State GovernmentProposed Congressional map passes TN House and Senate, splitting Memphis into three districts
Lawmakers passed a new congressional map that split Shelby County into three different congressional districts, less than a week after Gov. Bill Lee called for a special session on the matter.
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State Government Proposed congressional map debated, protested at Tennessee Capitol
“Why are (lawmakers) afraid of having to work for everyone’s vote?” asked a Memphis community organizer as people across the state and beyond came to protest a Republican-led effort to redraw the state’s congressional map.
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State Government Tennessee Legislature’s special session begins. Here’s what you need to know
Republicans begin the process of redistricting Tennessee’s congressional maps today, and hope to finish by Thursday. Here’s what that process will look like.
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