NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee state Rep. Gloria Johnson has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate and will face off against Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn in November, pitting a survivor of a Republican-led expulsion effort over a gun control protest against a close ally of former President Donald Trump.

Early voting numbers, which are the first vote totals released after the polls close, won’t include the absentee total. Up until now, absentee votes have been included in the first release.

Notices going to millions of borrowers give them 30 days to opt out of possible loan relief. It would include those whose balances now surpass the size of the original loan or who have been paying on their loans more than 20 years.

Shelby County elections administrator Linda Phillips said the afternoon rush hour might boost vote totals.

With years of experience behind both, the two MSCS school board candidates for District 2 hit Springdale Baptist Church to connect with voters. 

A campaign worker was handing out Corey Strong flyers at around 10 a.m. at Thursday, Aug. 1.

Just City sues over bail changes, Germantown wants a city flag and our dining series is back with a new name and a new host.

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Local criminal justice reform nonprofit Just City has filed a federal lawsuit over a recently passed state law that changed Shelby County’s bail-setting procedures.

State Rep. G.A. Hardaway, D-Memphis, said the GPS monitoring program could provide another option to jail or bail with no real-time supervision. 

Thursday, Aug. 1, is an Election Day that Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris called “a practice run for November.” 

The professional comedian, performing under the FunnyMaine moniker, gained popularity for his comedic re-enactments of University of Alabama football fans.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young and Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris have nominated an Economic Development Growth Engine president after more than two years without one. 

Seth Rider finally gets his Olympic shot, the Lipscomb & Pitts sign is gone from Union Extended and a new all-girls’ school is coming to Downtown. 

From the Belz family to the Brooks, museum curators have selected 95 pieces and expect to take several more from the iconic art collection. 

“We’ve seen good work from the single-gender schools, even though there’s not that many of them,” said Emily Lilley of the Tennessee Charter School Center.

“The message we are sending to big tech is that kids are not your product,” Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said at a news conference as the Senate passed the bill. “Kids are not your profit source.” She wrote the bill with Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

The request comes amid the backdrop of some grassroots opposition to the project in Memphis and growing awareness nationwide of the demands supercomputers and other data centers have placed on electric grids and water supplies. 

The manner of death was ruled “undetermined” as examiners could not determine whether factors contributing to his death were imposed by others.

Germantown voters could decide if mayor is a full-time job, the Memphis Zoo heads to Sri Lanka and we remember Gina Sugarmon.

Even nongolfers can appreciate all that went into renovating the City of Memphis’ Links at Audubon. And players can learn some details about the revamped par-71 course. 

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The Memphis supercomputer is a “massive training center” for xAI’s chatbot Grok, a competitor of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Elon Musk said in a recent interview.

The proposals Monday by U.S. President Joe Biden would require Congressional approval. That seems unlikely given the reaction of the city’s representatives in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

Friends and family members remember Gina Sugarmon, who died Saturday after a long battle with cancer. The widow of noted judge and Civil Rights activist Russell Sugarmon was known as a passionate advocate for early childhood education and, as a German immigrant, a hospitable tour guide of her adopted hometown.