The resolution is not binding on state lawmakers, who have already passed the controversial plan. Council members also take a look at affordable housing in Orange Mound.

This political roundup dives into the surprising number of write-ins in the Shelby County primary races, a short — and litigious — history of redistricting in Tennessee and more. 

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.

The district attorney says false “soft on crime” charges levied against his office by Sen. Marsha Blackburn and state Sen. Brent Taylor are being used to score points with their Republican base.

A new Tennessee Congressional map has left many Memphians wondering what district they’re in, but the Tennessee Comptroller now has resources.

The Tennessee State Board of Education is among at least five state boards that appoint members in alignment with the congressional map. 

“We have specific needs, and we need a representative in Congress that can speak to those needs,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young told The Daily Memphian Thursday.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee also signed several more bills related to redistricting.

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Taylor said he would “fight to cement Tennessee’s conservative legacy for generations to come.”

The 30 state Democrats all wore white Thursday in a silent protest supporting voting rights.

“We’ve been campaigning hard since the filing deadline ... and that’s a First Amendment violation, so there will be a lawsuit in state court,” Cohen said. 

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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“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.

TJ Hardaway heads to Nashville to take his seat in the state House for an anticipated Thursday vote on a Republican plan to redraw the boundaries of the state’s nine Congressional districts.

A close-up of Shelby County, obtained by The Daily Memphian and shared by legislators on social media, shows that most of Memphis’ municipal limits appear to be split roughly three ways. The map still does not include streets, precincts or municipal boundaries. 

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The map would make all nine of Tennessee’s seats Republican-leaning districts.

“They’re killing an iconic American city,” said U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, who flew in to join Tuesday’s protest. “It’s a terrible day for Memphis and it’s a terrible day for Tennessee.”

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Tennessee Legislature’s special session starts today. Here’s how it could go

Hundreds flooded around the state capitol to protest a Republican plan to redraw the state’s congressional map, effectively removing the one Democratic voice Tennessee has in Washington D.C.

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.

A special session of the Tennessee General Assembly starts today — the same day as the Shelby County primary. 

The FBI probe of Rep. Torrey Harris centers on suspicions of an improper political action committee.

The state invested more than $300 million for UTHSC. Here’s how it will help bring in “top-notch students” and address the critical nursing and physician shortage in Tennessee.

A bill passed by the state legislature will create an eight-member board to oversee Tennessee Bureau of Investigation operations in Memphis.

The House Democratic Caucus chair is calling for the late G.A. Hardaway’s seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives to be filled before the special session on Tuesday. 

The commission will try again on a resolution to provide county funding for a legal challenge of the state’s pending takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.