The General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone Democratic district. By Emily Cochrane Reporting from ...

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Tennessee's General Assembly approved a new congressional map on May 7 that splits Memphis and divides the city's majority Black voters into neighboring districts, intended to eliminate that state’s ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Governor Bill Lee, the Tennessee House, and Senate passed the redrawn congressional maps, which will split Memphis into three districts. The new map splits Memphis and Shelby County ...

The Republican governors of Alabama and Tennessee on Friday called for their state legislators to convene for special sessions to consider new congressional maps after a major Supreme Court decision ...

A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district. By Abbie VanSickle and ...

Move comes days after supreme court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymandering US politics live – latest updates Tennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature passed ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Thursday signed into law a new GOP-friendly House map that carves up the state’s only majority-Black district and threatens the lone Democrat in the state’s nine-member ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tennessee Republicans voted Thursday to redraw congressional districts, specifically targeting the majority-Black ...

A proposed new South Carolina congressional map would connect parts of Columbia to Oconee County in one district, pair Charleston and Myrtle Beach in another district, may put U.S. Reps. Jim Clyburn ...

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