Posted inGovernment, Immigration A court ruled that ICE’s mandatory detention policy violated immigrants’ rights. For one family, that ruling came too late. by Katherine Burgess May 28, 2026June 9, 2026
Posted inGovernment, State Government Tennessee House speaker suspends all Dems from committees, citing decorum violation by Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout May 13, 2026May 13, 2026
Posted inGovernment, State Government Nashville stripped Memphis of its voice in Congress. Memphians still demanded to be heard. by Katherine Burgess May 13, 2026May 15, 2026
Posted inDemocracy, Elections, Government, Local Government, State Government ACLU sues to block redrawn Tennessee congressional map that breaks up Memphis by Cassandra Stephenson, Tennessee Lookout May 12, 2026May 12, 2026
Posted inGovernment, State Government Congressional districts have changed. Here’s how to find out yours. by Katherine Burgess May 8, 2026May 8, 2026
Posted inGovernment, Local Government, State Government As Republicans move to strip Memphis’ congressional seat, the city is missing a voice in the statehouse by Katherine Burgess May 5, 2026May 6, 2026
Posted inGovernment, Incarceration, Public Safety, State Government Here’s how Tennessee has changed bail laws in recent years by Brittany Brown April 22, 2026April 24, 2026
Posted inGovernment, Immigration, Local Government, Public Safety Trump’s task force took this 9-year-old boy’s father after a traffic stop. The family doesn’t know what’s next. by Katherine Burgess April 21, 2026April 24, 2026
Posted inGovernment, Immigration, Investigations, Local Government, Public Safety Expedientes muestran que el Grupo Especial Antidelincuencia de Trump en Memphis arrestó a más de 800 inmigrantes. Solo el 2 % de los arrestos fueron por delitos violentos. by Wendi C. Thomas, Katherine Burgess and Nick McMillan, ProPublica April 15, 2026April 15, 2026
Posted inGovernment, Immigration, Investigations, Local Government, Public Safety Just 2% of immigration arrests by Memphis Safe Task Force were for violent crime, records show by Wendi C. Thomas, Katherine Burgess and Nick McMillan, ProPublica April 15, 2026April 16, 2026
