“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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For some students, improved scores could excuse them from summer school and tutoring interventions required by a state reading retention law.

Former restaurant and retail spots along Bartlett’s main corridors stand empty.

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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A near-perfect night in Downtown Memphis started with the fried chicken sandwich from South of Beale Downtown. 

In this week’s To-Do List, catch up on the first “Heat” before the sequel drops, watch an Irish sports throwdown and catch the season’s first free show at Overton Park Shell. 

Longtime local attorney and former judge Gerald Skahan has died. He was 61.

EpicenterU, a partnership between Epicenter, Arkansas State University and the Delta Regional Authority, will provide about $812,000 in grant funding for student entrepreneurs. 

The man accused of shooting an MPD officer in February has been caught, court records show.

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Today’s puzzle is of a tree at T.O. Fuller State Park and was taken by Wes Hale. 

Are you a Wordle fan? Try WordRow, a similar game. It’s free to play. 

Kyle Petty, his dad Richard “The King” Petty and several others taking part in the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America held a fan event at the Guest House at Graceland.

At least one local elected official hinted at what they might consider if the new congressional district map passes.

“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.

Primary elections in Shelby County draw the lowest voter turnout. Considering that, overall turnout in Tuesday’s election was higher than expected.

Memphis jumped out to a 3-0 lead in both games. The Redbirds maintain their precarious lead in the International League standings.

A newly formed company has taken over a Downtown tech-hub project that would combine computing infrastructure, office and residential space on one campus.

The Grizzlies will have three picks in next month’s NBA Draft. What “bigs” should Memphis consider with those picks?

“I normally would have said no to a skewered sea creature, but as The Daily Memphian’s new food reporter, I know there are times I’ll need to get out of my culinary comfort zone.”

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.

“One need not support any particular politician to recognize that intentionally fragmenting the voting strength of a historic Black community carries moral consequences. We should at least have enough honesty to admit what is happening.”

Ducks Unlimited, Financial Federal and Burch, Porter and Johnson make promotions and additions. 

Anthropic, the company behind the widely successful Claude chatbot, would use all of Colossus’ computing capacity.