The core of the Voting Rights Act, which bars discrimination in voting, may be hollowed out in a case pending before the U.S.

A Supreme Court ruling next year may weaken the Voting Rights Act and thwart Democratic plans to fight back against ...

Threats to voting rights are intensifying in the United States, particularly following federal retrenchment and President Trump’s Executive Order 14248, which imposes controversial mandates like ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Shelby County Commission voted to override Mayor Lee Harris' veto of their resolution to synch Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS) Board Member elections with those of the county ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has declared a local state of emergency for the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare of Memphis residents. Harris said local ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

The chief justice arrived from central casting, in the guise of the midwestern dad next door, remembering the Indiana farmland of his boyhood and promising that he viewed the job through the eyes of ...

The Shelby County Courthouse Annex building will be closed until further notice due to a bed bug infestation, according to a Facebook post from Shelby County Judge Executive Dan Ison. It is unclear ...

The Shelby County Commission approved a resolution to place all school board seats up for election in the same year. This decision aligns with a new state law and moves the elections to the same cycle ...