Proposed Congressional Map Debated, Protested at Tennessee Capitol

Tense standoff erupts as Democrats protest US city being split into three

FURIOUS PROTESTERS have swamped the Tennessee Capitol as Republican lawmakers hammered through a controversial new map that carves Memphis into...

Lawmaker sets Confederate flag ablaze over red state's redistricting push

A Tennessee state lawmaker set a paper Confederate flag on fire Thursday inside the state's capitol amid protests after the state's Republican lawmakers enacted a new U.S. House map and split the state's only majority-Black congressional seat.Rep. Justin Jones, a community organizer and Democrat rep...

Police Detain Top Democrat - Drag Him Out in Wild Scene at Capitol in ...

Republicans in numerous Southern states pressed forward with redistricting ahead of midterm elections, meeting protests and heated resistance from Democrats and civil rights organizations. Tennessee, Alabama, and South Carolina lawmakers considered measures that might alter majority-Black congressional districts after a recent United States Supreme Court ruling on congressional redistricting. Law enforcement at the Tennessee State Capitol went v…

Tennessee Redistricting Effort Advances in the Legislature As Chaos and Protests Engulf the Capitol

Tennessee House advances controversial 2026 redistricting amid protests and legislative chaos.

Vulgar Tennessee Dem Confronts Troopers Clearing Activists Disrupting Capitol

A Democrat state representative shouted vulgarities and slurs at Tennessee Highway Patrol officers Thursday as the troops tried to clear out activists disrupting a House legislative session before a vote to adopt a new congressional districting map expected to favor Republicans.