“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.

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

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

The map would make all nine of Tennessee’s seats Republican-leaning districts.

A close-up of Shelby County, obtained by The Daily Memphian and shared by legislators on social media, shows that most of Memphis’ municipal limits appear to be split roughly three ways. The map still does not include streets, precincts or municipal boundaries. 

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

Collierville won’t be posting anymore on X, formerly Twitter. The decision was partially due to engagement but also due to explicit content that surfaced when searching the town’s name.

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.

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