Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has asked the Supreme Court to strike down a racial redistricting law that forced the state legislature to create a second black-majority congressional district. The Supreme Court punted last term on deciding the legality of Louisiana’s creation of a second black-majority district in compliance with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, […]

(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission reversed a decision by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and approved an application for a school designed for at-risk youth. Known as “The Rock Academy,” the school would address chronically absent students. It would be open initially to 88 ninth graders. Nashville school officials asked the commission […]

(The Center Square) – A judge said Wednesday that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners will be subjected to a fine of $10,000 a day beginning Friday if it doesn’t comply with a court order to seat two Republican members on its election board. Senior Fulton County Judge David Emerson issued the ruling a week after […]

(The Center Square) – Three Southeastern states have launched a regional research project on automobile and battery production, hoping to further develop those industries in the region and create more jobs. Mississippi-Alabama-Georgia Network for Evolving Transportation, colloquially to be known as MAGNET, was launched Wednesday. “In 2023, our three states collectively built 1.9 million cars […]