Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander announced on Monday he won’t seek another U.S. Senate term in 2020, leaving the post open for another contentious election and ending one of the most prolific political careers in Tennessee history.

Shelby County is seeking to expand grand jury operations to help reduce the time a prisoner waits in jail before learning if they will be indicted or their case is resolved, officials said.

A new sport is emerging in local middle schools — robot battles.

Gov. Bill Haslam is mulling a run for the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Lamar Alexander while University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd is ruling out the 2020 race.

The Tennessee Building Commission's executive committee has approved an expansion of the Downtown Tourism Development Zone for a second convention center hotel in Memphis.

History-making House Minority Leader Karen Camper isn’t naturally flamboyant. She just wants to get the job done, and if it means delivering tough news to the next governor on issues he wants to push, the former Army intelligence officer says she’ll take on the task.

The Memphis City Council has three empty council seats to fill Tuesday. And if the 10 council members can’t break the gridlock that has delayed the appointment to the first of those vacancies, there will be more calls for special elections to fill all three.

The player on the opposing team wasn’t being disrespectful or mean to Ethan Morris. In fact, Morris was already acquainted with him. So that’s why the Margolin Hebrew Academy point guard couldn’t resist a chuckle when he stepped to the free-throw line during a game last season.

Theryn Bond got some bad news in her quest to get the appointment to the open City Council District 6 seat.

A candlelight vigil Thursday in Health Sciences Park will mark the one-year anniversary of the removal of Confederate monuments there and from Memphis Park.

Brooks Lamb was making final edits on his book about Overton Park when he found out the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art was planning a move out of the park to Downtown Memphis.

Tremaine Wilbourn, convicted last month of killing Memphis police officer Sean Bolton in 2015 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, had 38 years added to his sentence Monday, Dec. 17, for other charges in the case.

Gov. Bill Haslam choked back emotions Monday morning before the state unveiled the official portrait of Tennessee’s 49th governor, a painting that will hang in the State Capitol for years.

The River Garden at Mississippi River Park has a few unexpected additions. Since the park at the Wolf River Harbor was revamped as a more active setting about a month ago, a hawk and a bobcat have taken up residence.

When the Shelby County Youth Assessment Center launches next year, it will be part of a cultural shift aimed at changing the way authorities respond to juvenile offenders.

With the Shelby County Commission set to vote on approving a 30-year, $100 million tax increment financing district for Phase I of the $950 million Union Row development Monday, Mayor Lee Harris said he is uncomfortable with the lack of vetting done on the project in county government.

A Shelby County Commission committee is recommending the creation of a tax increment financing district to fund public infrastructure for the $950 million Union Row project, though two commissioners expressed concerns about minority- and women-owned business involvement and gentrification.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has determined the gun a man allegedly brandished before a Memphis police officer shot and killed him Thursday, Dec. 13, was a BB gun.

The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast looks at Overton Park's controversial history, Union Row's trip to the county building and what's next for those three empty Memphis City Council seats.

Charles Burson began with the certainty that he was taking pictures of what would be Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign march to the presidency. That belief and his political experience influenced how and where the Memphis attorney and former Tennessee attorney general framed what he shot.

State Sen. Katrina Robinson is urging the governor to pardon a woman serving a life prison term for murder when she was a teen and says she will sponsor legislation to change sentencing laws for juveniles.

Ten citizens have applied for one of the two latest vacancies on the Memphis City Council, and 16 have applied for the other.

Hidden behind what Memphis education officials have said is good news when it comes to student discipline is a disturbing trend: As short-term suspensions have decreased, expulsions have increased.

The Memphis Branch of the NAACP says the Memphis City Council should have consistent rules for filling vacancies on the body and suggests a special election if the council remains at an impasse in filling the three open seats at its Tuesday meeting.

Bartlett resident Eric Coleman, retired from the U.S. Navy, emerged this week as the only Democratic candidate for the open 32nd District Senate seat vacated by Mark Norris.