Amanda Watford (formerly Hernández) covers criminal justice for Stateline. She has reported for both national and local ...

The Memphis Safe Task Force won’t release the names of more than 1,000 people it has arrested or provide details about the ...

U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Monday he backs the buildup of some federal law enforcement agencies in a Memphis crime-fighting ...

Officers from multiple federal and state agencies have issued more than 4,600 traffic citations with the Memphis Safe Task ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday that the “Memphis Safe Task Force” is focused on violent crime, and that the coalition ...

Mayor Lee Harris has declared a state of emergency in Shelby County, citing a strain on local resources caused by the surge ...

Two Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidates are pushing to expand the state’s private-school voucher program, but a third candidate says he would “suspend” the so-called scholarships, calling it ...

Thousands of Tennesseans protested Trump administration policies in cities across the state as part of national "No Kings" events.

The Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association plans to seek a rehearing after a U.S. Court of Appeals panel upheld a ...

Shelby County officials on Friday filed suit against Gov. Bill Lee and other state leaders, seeking an immediate halt to the deployment of the National Guard in Memphis, which they say violates the ...

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Tuesday the crime-fighting “surge” of state and federal officers in Memphis will be a long-term effort. At a Memphis press conference, Lee said the operation’s success ...