If granted, Alabama would become the only state since 2013 to have its congressional redistricting process approved by the ...

Alabama's most recent congressional map proposal went before a three-judge court on Monday to see if it fixes probably violations of the Voting Rights Act. The new map, approved by the Legislature ...

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, argued that the new map kept communities of interest intact, unifying the state’s so-called Black Belt, named for its fertile black soil.

The Birmingham court said the map would need to be redrawn, but the Supreme Court intervened and said a new map could not be put in place so close to the primary races ahead of the 2022 election.

The map, dubbed the “Community of Interest” map, has one majority Black voting age population at 51.55% in the 7th congressional district, taking in Birmingham and most of the western Black ...

For 11 straight years, the National Arbor Day Foundation has recognized UAB as a Tree Campus USA. The recognition is for ...

Alabama's congressional district map that was used for the 2022 elections, left, was found by the U.S. Supreme Court to likely violate the Voting Rights Act by diluting the influence of Black voters.

BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA - JUNE 28: Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) convenes civil rights leaders at the 16th Street Baptist Church to strategize on a path forward for voting rights a decade after the Supreme ...

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott King.

After the decennial count, the state adopted a congressional map with a single Black-majority congressional district out of six in a state where about 30 percent of voters are Black. Voters and ...