A central point of discussion was whether a clause in the 1965 Voting Rights Act could be used to address ongoing concerns ...

Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after ruling the state intentionally diluted the voting strength of Black ...

Back to the cartography board The legal tug-of-war over Alabama's congressional map started shortly after the state redrew its districts in 2021. Despite Black Alabamians making up 27% of the ...

What the Alabama congressional map fight could mean for 2024 Federal judges on Thursday selected new congressional lines for Alabama to give the Deep South state a second district where Black ...

Alabama’s geographic center sparks debate as Clanton, Chilton Co. and Montevallo claim the title, while USGS says the true ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The state of Alabama is appealing a federal court ruling from earlier in the year that struck down its 2023 congressional map.

The 7 th Congressional District, which includes Black neighborhoods in Montgomery and Birmingham in addition to much of Alabama’s “Black Belt,” is the state’s only majority-Black district.