Alabama's 2021 congressional map, left, and the new map passed by the Legislature on July 21, 2023. On the new map, District 7 remains the only majority Black district.

The map was drawn by a court-appointed special master and creates a new purple 2nd congressional district running from Mobile County in Tillman’s Corner north through the southern Black Belt to ...

Republicans failed to comply with a court order to create a second majority Black district or something “close to it,” the judicial panel said. By Emily Cochrane Emily Cochrane covers the ...