BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The lines on Alabama's congressional map have shifted — along with some of the state's political power. After a high-profile legal fight that lasted roughly two years, a ...

A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A panel of federal judges on Monday began a review of Alabama’s redrawn congressional map, which opponents argued defies the court’s mandate to create a second district ...

The new map is the end — for now — of a lengthy legal battle that pitted Alabama’s Republican-led legislature against Democrats and civil rights groups.

Judges initiated a review of Alabama's redrawn congressional map, which opponents claim violates court orders to establish a district where Black voters can influence election outcomes.

UPDATE (July 18, 2023, 3:50 p.m.): On Tuesday, a Senate committee in Alabama passed a different congressional map from the one discussed below, but it has the same flaws: Namely, it does not ...

Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

The plaintiffs who are challenging Alabama’s congressional map under the Voting Rights Act want a federal three-judge panel to block the legislature-approved map from being used in 2024. And ...