This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The plaintiffs who ...
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 create a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Alabama Senate chamber on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. A federal judge Friday ruled that Alabama's Senate map violates Section 2 of ...
HOOVER, Ala. (WBMA) — Although Republican lawmakers in Alabama passed a new congressional map, the process isn't over to ensure the map complies with the Voting Rights Act. Republicans believed the ...
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 panel of ...
A fight over congressional representation in Alabama is headed for another federal court showdown after the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved new district lines that critics say ...
Federal judges have selected a new congressional map for Alabama on Thursday – one that includes an additional majority-Black district that will likely give Democrats an additional seat in the House.
Alabama is ground zero for what could be this year's highest-profile legal fight over voting rights and representation. Just over 25% of Alabama's active registered voters are Black, as is 27% of ...
Former President Barack Obama on Friday praised the new Alabama congressional district map as a “historic win for voting rights and democracy.” “Alabama has a new, fairer congressional map that gives ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Alabama’s current congressional maps likely violate the Voting Rights Act, and the state’s districts will have to be redrawn. Two of the Court’s conservative ...
The state of Alabama is taking an unusual legal position as it heads into a closely watched court hearing this week about its congressional voting districts. In June, Alabama lost at the U.S. Supreme ...
A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Ala., on Aug. 14 for a hearing to consider new congressional districts. Federal judges had ruled that the state’s 2022 district map ...