Long before he was writing bestselling books that defined the understanding of biodiversity, Edward O. Wilson was a boy in ...

Dauphin Island sits at the mouth of Mobile Bay like a guardian protecting the mainland. This barrier island offers some of the most beautiful beaches in Alabama without the crowds of Gulf Shores. The ...

Instead, a court-drawn map was used last year, and now-Rep. Shomari Figures won in the redrawn 2nd Congressional District, giving Alabama two Black Democrats in its delegation.

A court order to change the maps ahead of the 2026 election would likely need to be issued before Jan. 30, 2026, the state’s deadline for candidates to qualify for the primaries for the 2026 ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of ...

The case, Allen v. Milligan, first began in November 2021. The plaintiffs claimed the Alabama legislature drew the state’s congressional maps in a way that racially gerrymandered. In June, after 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 ...

A federal court has picked Alabama’s new congressional map, which will likely result in an additional Black — and Democratic — member in the delegation.

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 ...

Allen case. The court heard final arguments on the three maps proposed by a special master on Monday. Map 3 mostly closely aligns with the 2023 redistricting map passed by the Alabama Legislature.

Three Alabama congressional maps proposed by Richard Allen, a special master appointed by a three-judge district court. The court blocked the use of a map passed by the Legislature because it did ...

After the Supreme Court forced Alabama to go back to the drawing board in June, lawmakers came up with a new map, but it still only had one majority-Black district and only increased the ...