A case that could flip the balance of political power in Alabama’s largest county is now before a federal judge. Plaintiffs say the Jefferson County commission’s current five-district map illegally ...

A federal appeals court has put the brakes on new district lines for Alabama’s most populous county that could have dramatically changed its political leadership. Commission district lines for ...

The fight for control over Alabama’s largest county will continue in court with lawyers quickly appealing a sweeping ruling from a federal judge that ordered new commission district maps. Lawyers for ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Alabama’s largest county to redraw county commission lines after ruling that the districts were unconstitutional because of racial gerrymandering. U.S. District ...

Cedric Hatcher sits outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, on Aug. 14, 2023, while a three-judge panel inside considers whether the state's congressional map violates Section 2 of the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A district court in Alabama today ordered the state to adopt a congressional map that includes two districts where Black voters will have the opportunity to elect the candidates of ...