The region's control later moved to the British and then the Spanish again before becoming a part of the United States in the early 19th century. Alabama became the 22nd US state on 14 December 1819.

A judge ruled Alabama must redraw the state Senate district map because the Montgomery portion violates the Voting Rights Act.

A new congressional map drawn by the courts for Alabama will likely turn one Congressional seat blue. We get reaction from both parties.

U.S. Circuit Judge Stanley Marcus recently asked attorneys for Alabama a direct question: Why should we ignore the past? This happened during a hearing on Alabama’s congressional district maps. Marcus ...

A federal court ruled Friday that Alabama’s current state Senate district map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of ...

Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Allen v. Milligan, declaring what Black Alabamians have long ...

A major Supreme Court decision in an Alabama redistricting case could provide a roadmap for other gerrymandering challenges. There are similar challenges to maps elsewhere in the South.