Rep. Shomari Figures comes to Washington representing a district created by a court order to give Alabama's black voters more ...

The U.S. District Court ruled for the state that year, but the U.S. Supreme Court vacated ... Pryor wrote that the Legislature “faced a difficult task” when it redistricted Alabama map in 2012. “The ...

The ruling means that Alabama will have to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-black district. Although the state's voting-age population is about 27% black, the current ...

Threadgill, who leads the state’s largest school district, remains Alabama’s highest-paid local superintendent. He’s bringing in a total of $287,816 this year. Threadgill is followed by ...