The 2026 elections are going to look different for some Alabamians in the River Region, with one Republican state senator ...

While this case is about responding to racial discrimination in voting, plain and simple, it does not only impact Black and Brown communities.

Obviously, foot-voting isn’t always about who’s in charge politically. But for a number of reasons, people continue to vote ...

With 2025 drawing to a close, here is a look back at some of the big stories that have come from Alabama's political world.

As the U.S. Supreme Court pulls back on gerrymandering, state courts may decide the fate of new congressional maps.

After Missouri lawmakers passed a gerrymandered congressional map this fall, opponents submitted more than 300,000 signatures ...

Republicans could gain nearly 200 state legislative seats across the South if the U.S. Supreme Court guts a key provision of the federal Voting Rights Act, a new analysis finds.

The pending Supreme Court decision threatens to gut section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and minority representation nationwide ...

Brooke Shoemaker was convicted in 2020 of chemical endangerment of a child resulting in death. She was just granted a new ...

Here’s a look at the former members of Congress who have launched comeback bids in the 2026 midterm elections.

At least two major states are expected to try to enact new congressional maps — and a looming Supreme Court decision could ...

History suggests that midcycle gerrymanders lead to greater division and polarization, and more volatility in the Congress.