State News

By Kyle Whitmire  Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter must think Alabamians are stupid. On Tuesday, a panel of three federal judges ruled against the state’s Congressional districting map — again. The judges excoriated the Alabama Legislature […]

BY KIM CHANDLER MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal judges said Tuesday that they will draft new congressional lines for Alabama after lawmakers refused to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to […]

By Joseph D. Bryant A longtime assistant to state Rep. John Rogers has been indicted on 21 federal charges, alleging she conspired to skim nearly $200,000 in public money from a Jefferson County community service fund. […]

By Jemma Stephenson and Alabama Reflector When she heard a federal court had allowed Alabama to criminalize medicine for transgender youth, Cardelia Howell-Diamond wanted to cry. Out of anger. “We felt pretty betrayed by the U.S. […]