NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to University of Alabama freshman Daniel DiDonato, whose senate redistricting map was chosen by a U.S. District Judge.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama lawmakers to draw new state Senate districts after ruling the state violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the influence of Black ...

MONTGOMERY — A federal judge has ordered Alabama to use a new state Senate map in upcoming legislative elections after ruling that districts drawn by lawmakers illegally diluted the voting power of ...

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen will appeal a federal court ruling requiring the state to redraw its Senate district map because the judge ruled the Montgomery portion of the map violates the ...

Montgomery’s District 25 is currently represented by Sen. Will Barfoot, a white Republican, and District 26 is represented by Sen. Kirk Hatcher, a Black Democrat. A federal judge, appointed by ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Alabama to use a new state Senate map in upcoming legislative elections after ruling that districts drawn by lawmakers illegally diluted the voting ...

A new report warns that if Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is struck down, Alabama Democrats could be reduced to just 15 ...

Ann Bedsole, the first woman elected to the Alabama State Senate and founder of the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, has died, according to news reports. She was 95. Bedsole had been ...