The Latest Breaking News from Alabama

Welcome to the Friday, September 8 Brew. 

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough slammed the Alabama senator for saying he didn't know what the Pentagon does every day

Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl is the youngest state GOP chair. He wants to increase GOP turnout among Black and young voters amid a larger redistricting battle and a looming election.

A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama ruled on Sept. 5 that the revised congressional district boundaries that the Alabama legislature enacted on July 21, 2023, were not in accordance with the Voting Rights Act. The state adopted the revised congressional map…

In a rebuke of the Alabama legislature, a panel of three federal judges rejected on Sept. 5, 2023, the state’s proposed voting districts that failed to create a second district where Black voters could elect a political candidate of their choice.

Recent court rulings in some southern states could affect the battle for control of Congress in the 2024 election

A federal judge in Atlanta has allowed Georgia to resume enforcing a ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender people under 18

"The state of Alabama deliberately disregarded our instructions”

Court-appointed special master and cartographer will draw new map before 2024 election – although state is expected to appeal

A panel of judges threw out the state's latest map for congressional districts, finding it didn’t fix a likely violation of civil rights law.

A three-judge panel has blocked Alabama’s new congressional map after lawmakers failed to create a second district where Black voters at least came close to comprising a majority, as suggested by the court