Huntsville is garnering national attention for its efforts to boost its local music scene. Why it matters: Huntsville is the ...

Following the Alabama Shakes’ surprise reunion in December, the band has announced their first tour together in eight years. Singer/guitarist Brittany Howard, bassist Zac Cockrell, and guitarist ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The lines on Alabama's congressional map have shifted — along with some of the state's political power. After a high-profile legal fight that lasted roughly two years, a ...

Last Friday, Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a new congressional district map that appears to openly defy an order issued by the Supreme Court just six weeks ago. Sign up here.

While District 2 in the proposed maps have voting-age populations that are 48-50 percent Black, the plan endorsed by the Alabama Democratic Conference has a District 2 that is 54-percent Black.

Alabama’s New Congressional Map Fits the Justices’ Ruling It’s the voting-rights plaintiffs who are defiant. The court never ordered the creation of a second black district.

A panel of federal judges will soon decide whether Alabama Republicans complied with a court mandate to create a map that gives Black voters more power. By Emily Cochrane Reporting from Birmingham ...

Alabama finally has a new congressional map after a lengthy legal fight. Stephan Bisaha, Gulf States Newsroom | October 9, 2023. A line of people wait outside the federal courthouse in Birmingham ...

After revealing that new music was on the way, Alabama Shakes have now announced a North American tour — their first in eight years. The headlining run will mark the group's first dates since ...

A federal court on Thursday approved a new congressional map in Alabama that significantly boosts the Black population of a second district and could represent a pickup opportunity for Democrats ...

A panel of three federal judges rejected Alabama’s latest version of its congressional map Tuesday, saying the state’s Republican-led legislature did not follow a court order backed by the U.S ...

As Howard noted, Alabama Shakes have been working on new music, with the band working alongside longtime collaborator and ...