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Enter your email to subscribe to the daily Down in Alabama newsletter:The Alabama state legislature’s second run at Congressional redistricting still didn’t past muster for a three-judge federal court that rejected the new map on the grounds that it’s still likely in violation of the Voting Rights ActSo the court wants Alabama to move further away from what appears to be racially gerrymandered districts while the Republicans who control the legislature didn’t produce a plan that would risk...
When dealing with the original redistricting map, the Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s rejection.by officials that have been appointed by the courtRichard Allen will oversee the process. He’s been a chief deputy under four Alabama attorneys general, he was the state prison commissioner for five years, and he retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a brigadier general.
The goal here is to get 40,000-some employees on and off the arsenal quicker and, of course, securely. Thomasville Mayor Sheldon said, quote, “The highway will open up opportunities for the Black Belt of Alabama that we’ve never seen in the history of the Black Belt.”
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