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

Now, an independent special master and cartographer will draw a map with two majority-Black districts.

The judges ordered that the new map be independently drawn, taking the responsibility away from the Republican-controlled Legislature while chastising state officials who “ultimately did not even nurture the ambition to provide the required remedy.”

Blatant political gerrymandering occurs in cities across the country, many of them run by Democrats. In Los Angeles, a scandal over a racist recording was only the tip of the iceberg.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a speech recently that the central bank would stamp out rapid inflation "until the job is done" despite a dropping inflation rate. While

Fed Chair Jerome Powell said that the central bank would stamp out rapid inflation "until the job is done"

The bill already passed in the state Senate in June and should be voted on by the Assembly later this month

The offer would 21-story tower’s asbestos problem but is conditioned on the city agreeing to lease it for a decade

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.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama’s congressional district map has been in limbo since June, when the Supreme Court ruled that the state Legislature had drawn it in a way that violated