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A hearing over how to redraw congressional maps in Louisiana gets delayed by an appeals court

The sports world has a Black ownership problem. With Michael Jordan selling his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets, there are no majority Black owners of a major sports franchise.

Republican lawmakers “want to maintain their power so that they can control policy in this country,” April Albright, legal director […] The post Alabama Republicans continue efforts to dilute Black voting power appeared first on TheGrio.

(Bloomberg) -- Alabama asked the US Supreme Court to reinstate a Republican-drawn congressional map, saying the state doesn’t have to create a second near-majority Black district even after losing a high court ruling earlier this year.Most Read from BloombergTrudeau Is Stuck in India With Faulty Aircraft After Hearing Criticism From ModiThe Mighty American Consumer Is About to Hit a Wall, Investors SayTesla and China Risk Leaving Volkswagen on a Road to NowhereTech Giants Power Stock Gains as Te

(Reuters) -Alabama's Republican-backed congressional map illegally dilutes Black residents' voting power and must be redrawn, a panel of federal judges ruled on Tuesday, boosting Democrats' chances to win back a U.S. House majority in the 2024 election. The ruling is the second time the court has thrown out a congressional plan enacted by the Republican-controlled state legislature, and the three-judge panel in Birmingham wrote that it saw little reason to give lawmakers a third chance. "We have now said twice that this Voting Rights Act case is not close," the judge...