Federal judges will weigh a request to require Alabama to submit its next congressional map for preclearance. The request is being made in a long-running lawsuit over Alabama's congressional ...

Odenville is taking a significant step toward managing its rapid growth by creating its first-ever comprehensive plan. With ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Houston-area Democrats are criticizing a move by the GOP-controlled Legislature to redraw the state's ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday put off ruling on a second Black majority congressional district in Louisiana, instead ordering new arguments in the fall.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been imploring his colleagues for decades to gut a crucial part of the iconic ...

A number of early settlers of the Fulton County village were from the Scottish city of Dunfermline (pronounced "Done-ferm-lin ...

Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...

The SPLC has $30 million in offshore accounts and interests in the Cayman Islands, according to its most recent IRS filing.

Mississippi is betting long-term investments in training, education and economic development can reverse a troubling trend.

UFO sightings in 1966 in Michigan led to the "swamp gas" explanation. People continue to report unidentified aerial phenomena ...

The geographies of upward mobility show U.S. regions that emphasize investments in the common good over economic ...