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Alabama Sheriff Who Lost His Primary by 300 Votes Faces a Mystery Write-In Campaign to Win It Back
Signs reading 'On Election Day write in Sheriff Jay Jones' have spread across Lee County, and nobody will say who started them.
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16 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: November 2, 2026.
Top NewsHurricane Isaias Kills at Least 4 After Gulf Coast Landfall, Leaving 390,000 Without Power
The Category 2 storm hit near Destin, Florida, with 105 mph winds Friday night. Crews in Florida and Alabama are restoring power while forecasters warn of flash flooding and tornadoes farther inland.
Top NewsTikTok Will Pay Alabama at Least $100 Million and Cap Teens at Two Hours a Day
The settlement came days before Alabama was set to become the first state to put TikTok's youth-harm claims in front of a jury, and it could grow to $300 million.
PoliticsA Judge Refused to Throw Out the SPLC's Fraud Indictment
The Southern Poverty Law Center argued it was being prosecuted in retaliation for naming hate groups. U.S. District Judge Emily Marks ruled it offered no evidence of prosecutorial animus, and the 11-count case moves toward trial.
PoliticsSupreme Court Lets Alabama Use GOP-Drawn Map a Lower Court Called Racially Discriminatory
In a 6-3 order, the justices paused a ruling that had blocked Alabama's congressional map, clearing the state to use districts favoring Republicans in the 2026 midterms.
PoliticsAlabama Senate Primary Tests Trump's Influence as Early Backer Faces Navy SEAL Challenger
Representative Barry Moore, who supported Trump from his first campaign, confronts Jared Hudson in runoff that could signal shifting GOP dynamics.
WatchPoliticsSupreme Court Clears Alabama to Use GOP Map That Erases a Black-Majority District
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices let Alabama deploy a congressional map with only one majority-Black district for the 2026 midterms, likely costing Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures his seat.
PoliticsSupreme Court Reinstates Alabama's Contested Congressional Map for 2026
The justices' unsigned emergency order lets Alabama use a map a lower court found intentionally diluted Black votes, drawing a sharp dissent from the court's three liberals.
WatchTop NewsAuburn Student Weston Higginbotham Found Dead in Japanese Mountains After Weeklong Search
The 20-year-old vanished near Kyoto during a family vacation after turning off his phone's location. A volunteer team found his body Saturday in rugged terrain that more than 100 police officers had failed to search successfully.
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Supreme Court Lets Alabama Use Map Ruled Racially Discriminatory in 2026 Midterms
In an unsigned order, the justices paused a lower court's injunction, clearing the way for Alabama to vote under a congressional map that a three-judge panel found was tainted by intentional discrimination.
PoliticsSupreme Court Clears Alabama's 2023 Congressional Map for 2026 Primaries, Giving GOP Opening to Reclaim Figures' Seat
The 6-3 order vacates a lower-court ruling that had required a second majority-Black district and sends the Voting Rights Act dispute back for review under last month's Louisiana v. Callais framework.
PoliticsThousands March in Selma and Montgomery on Brown v. Board Anniversary to Demand Voting Rights Restoration
Eighteen members of Congress, faith leaders and union organizers walked the Edmund Pettus Bridge in one of the South's largest voting-rights mobilizations in years, responding to the Supreme Court's April ruling that gutted protections for Black-majority districts.
Top NewsSupreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map That Eliminates Black-Majority District
A majority of justices sided with Alabama in a decision that could accelerate efforts to implement congressional maps reducing minority representation.
PoliticsAlabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow Use of New Voting Map
State officials hope to use districts that would boost Republican chances of flipping at least one Democratic-held seat, citing recent Supreme Court ruling.
PoliticsLouisiana, Alabama, South Carolina and Mississippi Race to Redraw Maps After SCOTUS Ruling
Within nine days of Louisiana v. Callais, four Republican-led Southern states have launched coordinated mid-decade redistricting drives that strategists say could net the GOP between four and seven additional U.S. House seats.
Top News85-Year-Old French Woman Detained by ICE in Alabama Is Released
Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé was arrested amid an inheritance dispute after reconnecting with and marrying a former G.I.
