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Citing the need to address aging infrastructure, space constraints, and accessibility issues, the Alabama Legislature approved the construction of a new state house in 2023. Goodwyn Mills Cawood, in partnership with the New York firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, is designing the new building. [5] Construction on the $400 million project ...
Leeds is a tricounty municipality located in Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby counties in the U.S. state of Alabama; it is an eastern suburb of Birmingham.As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,324.
During the 2020 redistricting cycle, Alabama's congressional and state legislative maps faced legal challenges for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 27% of Alabama's population is African American, but only 28 of Alabama's house districts, or 23%, were drawn with a black majority.
The Supreme Court in its June 2023 decision upheld a judicial panel's finding that Alabama's Republican-crafted map had diluted the voting power of Black voters in violation of a provision called ...
Following another hearing on the case, the federal panel issued an opinion on October 5, 2023, ordering Alabama to implement the congressional map known as Remedial Plan 3, as drawn by the special master. Secretary of State of Alabama Wes Allen said his office would implement the new map for the 2024 elections. In Remedial Plan 3, Alabama's 2nd ...
Ashland is located at (33.272206, −85.836925 [3]Alabama State Routes 9 and 77 are the main routes through the city. AL-9 runs through the downtown area, leading northeast 6 mi (9.7 km) to Lineville and southwest 20 mi (32 km) to Goodwater.
The Alabama Legislature was founded in 1818 as a territorial legislature for the Alabama Territory.Following the federal Alabama Enabling Act of 1819 and the successful passage of the first Alabama Constitution in the same year, the Alabama General Assembly became a fully fledged state legislature upon the territory's admission as a state.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Limestone County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a Google map. [1]