Federal judges will weigh a request to bring Alabama back under the pre-clearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act after ...

The bill would federally protect and recognize the ability of student-athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness.

I talked with Alabama's newest member of Congress about the possible future impact on the state from Donald Trump's so called ...

The bill includes career support, medical care, and injury protections — key to long-term success on and off the field, Figures says.

A bill that could have a major impact on college athletics has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives.U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures has joined a bipa ...

Shomari Figures, the Black Democrat running in an Alabama congressional district redrawn last year by a court order, has won the seat over Republican Caroleene Dobson, NBC News projects. With 84% ...

Experts and advocates warn that it could have dire consequences for Alabama’s tenuous rural healthcare situation.

Shomari Figures, Democratic candidate for Alabama’s 2nd congressional district, greets and takes a photo with Abbie Felder, of Montgomery, at the Frazer Church voting precinct, on Election Day ...

Reps. Terri Sewell and Shomari Figures are the first Black concurrent representatives in Alabama's history. Alabama is sending two Black representatives to the House of Representatives ...

Shomari Figures, speaking here at the Democratic National Convention on August 22, 2024, would win Alabama's 2nd Congressional District to become the state's second Black elected U.S. House member.

A federal court ruled on Thursday that Alabama's Republican-led legislature intentionally discriminated against Black voters when it approved a new electoral map in 2023 that only had one majority ...

Democratic Rep.-elect Shomari Figures of Alabama, stands at the U.S. Capitol after freshman members of Congress posed for their class photo on Nov. 15, 2024.