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Huntsville population surges, decline slows in other Alabama cities

Tuscaloosa and Auburn-Opelika have seen population boons, while newer suburbs of the big four cities also showed good growth.
June 5, 2023

Gov. Kay Ivey to Alabama: It’s now or never for Census participation

With the last day for Census 2020 participation set for Sept. 30, Gov. Kay Ivey is urging all Alabamians who have not completed their forms to do so as quickly as possible. Alabama’s current self-response rate is 62.1 percent — 0.4 percent short of the self-response rate recorded in 2010, or 62.5 percent, according to … Continued
September 8, 2020

Rep. Mo Brooks deposed in Census lawsuit

Congressman Mo Brooks, R-Alabama, was deposed Thursday in a federal lawsuit over the Census. The deposition in the suit — State of Alabama & Mo Brooks v. U.S. Census Bureau & U.S. Department of Commerce — was taken virtually in Brooks’s district office. “I was deposed yesterday in my ongoing legal battle against illegal alien … Continued
September 2, 2020

Gerrymandering expert worked with Alabama Republicans on 2011 redistricting lines, documents show

An Alabama lawmaker, named in the documents of the late Republican gerrymandering expert, Thomas Hofeller, declined to say whether he recalls working with Hofeller during Alabama’s 2010 redistricting cycle.  An article published by The Intercept on Monday included documents and emails that seemed to show then-Alabama Rep. Jim McClendon, R-Springville, the House chair of the Joint … Continued
September 24, 2019

House District 42 special Republican primary is today

Republican voters in Chilton and Autauga County go to the polls Tuesday to vote for who they want to represent them in the Alabama House of Representatives. The Alabama House of Representatives District 42 seat represents Autauga and Chilton Counties. The seat was made vacant after State Rep. Jimmy Martin, R-Clanton, passed away after a … Continued
August 20, 2019

New Census numbers show that Huntsville is on pace to overtake Birmingham as Alabama’s largest city within five years

The U.S. Census Bureau released new city population estimates for 2018 on Monday. Huntsville continues its momentum while Birmingham, Mobile and Montgomery continue to decline. If these trends continue going forward, Huntsville will pass Birmingham as Alabama’s largest city in the next decade. The new estimates cover the time period between July 1, 2017, and … Continued
July 3, 2019