Alabama Political Reporter: “A traveling exhibit detailing the murder of Emmett Till and the activism sparked by his mother Mamie Till-Mobley opens today at the Civil Rights Memorial Center. ‘We begin with the past and Till’s life as a young man, but we also incorporate the present component,’ said Lauren Blanding, manager of the Civil…

Off the Kuff: “The Virginia Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on the legality of a constitutional amendment voters approved last week that allows Democrats to implement a more favorable congressional map ahead of the midterms. Attorneys for the Democrats were peppered with tough questions by the justices, signaling some skepticism. Republicans argue that Democratic-controlled…

Off the Kuff: “Texas’ newly redrawn congressional map is officially cleared for use, after the U.S. Supreme Court formally overturned a lower court’s ruling Monday. Texas took up this unusual mid-decade redistricting effort after President Trump pushed the state to help shore up the GOP’s narrow majority. Judge Jeff Brown had written in a 160-page…

Alabama Political Reporter: “During a kickoff event for the Alabama Workers’ Week of Action, labor and community organization advocates discussed labor campaigns and events planned across the state. The event featured representatives of United Campus Workers, Jobs to Move America, Alabama Arise, the Southern Workers Assembly, UAW and CWA. Luis Robledo highlighted that Hyundai-Kia was…

North Carolina state Representative Carla Cunningham has switched her voter affiliation from Democrat to unaffiliated. She lost her March primary bid after Democrats and Gov. Stein actively campaigned against her — punishment for giving House Republicans the one vote they needed to override Stein’s veto of a bill mandating cooperation between state sheriffs and federal…

The Tennessee Attorney General’s office has succeeded in indefinitely delaying a legal challenge to the state’s widespread abortion ban from going to trial. A two-week non-jury trial was supposed to start Monday in Davidson County Chancery Court, the culmination of a legal challenge that began in September 2023. The state filed a TRAP 3 appeal…

On April 16, former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife, Cerina Wanzer Fairfax, before taking his own life amid a divorce. Just three days later in Louisiana, a father murdered multiple children of his own and gravely injured both their mother and his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself….

Florida grapples with its most intense drought in 15 years during 2026, as dry conditions spread statewide since late 2025. By mid-April, extreme drought zones (D3) cover 80 percent of the state per U.S. Drought Monitor updates — the worst since 2001. Lake Okeechobee sits at 15-year lows. A lackluster 2025 wet season delivered far…

Multibillion-dollar artificial intelligence hubs are beginning to scramble politics in the crucial swing state as voters worry about costs and local control. Data centers have become a boxy, hulking flashpoint across Georgia and the nation heading into the midterms — and the backlash is spreading fast across red and blue states. Democrats saw early success…

At nearly 1,000 cases, mostly in unvaccinated children, the South Carolina measles outbreak that officially ends today was one of the worst the United States has seen in nearly four decades. Of those whose age and vaccination status were known, 95.3 percent were unvaccinated and 90.8 percent of cases were in children 17 years old…