Republicans in the state violated a landmark civil rights law in drawing maps that diluted the power of Black voters, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled. By Emily Cochrane and Rick Rojas Republicans ...

State Sen. Shelly Echols, R-Gainesville speaks on behalf of SB1EX, the Senate redistricting act, in the Senate Chambers during a Special Session at the Georgia State Capitol, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 ...

Republicans who control the Georgia legislature on Thursday finalized a new congressional map that safeguards their party’s dominance in state politics and dashes, for the time being, Democrats ...

And while the new maps created an additional majority Black congressional district, two in the State Senate and five in the Statehouse, Republicans also effectively drew Ms. McBath, the Black ...

Georgia state Sen. Chuck Payne (R) looks at a map during debate regarding a bill on the drawing of congressional districts at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta in 2021. (Hyosub Shin/AP) By Azi Paybarah ...

Brushing aside concerns that they may be breaking law that protects coalitions of nonwhite voters, Georgia state senators on Tuesday passed a new congressional map that would maintain a likely 9-5 ...

A federal judge Thursday ordered Georgia to draw new congressional and state legislative maps, ruling that state legislators improperly diluted the political power of Black voters in establishing ...