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SourceLine hasn’t updated Alabama’s local record yet. Coming soon. Federal and state are here now. What it shows today: members of Congress and the state legislature, and the Black community by the numbers for the state and every county. Until then, here is what Black newspapers in Alabama are reporting, and the national stories told with Alabama’s own numbers.
Alabama at a glance
Every ward, commission and district with its own page
Each page shows who represents it and how to reach them, recent public votes, and the numbers where they are measured. Not sure which is yours? Look up your address.
Cities 187
187 pages. Find yours by looking up your address.
U.S. House districts 7
County commission districts 5
School districts 137
137 pages. Find yours by looking up your address.
State Senate districts 35
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State House districts 105
105 pages. Find yours by looking up your address.
Towns 276
276 pages. Find yours by looking up your address.
Issues in Alabama
What matters most comes first: full stories, then decisions that keep coming back, divide the board, draw residents, change how land near you is used, or move big money for the size of the place. Open decisions come before decided ones.
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Stories for Alabama
Told with Alabama’s own numbers. Open one to go down to your county, city and address.
- 69,000 Black men lost federal jobs. Why didn't anyone count them?About 69,000 fewer Black men work federal jobs than in 2024. Their count beside Black women, where it hit hardest, and who can act.Read the story ›
- Black voters moved in 2026. What did it win, and what comes next?A record 124 million voted. About 9 in 10 Black voters backed House Democrats, and five Black governors won. State by state, and what comes next.Read the story ›
- How do we raise Black children's reading, state by state?In New Jersey 1 in 4 Black fourth graders read at Proficient; nationwide it is 1 in 6. Where reading is rising, who decides, and what you can do.Read the story ›
Sources are named in each story: Census Bureau business surveys, Bureau of Economic Analysis, USAspending.gov, USDA, and state records. Benefits and federal awards are separate measures and are never added together. Every story ›
Reported in Black newspapers in Alabama
These are headlines from the papers themselves. Each one is the paper’s reporting, not SourceLine’s record. Open a headline to read it on the paper’s own site.
- Birmingham City Schools, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, and National Fitness Campaign Provide Access to Free FitnessReporting from Birmingham Times, not SourceLine’s record. November 5, 2026. Opens on Birmingham Times’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Shomari Figures Wins Re-Election in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District Amid National Redistricting BattleReporting from Birmingham Times, not SourceLine’s record. November 5, 2026. Opens on Birmingham Times’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Tommy Tuberville Claims Win in Governor Race; Doug Jones Points to Democratic Progress in AlabamaReporting from Birmingham Times, not SourceLine’s record. November 4, 2026. Opens on Birmingham Times’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- New UAB Dental Clinic Targets North Alabama’s Care ShortageReporting from Speakin' Out News, not SourceLine’s record. November 4, 2026. Opens on Speakin' Out News’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Five Huntsville Officers Arrested Since June; Four Cases Involve Domestic Violence ChargesReporting from Speakin' Out News, not SourceLine’s record. November 4, 2026. Opens on Speakin' Out News’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Alabama didn’t become an economic powerhouse by saying noReporting from Speakin' Out News, not SourceLine’s record. November 4, 2026. Opens on Speakin' Out News’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- Greene County Commission Files Suit to Recover Nearly $5 Million in Bingo Funds Identified by State ExaminersReporting from Greene County Democrat, not SourceLine’s record. October 1, 2026. Opens on Greene County Democrat’s own website, with its own ads ↗
- City of Eutaw Ordinance No. 2024-20-06 #6:Reporting from Greene County Democrat, not SourceLine’s record. September 10, 2026. Opens on Greene County Democrat’s own website, with its own ads ↗
Headlines from Black newspapers, most of them members of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, gathered from their public feeds. SourceLine links to each paper and does not republish its articles.