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Amare Thomas #0 of the Houston Cougars gives a stiff arm to Tamarcus Cooley #0 of the Louisiana State Tigers in the second half during the Kinder's Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium on Dec. 27, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP on Tuesday urged pushback against GOP-led redistricting efforts in Southern states via college sports, including a boycott of public universities by athletes and supporters. U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow Congressional Black Caucus members blasted a bill that sets forth a national framework for college athletes’ compensation.  But the CBC’s backlash went beyond just the legislation — which was yanked from the House’s voting schedule this week following  unanimous opposition from the major voting bloc.  At a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol, the lawmakers rallied behind the  NAACP’s call earlier Tuesday for Black athletes and fans to withhold “athletic ...

The Alabama State Board of Education begins its monthly meeting on April 10, 2025 at the Gordon Persons Building in Montgomery, Alabama. Voters in SBOE Districts 6 and 8 in northern and eastern Alabama will see competitive primaries Tuesday. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector) Voters in two State Board of Education districts in northern and eastern Alabama will go to the polls Tuesday to select nominees for the board. While four seats will be up for election later this year, only District 6, which covers Talladega, Marshall and Cherokee counties, and District 8, which covers Limestone, Madison and DeKalb counties, will have competitive primaries. Board members make decisions on textbooks, curriculum, educator programs and review testing data during monthly meetings. GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Voters in District 6 will choose betwee...

A teacher observes students playing at a Chicago school playground. Many states are grappling over who should be required to report incidents of child neglect and abuse. (Photo by Robbie Sequeira/Stateline) Conversations with survivors of sexual abuse left Missouri state Sen. Tracy McCreery wondering what could have prevented the harm, leading her to sponsor a bill that would require clergy and religious workers to report suspected child abuse or neglect. Her bill would have forced ministers to report even if they learned of abuse during confession or another religious rite. She urges people to view the issue through the lens of child safety and not against religion. “Children are just very vulnerable and it’s up to us as adults to not allow them to be harmed,” the Democrat told Stateline. “There shouldn’t be an exception for adults that know about something and just don’t report it.” Her bill failed to advance as the Missouri legislative session drew to a close. Other state lawmake...

A banner showing President Donald Trump hangs on the Robert F. Kennedy Building of the U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Monday a new “anti-weaponization” settlement fund as a condition of President Donald Trump voluntarily dropping his multi-billion-dollar lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service for the leak of his tax returns several years ago. Trump, his sons Don Jr. and Eric, and the Trump Organization moved to drop the $10 billion suit Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, with prejudice — meaning he cannot revive it in the future.  Shortly after Trump’s  filing hit the court docket, the DOJ  announced the creation of a $1.776 billion settlement, not to be paid to Trump or his family, but to be divvied up among “others who suffered weaponization and lawfare,” according to a department press release. Democrats swiftly...

Senators standing on the floor on the Alabama Senate on the final day of the 2026 Regular Session on April 9, 2026, in Montgomery, Alabama. A federal judge on Monday denied the state's motion to vacate the court-ordered Senate map that was put in place because the Legislature-passed map was ruled in violation of the Voting Rights Act. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector) A federal judge Monday denied the state’s request to revert to Alabama’s 2021 state Senate map, citing a lack of jurisdiction.  Responding to an emergency motion from Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, who sought to reverse the order after the U.S. Supreme Court significantly weakened Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais , U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco wrote that she had to “preserve the status quo” after Allen filed a separate appeal to the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.   “Under these precedents, the Court has no authority to vacate or stay its injunction,” Manasco, a Trump a...

A voter leaves a polling place after casting a ballot in the state’s primary election on March 5, 2024, in Mountain Brook, Ala. Alabama voters will choose party nominees for governor, attorney general, Congress, all 140 state legislative seats and many other local races on Tuesday. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images) Voters across Alabama go to the polls Tuesday to select party nominees for the 2026 midterm elections in over 160 federal, state and local primary elections. Alabama will have a new governor in 2027, as Gov. Kay Ivey is term-limited. Current U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Republican, is running for the gubernatorial nomination, leaving his seat open. All congressional offices are up for election, with a caveat , and all 140 state legislative seats are on the ballot. There are two statewide constitutional amendments on the ballot. Sample ballots for all 67 counties can be found on the Secretary of State’s website. Alabama has open primaries, so voters can ask for a Democratic...