When the U.S. census released a detailed population count in August, data showed the 6th Congressional District had nearly the exact number of people necessary for a congressional district. The ...

ATLANTA — A federal judge has ruled that Georgia's congressional and state legislative districts must be redrawn before the 2024 election, reshaping the fight for control of Congress and the Georgia ...

WASHINGTON — After months of delays, the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday gave states part of the critical data needed to redraw their U.S. House boundaries: an updated tally of how many people live ...

ATLANTA — New data released by the federal government from the 2020 U.S. Census shows Georgia is one of 12 states that saw more than 10 percent growth in the past decade. An interactive map from the U ...

For decades, rural Georgia has been home to the state’s most powerful leaders — first as Democrats and now as Republicans. But an ongoing decline in the rural population could make it difficult for ...

A federal judge ordered Georgia to redraw some of its congressional and state legislative districts on Thursday, ruling the voting map violated the Voting Rights Act and was racially discriminatory ...

Georgia has enacted new state House and state Senate district lines, concluding its once-in-a-decade redistricting process. The state’s new maps systematically water down the political strength of ...

ATLANTA — A special legislative session begins Wednesday in Georgia to redraw the state's political maps after a federal judge ruled that the current district lines illegally dilute the power of Black ...

ATLANTA - Members of the Georgia Senate voted along party lines Tuesday afternoon to approve a new map for their own districts. Every ten years state lawmakers hold a special session in order to ...

It’s official. Columbus is Georgia’s second largest city, narrowly leapfrogging Augusta in population over the last decade. Columbus’ population was 206,922, as of April 1, 2020, according to data ...

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 in ...

A federal judge struck down Georgia’s Republican-drawn congressional and state legislative maps Thursday, ruling they violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters. U.S.