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Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: State government trifectas at the Super Bowl

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State courts continue redrawing maps, as Supreme Court backs off

Hours after the federal Supreme Court let Alabama keep in place a congressional map that a lower court found in violation of the Voting Rights Act, Ohio’s Supreme Court struck down for a second time its state map on gerrymandering grounds.

Tribune News Service

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 2020 to 2022 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 2020s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY final rankings?

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1990 to 1999 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1990s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY final rankings?

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 1980 to 1989 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 1980s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll final rankings?

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Caleb Williams Says His Dad Wouldn't Let Him Choose Alabama

The new USC quarterback discussed his recruitment on “Good Morning America.”

Sports Illustrated

Where the Legend of ‘Money Mac’ Began

Three brothers—and two parents willing to shag kicks—started a placekicking dynasty in Alabama and launched Evan McPherson to a rare level of stardom.

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Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings: 2000 to 2009 Final Top 25

Coaches Poll, College Football Rankings 2000s: What are the greatest college football programs of all-time based on the Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY final rankings?

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UGA football in top schools for 4-star DE Tomarrion Parker

The Georgia Bulldogs are among the top five schools for Phenix City, Alabama, defensive end recruit Tomarrion Parker.

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The supreme court’s alarming emergency ruling on Alabama’s maps

Scotus reversed an earlier ruling which held the maps should be redrawn to accurately represent the state’s Black population

The Guardian - US

The supreme court is helping consolidate white political power in America

By upholding Alabama’s gerrymandered districts, the supreme court is laying the groundwork for ending voting rights and political power for Black people

The Guardian - US

Alabama revisits pairing KKK leader and Black student names

The University of Alabama is reconsidering its decision last week to retain the name of a one-time governor who led the Ku Klux Klan on a campus building while adding the name of the school’s first Black student

The Independent UK

State courts continue redrawing maps, as Supreme Court backs off - Roll Call

With primaries quickly approaching, state courts are more likely the ones to decide how congressional district lines should be drawn.

Roll Call

Historic Coretta Scott home where she wed MLK now forgotten

A little-known but important piece of American history stands vacant on a two-lane highway in rural western Alabama

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GOP scrutiny of Black districts may deepen after court move

Civil rights activists worry that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling could embolden Republicans to take aim at splitting majority-Black districts and ultimately reduce Black voters’ influence on Capitol Hill

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ESPN ranks CFB teams with most ‘returning production’ — Where’s Georgia?

Georgia will have a lot of talent to replace this offseason

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Alabama filing deadline update: 75% of state legislative districts are contested by only one of the two major parties

The filing deadline for candidates running for state offices in 2022 in Alabama was Jan. 28. State legislative elections will take place in all 35 Senate and 105 House districts. Overall, 271 candidates filed for those 140 districts: 88 Democrats, 182 Republicans, and one Libertarian. This equals 1.94 candidates per…

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NFL invites 324 to Scouting Combine: The A-to-Z of players

Who are the 324 players to receive invites to the 2022 NFL Scouting Combine?

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Top Alabama draft prospect Evan Neal on new Saints coach Doug Marrone

Top Alabama draft prospect Evan Neal spoke highly of his position coach Doug Marrone, who was just hired by the Saints:

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Ballotpedia’s Daily Brew: Court rulings and new maps – the latest on redistricting

Welcome to the Wednesday, February 9, Brew.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: So much for nonpartisan. Republican Supreme Court justices are helping elect Republicans

It is hard to understand the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday to reinstate a congressional district map drawn by the Alabama Legislature as anything other than an effort by the conservative justices to help Republicans in the midterms.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court signals few map changes before midterms

WASHINGTON — A Supreme Court order that allowed Alabama to use its new congressional map for the 2022 election has ominous signs for federal challenges to redistricting plans in other states for the upcoming midterms and beyond.

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Chief Justice John Roberts’ grip slips as Supreme Court conservatives curb voting rights

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts was once in the vanguard as the U.S. Supreme Court rolled back the Voting Rights Act. But as his more conservative colleagues showed this week in restoring a Republican-drawn Alabama congressional map, Roberts is no longer in control.

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'She died protecting her children': California bus shooting victim was from Seattle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Karin Dalton was a devoted mother and she was protecting her children when she was shot and killed after a gunman opened fire last week inside a Greyhound bus in Northern California.

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Supreme Court redistricting ruling could stop challenges to Georgia maps

ATLANTA — Lawsuits challenging Georgia’s redistricting could come to an abrupt halt after the U.S. Supreme Court put on hold a lower court’s ruling that had found new congressional maps in Alabama diluted representation of Black voters.

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