Shomari Figures ... times continue to roll for Figures, elected to the U.S House to serve the 2nd congressional district in November, becoming only the fourth Black Alabama resident elected ...

Researchers from an Auburn University lab collected the shrew in Camp Hill. Dr. Wendy Hood of the Hood Lab said other ...

With a brand-new federal holiday proposal, Americans could soon have an additional day off between Thanksgiving and Christmas.The day, December 1, would be in honor of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks ...

Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new ...

The day, December 1, would be in honor of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks has been proposed by Representative Terri Sewell of Alabama. Called "the mother of the civil rights movement," Parks ...

Welcome to the Amsterdam News Family! I’m honored to be Amsterdam News‘ Publisher and my father, Wilbert “Bill” Tatum, before me. We’ve been reporting the news of the day from a Black ...

Kyla Cole was born and raised in the famous city of Montgomery, Alabama. She later graduated from Howard ... represents who you are and where you come from. Representative [Shomari] Figures is from ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Alabama) was selected for two House of Representatives committees on Tuesday. Figures will serve on the House Transportation and Infrastructure ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Alabama Congressman Shomari Figures returned to Mobile for a ceremonial swearing-in today. Figures represents Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. He was officially sworn ...

(WALA) - Alabama Congressman Shomari Figures has been named to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Agriculture Committee. Figures, D-Ala., released a statement ...