Fair Fight takes credit for Georgia election reforms after losing ...
WEBOct 4, 2022 · Georgia’s top Republican officials are celebrating a federal court ruling they say further dispels the claims made by a voting rights organization founded by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams that Georgia’s election system discriminates against Black voters and other minorities.
Court suit against Georgia’s law that allows mass voter challenges ...
WEBNov 10, 2023 · Georgia federal court trial of Fair Fight vs True the Vote over mass voter registration challenges after 2020 Trump presidential election.
Georgia Power plans to finish shift from coal-fired plants by 2035
WEBJan 31, 2022 · Georgia Power plans to power down the last of its coal-fired plants by 2035, when Plant Bowen in northwest Georgia is poised to close, according to long-term planning documents the company filed Monday. The documents filed Monday present the utility’s long-term plans to produce energy, which the Georgia Public …
State Election Board reconvenes after secretary of state booted …
WEBApr 27, 2021 · John McCosh/Georgia Recorder. A new leader is set to run Georgia’s State Election Board meeting Wednesday for the first time since the Legislature passed controversial election changes shifting the panel’s power. Vice-Chair Rebecca Sullivan will replace Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as …
How Marjorie Taylor Greene ascended from Atlanta suburbs to D.C ...
WEBFeb 15, 2021 · The unemployment rate in northwest Georgia was 4.5% in December, according to the state labor department, lower than Georgia’s 5.6%. But the average rate of people under 65 without health insurance in the 12 counties of Greene’s district is 14.85%, compared with 9.5% for the state.
Georgia GOP lawmakers steam ahead with new political maps, …
WEBDec 6, 2023 · Georgia Republican senators voted Tuesday in favor of a controversial congressional map after deflecting criticism that the redrawn districts unfairly target a Democratic congresswomen while also conflicting with a federal judge’s order directing the state to remedy voting rights violations against Black voters.
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Efforts to criminalize homelessness persist after state effort dies at ...
WEBApr 19, 2022 · Critics of those proposals say local communities are better suited to determine any designated sites for camps or other facilities. Advocates for the unsheltered warn cutting off state funding from a city that has a higher per capita homeless population where local law enforcement is not enforcing existing …
New law aims to protect renters from slum landlords
WEBAug 12, 2019 · A Cobb County Republican lawmaker pushed the bill in last year’s General Assembly to protect renters against negligent landlords. Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law in May. When code violations pile up as they did at Macon’s Crystal Lake Apartments this year, renters and property managers can squabble over rent, security deposits and more.
‘Sanctuary cities’ could face legal liability for injuries caused by ...
WEBMar 5, 2020 · Georgia’s so-called sanctuary cities could be subject to legal damages if someone in their jurisdiction is harmed by an undocumented immigrant, under proposed legislation. The bill’s author is Rep. Jesse Petrea, a Savannah Republican who filed legislation in past years to ensure Georgia isn’t home to sanctuary cities, which are banned in ...