Willis a no-show at state Senate committee hearing
ATLANTA - Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis did not appear before a state Senate committee Friday to testify about the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, defying a subpoena the panel issued last spring. Willis has...
Fulton judge tosses three counts in Trump’s election interference case
ATLANTA - A Fulton County Superior Court judge Thursday dismissed three counts in District Attorney Fani Willis' election interference case against former President Donald Trump while leaving most of the counts intact. Two of the dismissed counts were filed directly...
University system sets record for degrees awarded
ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia (USG) awarded a record 76,571 degrees during the last fiscal year, up 1.8% over fiscal 2023. The number of degrees the system's 26 institutions have awarded has risen by 39.6% since 2011, when the USG joined Complete College...
Critics assail cost of Georgia Power biomass projects
ATLANTA - Opponents of a proposal by Georgia Power to add more biomass to the utility's electrical generating portfolio argued Thursday the plan is both unreliable and too expensive. Georgia Power is seeking approval from the state Public Service Commission (PSC) to...
Republicans join legal challenge of State Election Board
ATLANTA - The Republican-controlled State Election Board is now being challenged from both sides of the aisle. A Georgia-based advocacy group headed by former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner filed suit in Fulton County Wednesday seeking to block rules changes three...
West, De la Cruz tossed from Georgia presidential ballot
ATLANTA - Two Fulton County judges have disqualified independent Cornel West and socialist Claudia De la Cruz from Georgia's presidential ballot, narrowing the field of qualified candidates in the Peach State to four. In decisions handed down Wednesday, the judges...
Voting rights groups weigh in on lawsuit challenging State Election Board
ATLANTA - Civil and voting rights groups have filed a "friend of the court" brief in a lawsuit challenging two rules changes the State Election Board's Republican majority adopted in recent weeks. The ACLU of Georgia, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Lawyers'...
Cyber criminals convicted in Gwinnett County headed to prison
ATLANTA - Two convicted cyber criminals were sentenced to prison this week in Gwinnett County for their role in fraud schemes with multiple victims. Ugochinyere Anazodo, 46, of Gwinnett and Dominique Beaulieu, 45, of Windermere, Fla., were convicted late last month...