State senator taking aim at ‘swatting’
ATLANTA - A state senator plans to introduce legislation during the upcoming session of the General Assembly aimed at "swatting," false reports of criminal activity that send police to the homes or offices of targeted victims. Since Christmas Day, three Republican...
Judge upholds new Georgia congressional, legislative maps
ATLANTA - Federal judges do not have the authority in voting rights cases to "reallocate political power between the two major political parties," U.S. District Judge Steve Jones declared Thursday. That was the crux of Jones' ruling upholding the new legislative and...
Raffensperger renews call to end general election runoffs
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has renewed his call for the General Assembly to end general election runoffs in the Peach State. In a statement released last week, Raffensperger said getting rid of runoffs following the November elections...
Barry Fleming tapped for Superior Court judgeship
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed longtime state Rep. Barry Fleming, R-Harlem, to a Superior Court judgeship in the Columbia Judicial Circuit succeeding the retiring Judge James Blanchard Jr. Fleming, a lawyer, has served two stints in the Georgia House. He was...
2023: No state elections but plenty of politics
ATLANTA - While 2023 wasn't an election year in Georgia, politics was front and center throughout the last 12 months. From January street protests of the proposed Atlanta Police Training Center derided by critics as "Cop City" to the General Assembly redrawing...
Biden grants clemency to two Georgians imprisoned for drug offenses
ATLANTA - President Joe Biden granted clemency Friday to two Georgians incarcerated on cocaine charges, part of a group of 11 Biden said are serving "unduly long" sentences for non-violent drug offenses. The two Georgians to be released early are Anthony Ewing of...
New ads portray Trump a danger to democracy
ATLANTA - An anti-Donald Trump Republican political action committee has launched a new six-figure ad campaign warning voters to "wake up" to the threat it says the former president poses to American democracy. The 60-second ad, being run by the Republican...
Ex-Atlanta cop convicted of pandemic relief fraud
ATLANTA - A Georgia attorney and former Atlanta police officer has been convicted on federal charges of fraudulently obtaining more than $7 million in pandemic relief funds. Shelitha Robertson, 62, of Atlanta submitted applications for Paycheck Protection Program...