Hours after deadly shooting, Georgia senators hold crime meeting
Fulton County Chief Superior Court Judge Christopher Brasher appears before a Senate committee. Only hours after another deadly shooting in Atlanta, several law enforcement officials told members of the Georgia Senate Public Safety Committee Wednesday what they need...
Georgia Supreme Court hears lawsuit claiming sexual abuse by Catholic priest
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center in downtown Atlanta (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - A lawsuit alleging a now-deceased Catholic priest sexually abused an altar boy in the 1970s should go forward because the Archdiocese of Atlanta didn’t admit the crime until 2018, a...
Ad watch: Black launches new statewide radio ad in Senate bid
https://youtu.be/wJhg95O4d_Q ATLANTA - Georgia Agriculture Commissioner and U.S. Senate candidate Gary Black’s campaign began running a radio ad statewide Tuesday highlighting his recent trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. Black’s ad criticized Republican opponent...
Georgia Supreme Court rules on ACLU defamation lawsuit
ATLANTA – The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled a lower trial court erred in denying an American Civil Liberties Union motion to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a former Glynn County public defender. In the case of ACLU, Inc. v. Zeh, the court reversed...
Georgia expanding funding for child-care program
ATLANTA - More Georgia families will be getting help from the state paying for child care under an initiative Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. Starting Nov. 1, Georgia will expand its Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) program by 10,000 children. The program...
Atlanta Democrats urge lawmakers to ‘put the brakes’ on Buckhead cityhood
ATLANTA - The growing movement to turn Atlanta’s wealthiest community into its own city took on new opposition Monday. Democratic members of the city of Atlanta’s legislative delegation will deliver a letter to Georgia House Speaker David Ralston and Lt. Gov. Geoff...
Marjorie Taylor Greene dwarfing potential challengers in campaign cash
ATLANTA - Four Democrats and two Republicans want U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s job. But only one has raised even half the campaign cash the controversial Greene, R-Rome, amassed during the first nine months of the 2022 election cycle. Greene, who was stripped of...
Bourdeaux slightly outraises Republican challenger in 7th Congressional District
U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux ATLANTA - U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux raised more than $733,000 during the third quarter, the Suwanee Democrat’s campaign reported Friday. Combined with earlier fund-raising, that brought her total to more $2 million for this election cycle...