Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Four Georgia district attorneys filed a lawsuit this week to stop the creation of a new disciplinary committee that has the power to remove county prosecutors from public office. The plaintiffs in the state lawsuit accuse Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP lawmakers of passing legislation …
Read More »Rudy Giuliani Concedes He Made False Statements About Two Georgia Election Workers Mishandling Ballots
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani admitted this week to making false statements against two Fulton County poll workers who came under the dogged attack of election deniers in the aftermath of Georgia’s 2020 election. Giuliani acknowledged in a U.S. District Court filing on …
Read More »Georgia Supreme Court Rejects ‘Desperate and Frivolous’ Attempt by Trump to Kill 2020 Probe
The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday unanimously rejected a bid by former President Donald Trump—who is seeking the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination—to effectively end Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ probe into his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. The former president’s legal team last week filed petitions with …
Read More »Grand Jury Selected To Hear Evidence In Georgia Trump Case
Donna Lowry, GPB News The Fulton County grand jury determining if former President Donald Trump should face criminal charges in Georgia is now seated. Ninety-six people arrived at Fulton County Superior Court for grand jury duty early Tuesday morning, unaware that some would hear evidence on whether to indict Trump …
Read More »Clock Winds Down For Georgians To Requalify For Medicaid With Coverage For Up To 500,000 At Risk
Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder Some people know what Alysia Cutting is talking about when she brings up Medicaid unwinding as she moves from one community event to the next in southwest Georgia. But for most of them, word of the renewal process starting up again – and the potential they …
Read More »Georgia Senate Votes Down Bill To Create Buckhead City
Stephen Fowler, GPB News A yearslong effort by a small but vocal group pushing for a wealthy Atlanta neighborhood to secede from the city’s control was roundly rebuked Thursday, as a bipartisan coalition in the Georgia Senate rejected legislation for the City of Buckhead City. Ten Republicans joined the entire …
Read More »Georgia Senate Committee Passes Bill That Bans Drop Boxes. It Also Might Violate Federal Law
Stephen Fowler, GPB News The Georgia Senate Ethics Committee passed a version of an elections omnibus bill Tuesday night that might violate federal law and includes a last-minute ban on absentee drop boxes. A Republican majority on the committee approved a substitute to Senate Bill 221 that was only available …
Read More »Judge To Release Partial Fulton Grand Jury Report On Trump Allies’ 2020 Election Interference
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder The first details of a Fulton County special grand jury’s report on attempts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to interfere in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election are set to be released to the public Thursday. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said in a court …
Read More »Georgia Secretary of State Pushes For End Of General Election Runoffs
Georgia’s Dec. 6 runoff election, which saw U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s victory against former University of Georgia football player Herschel Walker drew ire on both sides of the aisle. Complaints by politicians and voters included the racist history of the process, long lines at the polls and a reduced early voting …
Read More »‘Worth the wait’: U.S. Senate Democrats Celebrate A 51-Seat Majority With Georgia Win
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer jubilantly announced Wednesday that the Georgia runoff election victory will next year end an evenly divided U.S. Senate, giving Democrats more subpoena power in committees and a quicker turnaround in approving federal and judicial appointments. Schumer, a New York Democrat, …
Read More »Sen. Raphael Warnock Defeats Herschel Walker In Senate Runoff
Stephen Fowler and Riley Buch, GPB News Incumbent Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock has defeated his Republican opponent Herschel Walker, as strong runoff election day turnout Tuesday was not enough to overcome a wave of record-setting early voting numbers from Democrats. Warnock led with more than 50% of the vote …
Read More »Steady Turnout, Few Lines Reported As Georgia Voters Settle High-Stakes Senate Runoff
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder More than three million total votes have been cast in Georgia’s runoff for U.S. Senate and the clock is ticking down before polls close in the whirlwind race pitting Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock against Republican challenger Herschel Walker. There were long lines during Georgia’s condensed early …
Read More »Georgia Voters Get Final Say On Senate Race, Balance Of Power On Election Day
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder A busy early voting period wrapped up Friday with more than 1.8 million Georgians having cast in-person votes in the runoff pitting Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock against Republican Herschel Walker. A large turnout is also expected at the polls Tuesday as Georgia voters have their …
Read More »Walker, Warnock Make Final Pitches To Georgia Voters In Senate Runoff
Stephen Fowler and Riley Bunch, GPB News After tens of millions of dollars in TV ads and mailers, texts and calls, canvassing and campaign stops, the U.S. Senate runoff between Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker will soon be over. Whomever Georgia voters elect will serve the state in …
Read More »Early Voting For U.S. Senate Runoff Sees Long Lines Amid High Turnout
By: GPB News Staff Early voting ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker began in several Georgia counties over the weekend with a patchwork of start dates and times. Statewide early voting for all 159 counties begins today and ends Friday, Dec. 2 …
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