3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1168+ words) Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and healthcare billionaire Rick Jackson advanced to the runoff in the Republican primary for governor of Georgia, extending their bruising and expensive campaign battle. Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms clinched the Democratic nomination on Tuesday....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (484+ words) A man charged in a string of shootings near Atlanta that left three people dead, including a Department of Homeland Security employee who was walking her dog, died in jail Tuesday night, authorities said. Olaolukitan Adon Abel, 26, was found unresponsive…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (819+ words) Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms smiles while waiting in line to file paperwork to qualify for the 2026 Georgia governor’s race at the Georgia State Capitol, Monday, March 2, 2026, in Atlanta. (Matthew Pearson/WABE via AP) But there is little of…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (593+ words) U.K.-native Olaolukitan Adon Abel, whose name appears in different variations in court and government records, is accused of killing two women, including a Department of Homeland Security employee, and critically injuring a man. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin called the…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (742+ words) Tuesday’s special congressional runoff marks the second time in less than a month that voters in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District cast ballots for their representative in Washington. None of the 17 contenders in a March 10 special election received a majority of the…...

5+ mon, 6+ day ago   (458+ words) Harris led a first round of voting on March 10 with 37% in the district that stretches across 10 counties from suburban Atlanta to Tennessee. While Fuller came in second in the 17-candidate all-party special election with 35%, the Republican candidates combined won nearly…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (405+ words) State Rep. Victor Anderson, R-Cornelia, speaks at a House Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, to consider legislation to push back the deadline to stop counting votes with QR codes....

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (412+ words) State Sen. John Albers, a Republican from the Atlanta suburb of Roswell who pushed the bill, said he believed it was needed to promote public safety, even though the counties’ elected sheriffs will continue to be elected under party labels…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (437+ words) Republican Jason Frazier, a Fulton County resident, speaks during public comment at a State Election Board meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta, May 7, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP File) The state Court of Appeals found that while elected leaders…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (661+ words) Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a 60-day suspension of the state’s 33-cents-per-gallon tax on gas and 37-cents-per-gallon tax on diesel. Motorists are likely to start getting relief in the coming days as the price cuts trickle through from…...