Showing posts with label Georgia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Georgia. Show all posts
Friday, September 10, 2021

Herschel Walker to make first public appearance since entering Senate race at Georgia football game

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Former NFL star Herschel Walker is set to make his first public appearance since entering the Georgia Senate race last month – and it won’...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

Help deal with COVID by wearing jeans, a Georgia superintendent of schools advises

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Superintendent of Georgia’s Bulloch County School District Charles Wilson has done virtually nothing to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Herschel Walker files paperwork to run for Senate in Georgia

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Herschel Walker filed paperwork on Tuesday to run for Senate as a Republican in Georgia, d… Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaig...
Thursday, August 5, 2021

Georgia to ask 185K voters if they remain active

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George Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) announced on Thursday that the state is taking steps to update its voter rolls, contactin...
Friday, June 25, 2021

US Justice Dept sues Georgia over restrictive state voting law

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Republicans in Arizona, Florida and Iowa have also adopted new voting restrictions; Pennsylvania and Texas may follow. Source: https://w...
Friday, June 18, 2021

Georgia releases names of over 100K people at risk of having voter registration canceled

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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) on Friday publicized the names of more than 100,000 people who could have their voter re...
Friday, May 21, 2021

Judge rules Fulton County absentee ballots to be unsealed, reviewed after fraud claims

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Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, has been the source of conspiracy theories, largely promoted by former President Donald Trump and h...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Trump supporter proposes election audit in Georgia

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A Trump supporter running to replace Georgia’s governor in the state’s Republican primary came out in favor of an Arizona-style audit of G...
Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Three Georgia men charged with federal hate crimes over Ahmaud Arbery’s death

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Three men in Georgia were charged with federal hate crimes on Wednesday in connection with the death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man who was...
Sunday, April 18, 2021

Otters at Georgia Aquarium test positive for Covid-19

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The aquarium expects the otters to make a full recovery. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/otters-georgia-aquarium-test-posit...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Arkansas joins Georgia in passing voting restrictions

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On April 13, Arkansas approved of three bills ( Senate Bill 486 , Senate Bill 487 , and House Bill 1715 ) which, much like Georgia’s own re...

Hank Aaron’s name replacing Klan leader’s on Atlanta school

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Atlanta’s school board voted this week to rename a high school after baseball great Hank Aaron, removing the name of a former Ku Klux Klan...
Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Rand Paul calls for Republicans to boycott Coca-Cola

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is calling on Republicans to boycott Coca-Cola after the company stated its disapproval for a new voting law in Geo...

MLB’s All-Star Game reportedly moved to Denver in wake of Georgia restricting voter access

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The Midsummer Classic was supposed to be in Atlanta on July 13 before lawmakers in that state dialed back ballot access. Source: https:/...
Monday, April 5, 2021

Loose cow ties up Atlanta interstate traffic for an hour

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A single cow held up traffic for about an hour near Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday after falling out of a livestock trailer.According to the Du...
Friday, April 2, 2021

Backlash grows against Georgia voting rights law

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Georgia lawmakers are on defense as prominent companies and business executives have come out in opposition to legislation signed into law...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Stacey Abrams: Boycotts in Georgia not necessary – yet

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Voting rights activist and former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams (D) on Wednesday said that boycotting Georgia businesses over their fai...

Biden would back MLB moving All-Star Game out of Georgia

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President Biden on Wednesday said he would support Major League Baseball moving this year’s All-Star Game out of Atlanta in response to re...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Georgia GOP governor in quarantine after COVID-19 exposure

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is in quarantine after a recent exposure to an individual who tested positive for COVID-19, his office confirm...

Graham on Georgia legislation prohibiting giving water to voters in line: ‘Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me’

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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he agreed in an interview that a provision included in a GOP-backed voting law in Georgia that seeks to ...