Trump Judge Scott McAfee wins Georgia primary
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee, the judge in the wide-ranging extortion case against former President Donald Trump, won Tuesday’s primary election. McAfee, who was favored to win, was challenged in a bipartisan race by civil rights lawyer and radio host Robert Pattillo. McAfee has been serving as a judge for just over a year […]
Embattled DA Fani Willis wins Georgia primary election
Embattled Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis survived a challenge in Tuesday night’s primary election and will face off against a Republican challenger in November. Willis, the Fulton County district attorney, led the wide-ranging 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump and accused numerous Republicans in the state and across the country of having an […]
In Georgia, fierce state Supreme Court race, Republican congressional primary top ballots
Georgia’s elections on Tuesday include a state Supreme Court race unusually heated by the sleepy standards of the state’s bipartisan judicial races, and the heavily Republican 3rd Congressional District south and west of Atlanta. It includes a five-way Republican primary for the vacant seat. . Two Democratic incumbents, Rep. David Scott and Rep. Lucy McBath, […]
Facebook’s ESG Agenda Went Down to Georgia and Trashed a Trophy Fishing Lake
Meta, the parent firm of Facebook, was in the media promoting its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) virtues in December 2021. That preening didn’t end well for the company this month after a decision was handed down in a lawsuit dealing with the destruction of a trophy fishing lake in Lumpkin, Georgia. “We thank Silicon Ranch . […]
Embattled Trump prosecutor fights to keep job as Georgia among five states holding elections Tuesday
Georgia, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon will hold primaries on Tuesday, including several legislative showdowns that could shape key contests in the fall battle for control of the House. . And in a move that will give Republicans some breathing room as they defend their fragile and razor-thin majorities, voters in California’s congressional districts will choose […]
Fani Willis suggests creation of Georgia prosecutorial oversight panel is racially motivated
Embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis suggested Monday that the creation of a new prosecutorial oversight board in Georgia is racially motivated. “Georgia has never had a prosecutorial oversight board,” Willis told MSNBC host Rachel Maddow when asked about the state Senate’s special committee investigation. “All of a sudden, 14 minorities were elected district […]
4 dead in wrong-way Georgia van crash
Four people, including three from the same family, were killed Sunday when a van crossed the median and into oncoming traffic on an interstate in northwestern Georgia. Five other people were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 75 near Emerson. According to state police, a Kia van was traveling northbound when it crossed the […]
Dispute between women leads to 11 injured in shooting at Georgia hot spot
Eleven people were injured in a shooting rampage late Saturday in the busy tourist town of Savannah, Georgia, after two women got into an argument. The argument between the women began at an unnamed establishment and escalated to Ellis Square in Savannah’s historic district just before midnight, Police Chief Renee Gunther said at a news […]
Biden credits Georgia as ‘the reason I won’ during fundraiser
President Joe Biden was in Georgia over the weekend thanking supporters for voting for him in 2020 because the state was “the reason I’m president right now.” The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation held a fundraiser for Biden on Saturday ahead of his speech at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday. Biden made several stops around […]
Georgia College Student Fatally Shot on Campus, Shooter Arrested
A female college student in Georgia died after an armed intruder entered her campus and shot her near a bus stop, then shook other students. The shooting occurred Saturday afternoon at Kennesaw State University, leaving one victim dead and the suspect arrested, WSB-TV reported. report. The school has not released the victim’s identity, but university […]