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More than 200 registered voters pulled off rolls for being felons still serving sentences
19+ hour ago (139+ words) Local news for metro Atlanta The Secretary of State’s Office confirmed more than 200 people on voter rolls in a west Georgia county were registered to vote when they should not have been. The Sec. of State’s Office said 226 convicted felons…...
Talk back: Public safety must not become public surveillance
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (445+ words) Dunwoody is certainly not Orwell's Oceania, and our elected officials and police officers are not Big Brother, but technology has advanced to the point where capabilities Orwell could only imagine are becoming possible....
Federal appeals court voids 2023 ruling that Georgia’s political maps violated Voting Rights Act
2+ week, 4+ day ago (331+ words) The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is sending a lawsuit over Georgia’s 2021 political maps back to a lower court, ordering it to reexamine an earlier ruling that concluded the state’s maps were racially discriminatory. The decision comes a few months after…...
Log Cabin Republicans remove transgender rights from mission
2+ week, 6+ day ago (331+ words) Log Cabin Republicans, an organization that formerly represented LGBTQ conservatives, has removed advocating for transgender and queer rights from its “renewed” national advocacy focus. In an opinion piece written by Log Cabin Republicans President Ross Hemminger for the conservative media…...
Podcast: Why Atlanta Lost the DNC with Atlanta City Councilman Michael Julian Bond
2+ week, 6+ day ago (133+ words) Welcome to The Georgia Politics Podcast! Atlanta was considered a strong contender to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention, but the DNC ultimately decided to go elsewhere. So what happened? In this episode of The Georgia Politics Podcast, Atlanta City Councilman…...
Talk Back: This was the straw that broke the camel’s back
3+ week, 14+ hour ago (724+ words) Appen Media welcomes your letters to the editor. All letters must be signed and Appen Media reserves the right to edit a letter for length and content. To submit your letter, visit: On Feb. 20, 2007, I had a telephone conversation with…...
1976, Part 15: The Last Great National Convention with U.S. Senator Mack Mattingly
3+ week, 2+ day ago (156+ words) The 1976 Republican National Convention is widely considered the last consequential national political convention in American history — a convention where the outcome was genuinely in doubt and delegates still had a meaningful role in choosing the party’s presidential nominee. In this…...
High schoolers to moderate Sept. 16, Oct. 5 debates
3+ week, 3+ day ago (387+ words) Local high schoolers participating in Student Leadership North’s secretary of state ambassador program bond at a recent escape room team-building event. Correction: A previous version of this story listed an incorrect date for the first candidate debate. The debate will…...
Proud to have Jon Ossoff representing Georgia
3+ week, 6+ day ago (292+ words) As proud Atlanta Jews, we are delighted to have Jon Ossoff representing us and the citizens of Georgia in the United States Senate. That may sound like a simple political statement. It isn’t. In a moment when American politics increasingly…...
High schoolers to moderate Sept. 12, Oct. 5 debates
3+ week, 6+ day ago (346+ words) Local high schoolers participating in Student Leadership North’s secretary of state ambassador program bond at a recent escape room team-building event. JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Thirteen local high school students will moderate candidate debates in September and October as part of…...