Keith Higgins takes oath of office after winning the election for District Attorney of Glynn County.

Keith Higgins takes oath of office after winning the election for District Attorney of Glynn County.

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A state oversight agency is undertaking a formal investigation into allegations against a southeast Georgia district attorney.

Today is the first day of early voting in Georgia's primary election runoff with several high-profile races still to be decided.

The Georgia NAACP and others have dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Voting Rights Act violations in Meriwether County.

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