Georgia Democrats didn’t get the big blue tsunami they were hoping for on Election Day, but they did plant a flag in the once reliably red northern Atlanta suburbs of Cobb and Gwinnett counties.
These counties elected Democrats to offices up and down the ballot, sending two Democratic Congresswomen to Washington in an otherwise gloomy congressional election for the party. They also played a major role in apparently backing a Democrat for president in Georgia for the first time since 1992.
As Democrats and Republicans vie for control of Georgia’s House of Representatives, here are a few races that could help determine the direction of state government for years to come. UPDATED 11/02/2020
Schools should not penalize students for sharing concerns about COVID-19 safety, state Superintendent Richard Woods said Friday in a statement seemingly directed at administrators in some of the state’s earliest-opening districts who have threatened discipline for students who share images showing their schools in a bad light.
Union City Mayor Vince Williams is frustrated. He and other Fulton County mayors say the county is denying cities their rightful share of federal aid they need to help their residents and employees during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sally Riddle of the Cobb Coalition for Public Safety is calling out officials at the Cobb Detention Center for what she describes as a "total lack of transparency."
The fight for answers involving inmate deaths at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center continues this week as residents and activists call conditions...
A Cobb County middle school student who had not been vaccinated against measles may have spread the disease to others between Oct. 31 and Nov. 6, 2019,...
Deaths from opioids have dropped nationally, but fatal overdoses are a top concern in Georgia. One police department is trying something new: instead of...
