Georgia set to hold special election runoff to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat – CBS News Watch CBS News Georgia’s 14th Congressional District is set to hold a special election runoff on Tuesday between Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat. CBS News’ Fin Gomez has more. … Read more
Georgia lawmakers did not delay the required implementation of a new elections system by July before their legislative session ended Friday, raising urgent questions about how votes in the battleground state will be cast and counted in the November midterm elections. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive … Read more
ATLANTA — The Georgia General Assembly ended its annual session early Friday without a plan for new equipment to overhaul the state’s voting system by a July deadline, plunging into doubt the future of elections in the political battleground. The lawmakers’ failure to offer a solution after months of debate raises uncertainty about how Georgians … Read more
Twice a month, Sarah Stokely travels 4½ hours from her home in Rome, Georgia, to work for a week at a birth center in Blountville, Tennessee. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stokely is a certified nurse-midwife — the title for registered nurses who specialize in … Read more
ATLANTA — Georgia could become the first state to require every student to be checked for weapons when arriving at a public school each day. A bill is nearing passage that would require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a 2024 school shooting that killed four. “That rifle would have never reached our … Read more
A Georgia woman is facing a murder charge after police say she took pills to induce an abortion in violation of a state law that prohibits most abortions. The woman, Alexia Moore, was arrested on March 4, months after she was rushed to the emergency room with abdominal pain, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. … Read more
A 31-year-old Georgia woman has been charged with murder by police who say she took pills to induce an abortion in violation of a state law that bans it after the earliest weeks of pregnancy. If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: Rick Jackson, who is seeking the Republican nomination in the Georgia gubernatorial race, appeared to support Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies at Jackson Healthcare, according to unearthed audio of a former DEI executive at his company, but Jackson is now promising to put … Read more
VILLA RICA, Ga. — Shaquille O’Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died a few days after she collapsed following a fight after school. The former NBA superstar said he doesn’t want the family of Jada West to deal with the financial burden of a funeral while grieving … Read more
ATLANTA — It seemed like the stars had aligned for Republicans to get rid of their biggest targets — Georgia’s touch screen voting machines. But the complicated reality of changing voting systems has gotten in the way, despite the ascent of 2020 election deniers into influential places in state government and the second Donald Trump … Read more