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Fulton judge says Georgia law requires county election officials to ...
1 小时前 — A Fulton County judge ruled Tuesday that county election board members cannot refuse to certify election results. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney’s ruling clarifies that the state’s election certification law mandates that local election officials certify elections. The law has been challenged in several lawsuits, including a complaint ...
Sapelo zoning vote heads to Georgia Supreme Court
17 小时之前 — Credit: Jazz Watts/SICARS. Gullah Geechee residents of Sapelo Island are taking their zoning concerns to the Georgia Supreme Court. Attorneys for Barbara Bailey, Christopher Bailey, and Stanley Walker last week filed a notice of appeal of the Sept. 25, 2024, order that stopped the already in-progress special election about a controversial ...
5 things: What to know about Georgia’s new election measures
2024年10月7日 — The first measure, approved July 12, gives local election boards the right to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” into results before certifying the election, although the decision does not define what that means. The second measure, approved September 20, called for all ballots cast in Georgia to be counted by hand by county officials in each ...
Three measures on Georgia’s ballot, what they mean
4 天之前 — Georgia residents can vote for or against three state measures related to taxation on the ballot for the Nov. 5 general election next month. If passed, Georgia Amendment 1 would allow local governments to offer a statewide homestead exemption to ad valorem taxes, or taxes based on the assessed value of a piece of property.
New ‘Dirty Dozen’ includes climate change on Georgia Coast
2021年12月14日 — Among the Georgia Water Coalition’s annual “Dirty Dozen” this year is the 100-mile long Georgia Coast because of its vulnerability to the effects of climate change. It’s the first time in the 11-year history of the report that climate change has been named an issue. “Georgia is one of the most vulnerable and least prepared states when it …
Georgia is making its first-ever climate change plan
2023年7月11日 — For the first time, Georgia is working on a statewide plan to address climate change. There’s a plan in the works for metro Atlanta, too. The effort is thanks to federal funding in the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law last year. It includes $3 million for each state to make a climate pollution reduction plan.
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State schools superintendent eyes new funding approach in 2024 ...
2023年11月14日 — Woods is proposing a $3,000 pay raise for teachers, which, if approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, would represent a total salary increase of $10,000 since Kemp took office in 2019. Kemp’s office has not commented publicly on the proposals. “In the longer term, we also advocate for expanding step increases on the ...
‘It seemed like our lives didn’t matter.’ - The Current
2021年11月30日 — More than two months later, cellphone video was released showing how Arbery was chased by three white men before being shot. Hundreds of people in Glynn County took to the streets in outrage. “We needed answers. We needed accountability. We grew up here, but it seemed like our lives didn’t matter,” Henderson says.