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Stacey Abrams sues to get unlimited fundraising committee - The Atlanta Voice
Democrat Stacey Abrams filed suit Monday asking a federal judge to give a committee associated with her campaign for governor the immediate right to begin raising and spending unlimited sums under Georgia law. Abrams is challenging as unconstitutional a new kind of fundraising com
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Plans to close all but one polling place in a rural Georgia county reverberate through a battleground state - The Atlanta Voice
Election officials in a rural Georgia county are weighing plans to close all but one polling place ahead of this year's elections, alarming local voting and civil rights groups. But Wednesday's vote by the Lincoln County elections board has reverberated far beyond this Georgia com
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Arbery killers convicted of federal hate crimes in his death - The Atlanta Voice
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The three white men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday in a verdict that affirmed what family members and civil rights activists said all along: that he was chased down and killed because he was Bl
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Senator Jon Ossoff's bi-partisan bill tackling opioid crisis passes U.S. Senate - The Atlanta Voice
The U.S. Senate tonight passed U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff’s bipartisan bill to prevent opioid addiction, overdoses, and deaths in rural communities. This is Sen. Ossoff’s second bipartisan bill to pass the U.S. Senate this year. TheRural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act,which Sen. Ossoffi
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Meet the Candidates: Renitta Shannon, Democratic candidate for Lt. Governor - The Atlanta Voice
The Atlanta Voice recently spoke with Lt. Governor Candidate Renitta Shannon, D-Decatur, about her future plans and experiences as Georgia State Representative. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theatlantavoiceFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theatlantavoi
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One of Marjorie Taylor Greene's verified Twitter accounts permanently suspended from Twitter - The Atlanta Voice
Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Twitter account @mtgreenee, the company confirmed to CNN Sunday morning. A Twitter spokesperson said the company 'permanently suspended' the account 'for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation
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New Law Allows Georgia College Athletes to Get Paid | BlackPressUSA
THE FLORIDA STAR | THE GEORGIA STAR - “I think it’s just a sign of things to come and gives us another tool in the toolbox. And sure this issue will develop over the years,” Kemp said. “Thanks to the bill, student athletes from across the country will have Georgia on their mind when they’re looking
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Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill indicted on federal civil rights charges | BlackPressUSA
THE ATLANTA VOICE - “While the vast majority of our law enforcement officers perform their duties bravely, professionally, and with honor, those few who abuse their power must be held accountable,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine. “Our constitution prohibits law enforcement officers from
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Kemp signs law suspending Georgia gas taxes through May - The Atlanta Voice
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp on Friday signed a law suspending Georgia’s motor fuel tax through the end of May. Lawmakers in both chambers of the General Assembly approved House Bill 304 without opposition, in an attempt to give drivers a break from high gas prices. Georgia’s ga
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Groups try to disqualify Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy over January 6 - The Atlanta Voice
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican running for reelection, is the latest lawmaker to face a candidacy challenge over her actions before the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The challenge was filed by the same coalition of constitutional scholars and libera
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Fact check: New David Perdue TV ad tells two election lies at once - The Atlanta Voice
(CNN) - David Perdue, the Republican former US senator from Georgia, is trying to unseat incumbent Republican Gov. Brian Kemp with a primary campaign heavy on false claims about the 2020 election. Now, trailing in public polls with advance in-person voting fast approaching, Perdue
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Mandatory sentences make comeback in Georgia anti-crime bill - The Atlanta Voice
ATLANTA (AP) - Some previously convicted people would be required to serve at least five years in prison if they are caught committing another crime with a gun, under a proposal being debated in Georgia's state Senate. Senate Bill 359 is part of a broader crime crackdown led by Re
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GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been overstating his academic achievements for years - The Atlanta Voice
For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He's told the story, according to a review of his speeches by CNN's KFile, during motivational speeches over the years and as recently as 2017.
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Concerned Georgia voters rally for State Rep. Park Cannon, election rights | BlackPressUSA
THE ATLANTA VOICE - Friday afternoon, voters used their First Amendment right to stand in solidarity with State Rep. Park Cannon who was arrested Thursday after she knocked on Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s office door while he signed Senate Bill 202, an omnibus election bill that rewrites
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Atlanta Voice Publisher Janis Ware discusses Voting Rights on BNC - The Atlanta Voice
Atlanta Voice Publisher, Janis Ware joins BNC's Nayyera Haq on The World Tonight to discuss the i The post Atlanta Voice Publisher Janis Ware discusses Voting Rights on BNC appeared first on The Atlanta Voice.
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Brian Kemp Spreads Public Health Disinformation In References To Nonexistent AIDS Vaccine
There is no such thing as an AIDS vaccine. There’s not even a mandate for PrEP, the prescription drug that has been a game-changer in preventing the spread of HIV.   Setting aside his referencing of a nonexistent vaccine and mandate, Kemp leads a state that already mandates vaccines.
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Memorial to Honor Victims of Atlanta Child Murders - The Atlanta Voice
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms hosted the groundbreaking ceremony for the memorial honoring the lives lost in the Atlanta Child Murders. The murders took the lives of 29 people from 1979 to 1981, with all of the victims being black children and young adults. “With this memorial, it wi
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Stonecrest Mayor resigns before federal fraud investigation - The Atlanta Voice
Stonecrest Mayor, Jason Lary, resigned at 10:00 AM Wednesday, one hour before he would enter a not guilty plea at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building on charges related to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds. Twenty-four hours earlier, Lary, 57,
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Georgia’s Warnock, Walker among those qualifying for 2022 - The Atlanta Voice
Georgia’s 2022 election field began firming up on Monday, as the Democratic incumbent and Republican frontrunner in the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate race officially qualified to run for office. Democratic U.S. Sen Raphael Warnock and Republican Senate challenger Herschel Walke
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The Black Ballot: Debunking The Myth That Black Women Candidates Are Unelectable
The alleged concern about the electability of Black women candidates in statewide elections is grounded in fiction that voters won’t support them. Black women need more than gracious accolades. “The thank you era is over.”
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Civil Rights Lawyer Lee Merritt Officially Launches Campaign For Texas Attorney General
Months after announcing his intentions to run for Texas attorney general, civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt is making good on his promise and officially launched his campaign to be the Lone Star State's top cop.
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Less Than A Year After Losing US Senate Race, David Perdue Sets His Sights On Georgia Governor
A Republican civil war is brewing in the Georgia race for governor. News spread Sunday that former Sen. David Perdue could be jumping in the race for Georgia governor. Perdue is expected to announce on Monday.
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CNN Exclusive: 'We control them all': Donald Trump Jr. texted Meadows ideas for overturning 2020 election before it was called - The Atlanta Voice
(CNN) - Two days after the 2020 presidential election, as votes were still being tallied, Donald Trump's eldest son texted then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that 'we have operational control' to ensure his father would get a second term, with Republican majorities in th
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January 6 Committee Eyes Interim Report by Summer 2022 - The Atlanta Voice
The House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot is working toward a goal of releasing an interim report with initial findings by the summer, a committee aide told CNN, and that a final report would follow in fall 2022. The post January 6 Committee Eyes I
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Stacey Abrams apologizes for maskless photos with schoolchildren - The Atlanta Voice
(CNN) - Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams apologized Tuesday for notwearing a mask when she posed for photos with masked schoolchildrenlast week, after she received intense backlash from political opponents. 'Protocols matter, and protecting our kids is the m
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Abortion Protesters and Supporters converge at the Capitol - The Atlanta Voice
“Stand up, fight back” were the words that echoed down the halls of the Georgia State Capitol, as abortion rights activists protested on Saturday. Supporters of all races and genders gathered to either defend abortion rights, or speak out against those rights. The protest was in r
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Georgia formally does away with the mask mandate in Public Schools - The Atlanta Voice
The Georgia House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 514, colloquially known as the “Unmask Georgia Students Act” by a 93-52 margin Friday afternoon. According to the bill, no local board of education, superintendent, or personnel of public and state charter schools could impos
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Magistrate recommends against tossing case against sheriff - The Atlanta Voice
A federal magistrate judge has recommended against dismissing an indictment accusing an Atlanta-area sheriff of violating the civil rights of people in his custody. The federal indictment against now-suspended Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill says he violated the civil rights of
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In Less Than a Year, President Biden and Democrats Have Delivered Major Wins for Georgia - The Atlanta Voice
Last holiday season, our country and our state were in the midst of three once-in-a-generation crises — a deadly pandemic that has afflicted over 1.6 million Georgians’ health, worsening economic turmoil that left over 270,000 Georgians unemployed, and an increasingly partisan div
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Georgia GOP chair tells January 6 committee that Trump campaign directed alternate elector effort - The Atlanta Voice
(CNN) - The chairman of the Republican Party in Georgia on Friday told the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot that the Trump campaign had directed the party in 2020 to put forward an alternate slate of electors after then-PresidentDonald Trumplost the state's
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Georgia Republicans fire back at Stacey Abrams - The Atlanta Voice
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David Perdue announces he'll run for Governor - The Atlanta Voice
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