Page 5 - Devan Seabaugh News Today

In the race for chair of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, Republican Kay Morgan slightly outraised incumbent Democrat Lisa Cupid in 2023, according to campaign finance reports to close

After three years of starts and stops, a bill is moving through the Georgia legislature that would provide mental stress benefits for first responders –

ATLANTA — Cobb legislators sought to strike a more conciliatory tone on the second day of meetings about redrawing the Cobb Board of Education electoral map, with some Democrats and

North Carolina House legislators discussed conservation and natural resources, George L. Burgess Act, Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce, for-profit credit repair services, Board of Natural Resources, criminal interference with critical infrastructure, revenue and taxes.

The Senate set an ambitious agenda for Thursday, placing 27 measures on a Rules Calendar front loaded with some of the most contentious issues of the session. Among the first six bills...

As the halfway mark of the 2023 legislative session nears, floor activity is picking up in the Georgia General Assembly. On Wednesday, each chamber took up several consequential...

Republicans win runoffs for 2 Georgia state House seats July 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ATLANTA (AP) — Two Republicans won seats in the Georgia House in special election runoffs held Tuesday after no candidates won majorities in an earlier round of voting. Toombs County Republican Party Chairman Leesa Hagan of Lyons beat auto dealer Wally Sapp of Baxley in House District 156, according to final, unofficial results. The district covers all of Montgomery and Toombs counties and parts of Appl...

ATLANTA — A federal judge Wednesday threw out a challenge to portions of Georgia’s controversial new election law as poorly timed. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee ruled that with runoff elections for vacant state House seats in Cobb County and southeast Georgia set for next Tuesday, it’s too late to change provisions in the current law. “The underlying elections have already occurred, and Plaintiffs seek an order that would mandate different rules for the related runoff elections,” Bo...

Last week for early voting in Kennesaw/Marietta area state house race House District 34 is open after longtime state Rep. Bert Reeves left for a job at Georgia Tech. Author: Jonathan Raymond (11Alive) Updated: 2:00 PM EDT June 5, 2021 KENNESAW, Ga. — This week will offer the last chances for early voting in a state House race for a seat that represents much of the area in Cobb County between Marietta and Kennesaw. Early voting in the special election for the Ho...