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ATLANTA – Former Ambassador Andrew Young, students and alumni, state legislators and civil rights leaders gathered on the steps of the Woodruff Library at Atlanta University Center Friday to celebrate

All of the state’s legislative seats are up for election but due to the new political maps, there is little doubt about which party is favored in the majority of races. Democrats may gain five seats, but it won’t be enough to take the majority.

The traditional hurry-up-and-wait of Legislative Day 40 started early on Friday, with legislators working in fits and starts on the next to last legislative day. Brinkmanship abounded...

The traditional hurry-up-and-wait of Legislative Day 40 started early on Friday, with legislators working in fits and starts on the next to last legislative day.

Georgia lawmakers are set to meet for a redistricting session Wednesday, but the fun got started early Tuesday with a pair of legislative maps

VERIFY: Is crime rising in areas outside the city of Atlanta? Weve heard about the fight against crime in Atlanta, but are there similar fights happening outside the city? Author: Hope Ford Updated: 6:43 PM EDT August 3, 2021 ATLANTA — Weve heard it a lot this year: "crime is rising." Whether its Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms giving an update, Governor Brian Kemp pledging to give support to law enforcement to fight gangs, or public safety committees coming...

The man, later identified as Jackson, was agitated and began yelling at Hernández, hurling racially motivated attacks at him, according to police. The suspect then pulled out what police described as a metal "car club." "That’s when the man came with one of those steering wheel locks and began to hit me," Hernández told Telemundo 20 in Spanish. "I raised my arms and I initially didn’t feel when I started to bleed. He threw me, he kicked me." Hernández said the impact to his wrist left a...

The man, later identified as Jackson, was agitated and began yelling at Hernández, hurling racially motivated attacks at him, according to police. The suspect then pulled out what police described as a metal "car club." "That’s when the man came with one of those steering wheel locks and began to hit me," Hernández told Telemundo 20 in Spanish. "I raised my arms and I initially didn’t feel when I started to bleed. He threw me, he kicked me." Hernández said the impact to his wrist left a...