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January 19, 2024
Willis says the estranged wife of special prosecutor Nathan Wade is trying to obstruct her criminal case against the ex-president.
DC: 2023 NOBCO Membership Meeting at the NACo Legislative Conference, theGrio.com
January 11, 2024
County official Jerica Richardson says she'll challenge U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath in Democratic primary in Georgia.
December 29, 2023
Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath said she wouldn’t "allow an extremist few Republicans" to "decide when my work in Congress is…
Joshua Mitchell death Georgia
December 18, 2023
On the anniversary of the day deputies found Mitchell, 37, lying outside his garage shot several times, authorities sought public…
Georgia political maps
December 15, 2023
A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over…
Activists, Atlanta City Hall, theGrio.com
December 15, 2023
Lawyers for Atlanta ask a federal appeals court to kill the 'Stop Cop City' petition seeking a referendum.
District Attorney for Fulton County Fani Willis, theGrio.com
December 14, 2023
District Attorney for Fulton County Fani Willis says it's a “silly notion” that Donald Trump's case should be paused just…
Georgia redistricting map
December 13, 2023
Alpha Phi Alpha has filed legal objections to Georgia's new political maps, contending they still don't favor Black voters, as…
Hannah Payne trial
December 13, 2023
It took jurors only two hours to find Hannah Payne guilty of all charges, including felony murder, in the shooting…
December 8, 2023
Atlanta police have arrested a woman who's accused of trying to burn down the birthplace of the Rev. Martin Luther King…
November 30, 2023
County commissioners in Georgia are asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit by Black residents descended from slaves who fear new…
Georgia redistricting map
November 30, 2023
A proposed Georgia Senate redistricting map would create two new Black majority districts following a judge's order.
November 26, 2023
Opening statements are expected this week in Atlanta in the trial of rapper Young Thug, who’s accused of co-founding a criminal…
Reserve at LaVista Walk Atlanta apartment fire concerns
November 20, 2023
Several tenants are filing a class action lawsuit after they lost belongings in an apartment fire at Reserve at LaVista…
November 14, 2023
A 5-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete and dumped in the woods of rural southeast Georgia has…
November 2, 2023
Georgia says it will appeal a judge's order to redraw some congressional and state legislative districts, but that it won't fight in…
October 29, 2023
Tracy Cole, the grandson of Freddy Cole, one of Nat King Cole’s three brothers, was stabbed to death in Atlanta…
Stacey Abrams, theGrio.com
October 27, 2023
The plaintiffs argue that the actions of a conservative voting organization violated a section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act....
Redistricting Georgia, theGrio.com
October 26, 2023
U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said he would not allow the 2024 elections to be conducted using districts he has…
Morehouse College student loan debt theGrio.com
October 23, 2023
Nearly 3,000 students attending Atlanta's Morehouse College will no longer be burdened by institution-owed student loan debt.