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AUGUST 21, 2024 4:16 PM  An attorney representing Columbus Consolidated Government Human Resources Director Reather Hollowell has refuted possible criminal allegations after her position was mentioned in a letter from Columbus’ district attorney about potential wrongdoing by city employees. The attorney, Chuck Boring, said in a statement to media Wednesday […]

Ga. Justices Look Ready To Kill $20M Garnished Judgment Law360 (August 21, 2024, 10:07 PM EDT)  The Supreme Court of Georgia appeared inclined Wednesday to toss a $20 million default judgment that a state court judge slapped on a financial advisory after the firm failed to respond to a summons in an underlying […]

METRO ATLANTA Cobb County loses last-ditch effort to defend electoral map By Taylor Croft 17 hours ago Cobb County lost its last-ditch effort to undo a judge’s ruling that tossed out its district map as unconstitutional and called for an election do-over. The judge ruled in Cobb Superior Court in […]

METRO ATLANTA Judge Kellie Hill ordered the May primary elections and November general elections in Commission Districts 2 and 4 to be redone and postponed Cobb County’s electoral map is unconstitutional, the primary elections conducted in May for County Commission Districts 2 and 4 will have to be redone, and […]

By Taylor Croft June 20, 2024 The Cobb County Board of Elections asked a superior court judge to postpone the elections for Commission Districts 2 and 4 to early 2025 if she determines the county’s district map is unconstitutional. Alicia Adams sued the elections board when it disqualified her from […]

Confusion again reigned over the Cobb Board of Commissioners electoral district map Friday afternoon when political activist Mindy Seger successfully challenged a Republican’s candidacy for the District 2 commission seat. The reason for the challenge: Candidate Alicia Adams does not live in Commission District 2 under the “home rule” map […]

Updated 15 hours ago Two DeKalb County police officers — one former and one current — were indicted by a grand jury Wednesday in the 2022 shooting death of a man in Stone Mountain. Former officer Russell Mathis, 30, was indicted on charges of felony involuntary manslaughter and misdemeanor reckless […]