Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has opened up a 7-point lead over President Donald Trump in Georgia, according to a poll released Wednesday, fewer than three weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Biden is leading the incumbent Republican president 51% to 44%, according to a telephone survey of 1,040 likely Georgia voters conducted Oct. 8-12 […]
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Karen Handel and Lucy McBath spar in intense debate
It was a dogfight from the start in a debate Tuesday between U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Karen Handel ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. McBath, who beat Handel in 2018 to win the once-heavily conservative district in the suburbs north of Atlanta, led off with a quick jab at […]
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Kemp could direct $1.5 billion in coronavirus relief funds to unemployment
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp today announced that as much as $1.5 billion in Coronavirus Relief Funds from the federal coronavirus relief act would be allocated to repay borrowing for the Georgia Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund to prevent increases in state and federal unemployment taxes. By year’s end, the Georgia Department of Labor estimates the state […]
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The streak continues: Georgia students top national average on ACT
Georgia students are now on a five-year streak of beating the national average on their ACT scores. Georgia’s class of 2020 continued a now-half-decade trend of outpacing the nation on the ACT, with the state’s average score increasing as the national average dropped. Georgia’s average composite score for the class of 2020 was 21.7, up […]
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Long lines continue on second day of early voting
Gwinnett County’s Enise Deane offered a brutal assessment of how Georgia’s 2020 general election is going at a Tuesday press conference intended to draw attention to early voting headaches. She spent eight hours Monday waiting in line to vote. Deane grew tired of watching her mailbox for an absentee ballot to arrive that she’d requested […]
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$30,000 reward offered for 15-year-old cold case
On the 15-year anniversary of a Paulding County murder case that has gone cold, law enforcement agencies are upping the reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case. On October 13, 2005, Paulding Deputies responded to what eventually was determined to be the murder of Regan Wheeler. Wheeler, who was a […]
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Dunwoody wants your input on a new park
DUNWOODY — Dunwoody residents will have a new park at the old Austin Elementary School site, but the city is seeking input from residents on what they would like to see there. Demolition of the now-empty school buildings will create 12 acres of additional park space. Project information, a video presentation and public input survey can be found here: www.dunwoodyga.gov/austinplan […]
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News Blog: Free COVID-19 testing in Atlanta
District 4 Council member Cleta Winslow is hosting a free drive-through COVID-19 testing event Wednesday, Oct. 14. The event is being held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or up until 500 tests are administered) at West End Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 845 Lawton Street SW. Self-administered, shallow-nasal COVID-19 tests will be available to those with or without symptoms. […]
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Georgians endure long lines and huge turnout on first day of early voting
Early voting in the momentous 2020 general elections started off with a bang Monday as thousands of Georgians poured into precincts, eager to cast perhaps the most important ballots of their lives. More than 128,000 people piled into polling places across the state to kick off the three-week stretch of early voting, according to Georgia […]
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Barbecue restaurant in Valdosta catches fire
VALDOSTA — Smoke engulfed a barbecue restaurant in Valdosta Monday night. Firefighters responded to the fire at It’s All Good BBQ at 118 West MLK. Jr Drive just after 11:50 p.m. The first fire unit arrived to find heavy smoke extending from the front of the building. Fire crews were able to bring the fire […]