A group of rock legends are permanently playing the Suwanee Town Center Stage, thanks to a local artist. Muralist Kim Pitts donated his piece entitled ‘Suwanee Rocks’ to the City of Suwanee’s permanent art collection. The mural – depicting musicians Elton John, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Prince, Blondie, Paul McCartney, Elvis, Aretha Franklin, and […]
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Georgia political leaders react to Biden victory
In the hours following the news that Joe Biden is the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election, Georgia’s elected officials and political leaders shared their thoughts on Biden’s victory. Some were congratulatory, others were skeptical of the election results. Here are what the peach state’s political leaders had to say about Biden’s win. Photo […]
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Biden wins presidency
Vice-President Joe Biden has become President-Elect Joe Biden. Biden now has enough electoral votes to secure the presidency after Pennsylvania’s votes put him over the 270 vote threshold to win the White House. The count continues in Georgia, but Biden still holds the lead in the state, which could go blue for the first time […]
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Feds penalize most Georgia hospitals over high readmission rates
More than 80 Georgia hospitals will receive lower reimbursements from Medicare because of their high rates of patient readmissions. Federal statistics compiled by Kaiser Health News show that just 12 eligible hospitals in the state will get no penalty due to readmissions. The readmission penalties are required under the Affordable Care Act. The latest round […]
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Biden’s lead grows in Georgia as vote counting continues
After Fulton County’s provisional ballots were counted, Joe Biden’s lead over Donald Trump in Georgia has increased. Biden now leads the president by 7,248 votes. So far, the state has counted just under 5 million votes. The high voter turnout shatters the record set in the 2016 election when about 4.1 million votes were cast. […]
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News Blog: Officer involved shooting in Gwinnett
The Gwinnett County Police Department reports there has been an officer involved shooting this morning. The shooting occurred on Bent Willow Drive in Lilburn. The suspect’s status is unknown at this time. The Georgia Sun will have more details as the story develops.
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Georgia still has 22,600 outstanding ballots
With counting continuing in numerous counties throughout Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that as of 3 p.m. today there were about 8,400 military and overseas ballots and 14,200 provisional ballots outstanding. After facing criticism of Georgia’s election process by President Donald Trump, Raffensperger outlined several security measures the state has taken to secure […]
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Here’s what Georgia’s top three republicans are saying about the election
Georgia’s top three republican elected officials released a joint statement today expressing their confidence in Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s role in ensuring a fair and transparent election in Georgia. The statement came Friday afternoon from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Lieutenant Gov. Geoff Duncan and Speaker of the House David Ralston. “Free and fair […]
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Georgia’s republican elections chief defends vote count against Trump attacks
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defended the state’s elections system Friday, one day after President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters accused the secretary of state’s office of mishandling absentee ballots. With only 4,169 absentee ballots remaining to be counted as of Friday, morning, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had pulled ahead of Trump […]
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Both of Georgia’s senate seats are headed for a runoff
A second U.S. Senate race in Georgia could go to a runoff and further ratchet up the focus on a state that could decide which party controls the chamber. Republican Sen. David Perdue’s lead over Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff has continued to dwindle as local election officials process ballots. But as of noon today, Perdue […]
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On day after Election Day, Georgia still has 200,000 ballots to count
Around 200,000 ballots remain to be counted in Georgia after a hotly anticipated election Tuesday that saw record-breaking turnout fueled by mail-in and early votes. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he is pushing for several counties with largely mail-in ballots still uncounted to wrap up work by the end of Wednesday. “Every legal […]
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Loeffler and Warnock headed for January runoff
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock appear headed for a runoff in one of two hotly contested Senate seats in Georgia. U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, the firebrand Republican challenging Loeffler for her seat in a free-for-all election, called Loeffler to concede and support her campaign around 10:30 p.m. on Election Day after […]
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Live Election Results: Presidential Race closes in
A contentious election season draws to an end as votes are counted tonight. In addition to the presidential race, in which Georgia is a swing state, Georgians voted in two senate races that could help determine the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Election results will be posted below as they come in. Please […]
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Voting runs smoothly on Election Day in Georgia
Georgians fearing the worst for Election Day 2020 woke up to find swift lines and few headaches as voters shuttled in and out of polling places up and down the state on the way to record-breaking turnout. Even before Tuesday, Georgia voters had cast nearly 4 million ballots by mail or during the three-week early voting […]
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Election Day Updates: Precincts in Cobb, DeKalb and Richmond Counties to stay open late
7:37 p.m.: Election results are starting to come in. Results will be posted here. 5:41 p.m.: One precinct in Cobb County will be open until 7:20 p.m. tonight due to a poll manager who arrived 20 minutes late this morning. A judge has signed an order keeping the precinct at Sope Creek Elementary School open […]
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Georgia among growing number of states that process ballots early
Many states this year are allowing early processing of ballots to deal with the historically high number of absentee, early in-person, and hand-delivered votes. The states that changed their procedures this year include Maine and South Carolina (which have hotly contested U.S. Senate races) and the presidential battleground of Michigan (but only for cities of […]
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5 Things you need to know before you vote
The end of a long election season interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and domestic strife is in sight. More than 3.9 million Georgians have already cast their ballots before Election Day, but the final tally on Tuesday could count as many as 2 million more expected to line up to vote, smashing turnout records. Georgia […]
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Georgia gets swing state treatment as Election Day nears
With two days to go before Election Day and millions of Georgia ballots already cast, both major presidential candidates had Georgia on their minds Sunday. Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris flew into DeKalb County Sunday morning to make a last-minute push for voters to turn out for former Vice President Joe Biden. “You all […]
