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Suit charges Georgia Dept. of Labor provided slow payments, bad service

(GA Recorder) — The Southern Poverty Law Center and an Atlanta-based law firm have filed a class action lawsuit against the Georgia Department of...

Hall BOE member Pettitt elected to District 9 governing board

Hall County School Board member Mark Pettitt has been elected to the Georgia School Boards Association District 9 Board of Directors. The election took...

Warnock targets state takeover of local elections with new voting bill

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) – U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock introduced legislation this week aimed at circumventing some of the pressure of partisan politics on state...

Judge weighs request to dismiss Fulton election lawsuit

(GA Recorder) — The future of a review of more than 145,000 Fulton County absentee ballots remains up in the air following a court...

Cabin fire displaces vacationing family in White County

The State Fire Marshal's Office is investigating a Saturday morning fire in White County that displaced a vacationing family of ten. According to White County...

Health advisory cautions RSV on the rise in North Georgia

Upper respiratory infections among children are on the rise in North Georgia, and public health officials are urging parents to keep their sick children...

Battle over Fulton absentee ballots back in court

ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — The court battle over a potential review of Fulton County’s 145,000 absentee ballots cast last November is set to resume...

College athletes score big win in U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that the National Collegiate Athletics Association cannot limit educational compensation to student-athletes due to...

Georgia to remove over 100,000 names from voter rolls

More than 100,000 names will be removed from Georgia's voter registration rolls in an attempt to keep the state's voter files "up to date,"...

Celebrating the passage of Juneteenth in Northeast Georgia

On Thursday, June 17th, President Joe Biden signed the bill to create the United States' first new federal holiday since 1983 – Juneteenth. The...

White County names interim county manager

Cleveland — The White County Board of Commissioners has announced that Shanda Murphy will serve as Interim County Manager effective June 26th, upon the...

Weekend lane closures on I-985 South

If you're traveling south on I-985 this weekend, expect delays. Weather permitting, construction crews will be working on the SR 60/Queen City Parkway bridge. Southbound...