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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Early voting is underway in Georgia, and Saturday marked the first time voters could cast their ballots on the weekend. Voters are already shattering records with so much at stake this election cycle. >>> ATLANTA NEWS FIRST VOTERS’ GUIDE Franki...
The Tull Charitable Foundation appointed three distinguished leaders to its Board of Trustees: Beth A. Lowry, President & CEO of Holder Construction Company; John O’Neill, President and Managing Partner, Southeast for Partners Real Estate; and Janelle Williams, Ph.D., Co-Founder ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — President Donald Trump headlined a campaign rally in northwest Georgia on Friday, urging conservative voters to treat the midterm election as if his own name were on the ballot. Speaking from an airport hangar at Dalton Municipal Airport, Trump...
President Donald Trump traveled to Georgia on Friday to rally Republican voters three days after early voting got underway and with Election Day just over two weeks away. President Donald Trump touts his economic record in a February speech in Rome, Georgia. The president is sche...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The November Georgia midterm election is right around the corner, and Georgians are already out in force casting their ballots early. Early voting kicked off across the Peach State on Oct. 13. More than 190,000 ballots were cast during the firs...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — President Donald Trump headlined a campaign rally in Dalton on Friday as Georgia’s nationally watched midterm races entered their final stretch. The event took place at Dalton Municipal Airport, where newly elected U.S. Rep. Clay Fuller — facin...
President Donald Trump will be in North Georgia on Friday for a rally ahead of the midterm elections. Trump is scheduled to speak at Dalton Municipal Airport in Whitfield County this afternoon. The president will appear with Republican nominee for Georgia governor Rick Jackson an...
Atlanta’s long-running rewrite of its zoning code faced scrutiny at an Oct. 15 work session as an expert commissioned by the city presented her critique of the proposal. Sara C. Bronin, a law professor and founder of the National Zoning Atlas, said in a June analysis that the 981...
Georgia labor commissioner candidates sparred Thursday during a televised debate in Atlanta, clashing over union rights and disputed economic statistics....
Georgia voters are showing up at the polls, but lawmakers are looking ahead and will decide what kind of new voting machines they’ll be using during the presidential election two years from now. Channel 2’s Richard Elliot says one may be more familiar than you think. Seven voting...
CHAMBLEE, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The state has named a contractor to begin construction on a multibillion-dollar project to add express lanes to I-285. The Georgia State Transportation Board approved the selection of Top End Mobility Group as the Apparent Best Value Proposer ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Straight-party loyalty is fracturing in Georgia just 19 days ahead of the midterm election, with voters increasingly crossing party lines in key statewide races. A new InsiderAdvantage survey of 800 likely voters conducted Oct. 12–13 shows Repu...
Vote early (but not often) Thursday, Oct. 15 (4 Heshvan 5787) — With record numbers of Georgians going to the polls ahead of the Nov. 3 election, I’m back on my voting soapbox. Find early voting locations here . Israel’s elections – expected to be pivotal – will take place on Tue...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump will hold a rally at the Dalton Municipal Airport in Dalton, Ga. Friday in support of Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), as the two Republicans look to unseat Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.). The rally is scheduled to take place at 3 p.m. Eastern Tim...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The state legislature’s Joint Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee met again on Thursday and heard from more vendors of election equipment. The lawmakers on the committee will be tasked with making a recommendation to their...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump has held campaign rallies for supporters in Alaska, Arizona and Montana in the past 48 hours, as he works to keep the House and Senate under Republican control in the midterm elections. Trump used campaign rallies during three preside...
A former member of the Norcross Discovery Garden Board has filed a restraining order against a man renting one of the park’s raised garden beds after he allegedly threatened her life on Oct. 13. A clerk at the Gwinnett County Magistrate Court confirmed with Rough Draft Atlanta on...
At the latest Atlanta City Council Transportation Committee meeting, MARTA said previously announced the new trains’ arrivals had gotten off track. Originally, Channel 2 Action News reported the announcement that the new MARTA railcars were supposed to enter operation in 2025. Du...
A new statewide poll suggests Rick Jackson’s decision to skip the most recent gubernatorial debate had little to no effect on the race. The InsiderAdvantage survey, conducted after the debate, shows Jackson holding a narrow 49% to 47% lead over Keisha Lance Bottoms, with 4% of vo...
At a recent Atlanta City Council committee meeting , recently installed CEO Jonathan Hunt addressed delays in delivering new trains for the system and a budget shortfall. Channel 2 Action News reported on the budget issue, when an audit review of the most recent fiscal year flagg...
A private group of companies will pay Georgia billions to build and operate express lanes on one of its busiest highways. The State Transportation and Road Authority board approved selecting Top End Mobility Group (TEMG) to build 34 miles of new, barrier-separated express lanes o...
The Georgia Forestry Commission, which provides a weekly leaf-watch update, reports that the most noticeable change is in the highest elevations of far North Georgia....
The latest figures from the Secretary of State’s Office show nearly 365,000 in-person voters and more than 16,000 accepted absentee ballots.
Record numbers Thursday, Oct. 15 — Georgia voters set a midterm record for the first day of early voting on Tuesday, casting nearly 189,000 in-person ballots, about 54,000 more than on the first day in 2022. Sunny with a high of 87° today. Dunwoody High School students will learn...
A Six Flags Over Georgia death in Cobb County triggered sharp clashes between candidates running for state insurance commissioner.
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — MARTA’s new fleet of trains likely won’t hit the tracks this year. “The trains will be ready when they’ll be ready. But that being said, we are extremely close,” CEO Jonathan Hunt told Atlanta city councilmembers Wednesday when asked about the ...
The 44-year-old reportedly told authorities she jumped from Odyssey of the Seas because she 'wanted to disembark' near Zakynthos.
Sugar Hill will keep its two license plate cameras after its mayor broke a two-way tie. Council member Gary Pirkle proposed an ordinance that would have turned off the cameras and required council approval for any new ones. The council vote on that ordinance came in tied, with Ma...
Georgia Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Mike Collins sparred on the floor during a heated Atlanta Press Club debate on Oct. 13, closing out the packed Loudermilk-Young debate series with a bang. The pair hurled accusations and biting soundbites across an hour, poking at hot-butt...
The death of Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday became a topic of a political debate during Tuesday night’s Atlanta Press Club events. Kariem, an educator at Atlanta Public Schools ’ Wesley International Academy, tragically died after falling off of the G...
The polls are officially open for the midterm elections, and Georgia voters are ready. Nearly 189,000 people cast their ballots during the first day of early voting, surpassing the first day voter turnout during the 2022 midterms by over 50,000 votes. Tuesday’s turnout also set a...
Editor’s note: The video in this story is from initial reporting. DECATUR, Ga. (Decaturish) — Decatur School Board Chair Carmen Sulton announced in her chair’s report on Oct. 13 that the investigation found “insufficient evidence” of wrongdoing regarding Superintendent Gyimah Whi...
Members of the Tucker City Council approved four contracts for construction on the Mountain Industrial Boulevard at US 78 Safety Improvement Project during a meeting on Oct. 13. During Tuesday’s meeting, council members approved contracts with the Georgia Department of Transporta...
Fulton County’s property tax rate will remain unchanged for the fifth consecutive year, after the board of commissioners voted at its Oct. 7 meeting to keep the general fund rate steady at 8.87 mills. Chairman Robb Pitts, who will be leaving office in January after losing June’s ...
The Dunwoody City Council responded positively to GID Development Group’s request to modify plans for the $2 billion High Street campus along Perimeter Center Parkway at the DeKalb-Fulton border. The property owner is requesting to amend its approved site plan, swapping proposed ...
Vice President JD Vance will be in metro Atlanta on Wednesday. He’s expected to meet with supporters at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Vance’s visit comes with early voting underway in Georgia for the 2026 general election and midterms. President Donald Trump i...
A woman went overboard during a Royal Caribbean cruise and was found alive after almost 24 hours of floating in the water. Read more trending news The Hellenic Coast Guard said the woman was conscious when they pulled her from the Ionian Sea near Zakynthos, Greece, People magazin...
Georgia voters will decide on dozens of statewide and federal elections on Nov. 3, 2026 in the general election. The list includes the race for the next governor as Gov. Brian Kemp’s second term ends this year. Here are the candidates who won their party’s nominations in the May ...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments Wednesday on whether Fulton County commissioners had the authority to reject two Republican nominees to its elections board. The five-member Fulton County Board of Registrations and Elections ove...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Voters are back at the polls Wednesday after a record-high turnout for early voting ahead of the midterm elections. The first-day turnout was nearly 200,000, shattering the record from previous years. “Mind you, in 2022, we also saw record-brea...
DeKalb County commissioners have postponed a decision on a proposed ordinance that would ban urban camping in public spaces.
A record-breaking crowd of voters flooded polling locations across Georgia on the first day of early voting, shattering previous midterm turnout records....
ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris is building out her final fall campaign blitz on behalf of other Democrats, completing a midterm schedule that by Election Day will have taken her to multiple early presidential primary states on Democrats’ 2028 calendar as the former vice president m...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Gray Media’s White House correspondent Jon Decker interviewed President Donald Trump in Wasilla, Alaska, as the US Senate race between Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola comes down to the wire. Jon Decker: Mr. President, welcome to Alaska. Yo...
Democratic U.S. Sen Jon Ossoff and Republican Congressman Mike Collins met face to face on the debate stage Tuesday for their second and likely final confrontation before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The two candidates for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat clashed over issues including...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia voters “shattered” the record for early voting turnout in a midterm election Tuesday, the secretary of state’s office said. As of Tuesday evening, more than 40,000 additional voters showed up on the first day of early voting in Georgia’...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Early voting kicked off in Georgia on Tuesday and with it, the beginning of the end of a tumultuous midterm election cycle. The early voting period runs from Oct. 13 through Oct. 30, including two days of Saturday voting. Over a million Georgia...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Three weeks remain before the midterm elections, which could reshape the balance of power in Washington. If Democrats win control of Congress, they could use their legislative powers to challenge President Donald Trump. Then the president could still push b...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Eighty-seven Eastern Iowa veterans traveled to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to visit the memorials built in their honor. The first Eastern Iowa flight of this kind took off in the 1990s. There have been 61 flights since then. Among the 87 veterans on board was...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The deadline to register to vote in the midterms ends Tuesday for Kansas, Maine, West Virginia, Oregon and the District of Columbia. Ninety-eight people born in 50 different countries became American citizens Tuesday morning at the federal courthouse in dow...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Locked in a reelection challenge in one of the nation’s most-watched federal races, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff cast his ballot Tuesday morning on the first day of early voting in Georgia. Early voting ends Oct. 30. U.S. Rep. Mike Collins is challengi...
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Voters can begin casting their ballots ahead of next month’s nationally watched 2026 Georgia midterms beginning today. At some polling locations, voters lined up as early as 6:30 a.m., before polls opened at 7 a.m. The ballot includes contested...
Georgia voters heading to the polls will encounter a new check-in step during early voting: poll workers must write each voter’s name on a numbered list after checking them in....
Advance voting for the Nov. 3 midterm elections is open now through Oct. 30 in the City of Atlanta. Early voting takes place Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 17 and 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 18 and 25 from noon to 5 p.m. Fulton County A...
Early voting Tuesday,Oct. 13 — Early voting for the Nov. 3 general election starts today and runs through Oct. 30. Find hours and polling locations . The Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate Series continues today . Watch yesterday’s debates on YouTube . President Donald Tr...
Early voting begins on Tuesday in Georgia for the general election. The last day to early vote will be Oct. 30. There are dozens of races set for the general election in November. The key statewide races include Georgia Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State and Attorn...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump heads West on Tuesday to campaign for Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). The Alaska Republican is in a tough fight for re-election. Alaska is traditionally a ruby red state. President Trump won Alaska by 13 and a half points in 2024. Bu...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The U.S. labor market appears to have stalled. Several recent months have seen negative job growth, and just 29,000 jobs were created last month. The Bank of America Institute looked into their job data, and believes, despite poor top line numbers, there is...
