Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms will be the first Black woman to serve as governor in U.S. history. In Georgia, she joins seven other Black women who won major races on Tuesday night. Of the state’s eight executive offices, seven of them from are now held by Black women. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-...
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MERIDIANVILLE, Ala. ( WAFF /Gray News) - A registered sex offender is facing 10 counts of first-degree voyeurism after a Huntsville police investigation. Daren William Mount, 59, was arrested on Monday. According to the Huntsville Police Department, Mount was on its radar after a...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Georgia homeowners and association leaders will soon have an opportunity to weigh in on new state rules regulating community associations. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced public hearings will be held Wednesday, Nov. 4, and Thurs...
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Eleventh graders Ashly Zamora-Hernandez and Leon Howard have always been impressed with the big mural inside northwest Atlanta’s Frederick Douglass High School. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] “It’s something bigger now,” Zamora-Hernandez said. “When I...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Democrats have secured a majority in the Georgia House of Representatives for the first time since 2004, setting up a transfer of legislative power and positioning Rep. Carolyn Hugley to become the first woman and first person of color to serve...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Following a sweeping “blue wave” that saw Democrats flip long-held Republican seats across the country, party leaders in Washington are preparing an aggressive legislative and oversight agenda focused squarely on lowering everyday costs. Senate Majority Lea...
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Georgia voters re-elected Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in a decisive victory over Rep. Mike Collins on Tuesday night.
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Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that he will not call a special legislative session to limit executive powers ahead of Democratic Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms taking office. The decision follows recent elections in which Democrats flipped the Georgia House o...
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COBB COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Democrats gained a seat on the Cobb County Board of Education on Tuesday, giving them the board’s majority for the first time in years. Democrat Micheal Garza defeated Republican board Vice Chair David Chastain for Post 4, 55% to 45%. The r...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Keisha Lance Bottoms made history on a number of levels on Tuesday night, most notably becoming the nation’s first ever Black woman elected to serve as governor. But Bottoms’ campaign also noted Wednesday that she received the most votes ever f...
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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — In a watershed moment that reshaped the South’s political landscape, Georgia voters on Tuesday elected a historic slate of Democratic constitutional officers, powered by a barrier-breaking contingent of Black women who won statewide executive o...
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From health care and groceries to housing, Georgia’s newly elected leaders say affordability will be a top priority when they take control of state government. “The voters sent us here to deal with the affordability issues,” Lt. Gov.-elect Josh McLaurin told Channel 2 Action News...
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Metro Atlanta real estate agents are warning prospective renters and homebuyers to verify who they are dealing with after scammers allegedly copied legitimate agents’ social media profiles, photos and videos to solicit money from unsuspecting victims. Atlanta realtor Brandon Ande...
