Georgia
- American Oversight Files Emergency Motion to Prevent Illegal Georgia State Election Board Rules From Taking Effect
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18018656
- New Georgia Law Opens Door to Partisan Purging of Voter Rollstruthout.org New Georgia Law Opens Door to Partisan Purging of Voter Rolls
The law allows challenges that will disenfranchise voters and prevent election workers from doing their jobs.
- Emory Is Everywhereitsgoingdown.org Emory Is Everywhere
Statement from the Emory University Gaza Solidarity Encampment originally posted to the Escalate Network. As the Palestine Solidarity movement rips across college campuses, college administrators and government bureaucrats are rushing to denounce anyone taking action as an “outside agitator." Those ...
- Georgia Republican official and outspoken election denier caught voting illegally 9 timeswww.usatoday.com Georgia Republican official and outspoken election denier caught voting illegally 9 times
Outspoken election denier Brian Pritchard insisted voter fraud cost former President Donald Trump the 2020 election. Now a judge has fined him $5,000.
- Who’s Behind Those Mysterious Trump-Epstein Billboards?www.thedailybeast.com Who’s Behind Those Mysterious Trump-Epstein Billboards?
Someone wants to remind voters that the two notorious New Yorkers used to be pals.
- Georgia police and FBI conduct Swat-style raids on ‘Cop City’ activists’ homeswww.theguardian.com Georgia police and FBI conduct Swat-style raids on ‘Cop City’ activists’ homes
Pre-dawn operations in residential areas resulted in a woman forced out of her home with no shirt and a man dragged by his hair
- New Georgia Cash Bail Expansion will Criminalize Charitable Bail Fundsitsgoingdown.org New Georgia Cash Bail Expansion will Criminalize Charitable Bail Funds
Report from the Atlanta Community Press Collective on Republican backed push to criminalize bail funds in Georgia, part of a larger trend nationally. By: Matt Scott & Sam Barnes A sweeping state bill expanding the cash bail system and criminalizing charitable bail organizations passed in the Georgia...
- Man sues Paulding County sheriff, ex-deputy over body slamming incidentwww.11alive.com Man sues Paulding County sheriff, ex-deputy over body slamming incident
The incident occurred during a pedestrian stop in 2022.
- Buc-ee's to break ground on largest Georgia locationwww.11alive.com Buc-ee's to break ground on largest Georgia location
At 74,000 square feet with 120 fueling positions, it will be Buc-ee’s biggest store in Georgia.
- When families need housing, Georgia will pay for foster care rather than provide assistancewww.propublica.org When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10873441
> In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing. > > ... > > In recent years, child welfare advocates and policymakers across the country have been working to prevent situations like this, arguing that no parent should ever lose their children just because they can’t afford housing. A handful of states now have laws and policies prohibiting government agencies from taking children into foster care because of homelessness. Georgia has not adopted such a rule, but the state Court of Appeals has ruled a number of times that unstable housing and employment “in no way constitutes intentional or unintentional misconduct resulting in abuse or neglect” that would justify child removals. > > But Wise’s experience illustrates how an inability to afford housing still stands between parents and their children in many child welfare cases in Georgia. > > Between fiscal years 2018 and 2022, DFCS reported “inadequate housing” as the sole reason for removing a child in more than 700 cases, according to an analysis by WABE and ProPublica. > > The analysis, using data from the federal Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, which tracks child removal cases in each state, also shows that in thousands of additional cases — about 20% of Georgia’s nearly 31,000 child removals during the five-year period — DFCS reported housing as one of multiple reasons. Housing was the third most reported reason after substance use and neglect.
- 7 ‘Soldiers of Christ’ Charged With Murder of Korean Woman in Georgiawww.insideedition.com 7 ‘Soldiers of Christ’ Charged With Murder of Korean Woman in Georgia
A Korean community in Georgia is in shock after a woman’s emaciated body was found in the trunk of a car in September.
- Georgia’s congressional map violates Voting Rights Act, court finds
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/news@lemmy.world/t/573144
> The court ordered the state legislature to draw a new map by Dec. 8.
- Beyond an attack on those named in the RICO indictment, the state is also sending a message to anyone else who opposes Cop City: ☆You could be next☆defector.com The Stop Cop City Indictment Is An Act Of Desperation | Defector
Early on the morning of Sept. 7, a Stop Work Order Notice was posted at the site of Cop City, a proposed police militarization facility that Atlanta residents have been fighting for over two years. This order wasn’t like most. It was not issued by a governing authority. Instead, it was issued by the...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4976666
> Archived page > > > The ridiculousness of these charges is evident from a cursory review of the indictment. In fact, the vast majority of acts alleged by the state—reimbursing protestors for food and supplies, signing one’s name on a form as “ACAB” ("all cops are bastards," a common chant at protests)—would not constitute crimes on their own. This is why the prosecutors are utilizing RICO: The state is attempting to criminalize constitutionally protected activities by putting them under the same umbrella as alleged criminal acts. And yet even the alleged criminal acts are unlikely to be proven in court, as every warrant to date has contained a stunning lack of any evidence against individuals charged. > > > > The indictment itself is not a surprise. In fact, the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and other organizations had warned it was coming as early as February of this year. And in June 2023, DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston made the high-profile decision to remove her office from the Cop City prosecutions, indicating her doubt in the evidence behind the charges. But the content of the indictment is nonetheless jarring in its clear purpose: to intimidate, silence, and disappear activists. > > > > The indictment is first and foremost an attack on the 61 people currently charged. Prosecutors know that even if they cannot secure convictions, they can attempt to ruin people’s lives in the process. Charges do not have to stick in order for the state to inflict damage on someone’s life, whether through traumatic and potentially deadly time spent in pretrial detention, or the many collateral consequences of the prosecutions. Already, various #StopCopCity defendants have lost jobs, been banned from their campuses, had their bank accounts closed, faced discrimination at airports, and more. The mark of domestic terrorism is intended to hang over defendants’ heads for as long as possible.
- Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lineswww.cnn.com Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast ballots, as well as halted enforcement of a requirement that voters put their birth dates on the outer envelope of their ballots.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3489425
> A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast ballots, as well as halted enforcement of a requirement that voters put their birth dates on the outer envelope of their ballots.
- Georgia school board fires teacher for reading a book to students about gender identityapnews.com A Georgia school board fires a teacher for reading a book to students about gender identity
A Georgia school board has voted to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3401362
> cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3381384 > > > A Georgia school board voted along party lines Thursday to fire a teacher after officials said she improperly read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class.
- First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgiawww.nbcnews.com First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia
Nuclear power now makes up about 25% of the generation of Georgia Power, the largest unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2453062
> First U.S. nuclear reactor built from scratch in decades enters commercial operation in Georgia::ATLANTA — A new reactor at a nuclear power plant in Georgia has entered commercial operation, becoming the first new American reactor built from scratch in decades.
- Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activistswww.propublica.org Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists
The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges to other voters’ registrations. Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law.
- Is it just me, or is all this talk of "severe heat" in Georgia overblown?
Every day for the past few weeks, 11 Alive has been going on about a "heat wave" or "severe heat" hitting metro Atlanta (and the rest of the state).
It's in the low 90s.
I've lived in Georgia my entire life, and that's 100% normal. If anything, this has been a cool Summer. Am I nuts?
- What’s a Georgia Summer Without Peaches? Not So Sweet.www.nytimes.com What’s a Georgia Summer Without Peaches? Not So Sweet. (Published 2023)
With their state’s signature crop hobbled by inclement weather, Georgians are stretching the fruit they have or turning (heaven forbid!) to California’s.
- I created a "Georgia Camp and Hike" communitylemmy.world Georgia Camp and Hike - Lemmy.World
Just creating a Lemmy substitute for the GeorgiaCampAndHike subreddit. This is for camping and hiking in the U.S. state of Georgia. # Rules 1. Please be nice. No bigotry, racism, sexism, etc. 2. Keep posts related to Georgia and it’s immediate surrounding states. 3. Will add more rules as necessary....
We had a subreddit just for this, so with the Reddit mess I figured it would be worthwhile to have a community here for the same topic.
