Georgia

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Republican activists in rural Catoosa County wanted would-be GOP candidates to pass an ideological test before they could appear on the ballot. A judge said no.

Critics claim the state’s utility regulator is too passive. Two Democratic challengers say they’ll change that — and push for more cheap, clean energy.

Tuesday is election day, so make sure you vote.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37508190

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36824196

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests have spiked and bed space has dwindled at detention centers, the agency has turned to detaining immigrants for long stretches in the basement of its Atlanta field office, a facility that traditionally served only as a holding area.

In addition to immigration attorneys, the AJC spoke to advocates, family members of detained immigrants and a man currently in ICE custody who are all familiar with conditions inside Atlanta’s ICE office, located at 180 Ted Turner Dr.

They describe a facility that does not have the space or amenities to hold people overnight: no beds, no showers, and no opportunity to receive visits from loved ones or from attorneys — a situation that may be exposing immigrants to worse conditions than those found in Georgia’s ICE detention centers.

One attorney said her client, a nursing mother, spent nine days sleeping on the floor at the Atlanta field office’s holding room. Another said she is representing a man who was detained at the field office for a weekend, where he had to sleep next to an open toilet.

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Federal investigators have subpoenaed records related to travel they believe Fani Willis took around the time of last year’s election, but it was not immediately clear why.

Revenge of course. Not that the NYT can say it. Or admit that its a baseless fishing expedition

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New survey seeks info on Atlantans’ travel patterns to Hostess City, other parts of Georgia