Georgia
The latest Georgia coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our News section.
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North Georgia election results: Whitfield voted out as Walker County chair
Chattooga County’s Blake Elsberry also loses reelection bid
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Georgia Justice Andrew Pinson beats challenger as 2 Republicans head to runoff in open US House seat
A Georgia state Supreme Court incumbent has won an election that was unusually heated by the standards of the state's nonpartisan judicial elections, while voters in the state also advanced a former Donald Trump aide and a former state Senate majority leader to a GOP runoff for an open seat in the strongly Republican 3rd Congressional District.
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Fani Willis and judge presiding over Georgia Trump election case defeat challengers
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who brought a sprawling racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and others, has won the Democratic primary in her bid for reelection.
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UPS, Coke and Home Depot shareholders try to force DEI changes
As diversity programs in corporate America face increasing legal challenges, shareholders of three publicly traded Atlanta corporations have demanded changes around diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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Georgia’s auto port has its busiest month ever after taking 9,000 imports diverted from Baltimore
The Georgia Ports Authority reported Tuesday that April was its busiest month ever for automobile shipments as the Port of Brunswick took in thousands of additional car and truck imports that needed rerouting from Baltimore in the aftermath of its deadly bridge collapse.
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Tuesday’s primaries include presidential races and the prosecutor in Trump’s Georgia election case
The presidential primaries that Joe Biden and Donald Trump have already clinched will move closer to their end Tuesday.
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As Georgia primary voters head to polls Tuesday, mixed results on early voting turnout
As Georgians go to the polls for primary voting Tuesday, Northwest Georgia elections officials report mostly low turnout for the state's three weeks of early voting.
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Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life
Dangerous storms crashed over parts of the South on Thursday even as the region cleaned up from earlier severe weather that spawned tornadoes, killed at least three people, and gravely injured a boy who was swept into a storm drain as he played in a flooded street.
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Chair of Walker County Commission faces former county HR director
Board management and county growth are some of the hot topics in the Republican primary race for Walker County chair, as a former county employee challenges the incumbent facing voters for the third time.
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Chattanooga police chief still claiming Georgia home tax break
Chattanooga's police chief has not withdrawn her claim to a tax break on her Georgia home, a perk that requires her to certify it's her primary residence, according to the assessor's office in Fulton County.
