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Georgia denies state funding to teach AP Black studies classes
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is refusing to provide state funding for the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, so some school districts have cancelled plans to teach the course to high schoolers. Advocates complain that the decision by Georgia’s elected school superintendent will suppress teaching about Black...
How to stop those never-ending political calls, texts
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Four and a half months to go, and more barrages of political ads and messaging are on the way. If you’re a registered Republican or Democrat, the information you’ve provided to the Georgia Secretary of State is public record. And if a political campaign didn’t get it there, it paid a data company for your cellphone number.
Georgia Secretary of State gives Chatham County elections clean bill of health
The Chatham County Board of Elections underwent an election systems health check Monday, and the state's top elections official was on site for the event. Election systems health checks will be conducted in each of Georgia's 159 counties in the run up to this year's presidential election on Nov. 5. The health...
‘People need to hear from the doctors.’ Georgia OBGYNs attack state’s abortion law
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp steered the “heartbeat bill” through the GOP-controlled General Assembly in 2019, prohibiting most abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy.
Judge approves referendum sought by slave descendants to challenge rezoning of island community
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday approved a referendum sought by residents of one of the South’s last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants, ordering an Oct. 1 special election on whether to overturn zoning changes that Black residents see as a threat to an island enclave founded by enslaved ancestors.
Back-to-school drives happening in the Big Bend, South Georgia
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - With students and teachers returning to school soon, several Big Bend and South Georgia communities are holding drives to help prepare them for the 2024-2025 school year. Below is a list of back-to-school events and drives that are scheduled to take place in the local areas....
Trump critic: ‘Civil war’ reference at Vance rally ‘par for the course’
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R) said Tuesday that the comments by a state lawmaker suggesting a “civil war” woud be needed to save the country if Republicans lose this year’s elections are typical of supporters of former President Trump. “Well, it’s par for the course,” Duncan said on “CNN This Morning” to anchor…
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