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Associated Press

May 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Thomas Says Critics Are Pushing 'Nastiness' and Calls Washington a 'Hideous Place'

Thomas made the comments while speaking at a conference attended by judges, attorneys and other court personnel in the 11th Circuit Judicial Conference.

By Kim Chandler | The Associated Press

4 minute read

May 13, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Arrest Made in 2001 Killing of UGA Law Student Found Dead in Burning Home

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Athens-Clarke County police on Thursday announced the arrest of Edrick Lamont Faust, 48, in the January 2001 killing of Tara Louise Baker.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

May 09, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Whether Counties Can Draw Their Own Electoral Maps

Justice Charlie Bethel in a concurrence seemed to implore Cobb County's commissioners to seek a court judgment, warning that, if the commission ultimately loses, commissioners could be thrown off the board.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

May 07, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. High Court Candidate Sues to Block Ethics Rules so He Can Keep Campaigning on Abortion

The candidate sued hours ahead of a deadline to reply to a complaint that he is violating state judicial ethics rules and that he must bring his campaign ads into compliance with state rules.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

May 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Carr Says Savannah Overstepped in Outlawing Guns in Unlocked Car

A lawsuit filed in Chatham Count Superior Court last week by a man described as frequent visitor to Savannah asks a judge to halt enforcement of the city's gun ordinance.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

3 minute read

May 06, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Calif. Man Indicted for Allegedly Threatening Fulton DA

Also, on Friday, Fulton County leaders testified before a special state Senate committee that they had no legal power to control the Fulton DA's spending or her hiring of former special prosecutor Nathan Wade.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

May 01, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Court Case Over Fatal Car Crash Raises Issues of Mental Health, Criminal Liability

The Georgia Court of Appeals, which is set to hear arguments in the case Wednesday, will decide whether a woman's lawyers can use an insanity defense at trial and, if so, whether the state can try to prove that she wasn't taking her medication.

By Kenya Hunter and Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

5 minute read

April 30, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Among States Challenging Fed Rule on Treatment of Transgender Students

Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, plus four advocacy organizations, filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in Tuscaloosa Monday; Texas and Louisiana have filed other suits.

By Geoff Mulvihill and Sara Cline | The Associated Press

5 minute read

April 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Former Democratic Congressman Hopes Abortion Can Power His Ga. State Supreme Court Bid

John Barrow said he believes Georgians have a state constitutional right to abortion and that voters would boost their chances of restoring broader access to abortion by doing something they've never done before: defeating an incumbent state justice.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

6 minute read

April 26, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Ga. Joins 16 States Challenging Federal Rules Entitling Workers to Abortion Accommodations

The lawsuit led by Tennessee and Arkansas comes since finalized federal regulations were published April 15 to provide guidance for employers and workers on how to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

By Andrew DeMillo | The Associated Press

2 minute read