Associated Press

November 29, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The one-page ruling by Senior Judge John R. Turner comes 20 months after defense attorneys for former District Attorney Jackie Johnson filed a legal motion arguing the case against her should be scrapped for lack of evidence.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

4 minute read

November 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Peter Antonacci, 74, had held several government positions before Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed him to serve as the first director of the Office of Election Crimes and Security.

By Associated Press

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November 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Springer Opera House is collecting signatures on a petition asking the consolidated city-county government of Columbus to rethink its plan for a courthouse seven or eight stories tall and directly across the street from the 1871 building.

By The Associated Press

3 minute read

November 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The ruling is important beyond Georgia's Public Service Commission because it could help protect certain statewide elections in other states subject to scrutiny for racial discrimination under the Voting Rights Act.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

November 27, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration said Nov. 21 that it is appealing a court ruling that blocked a state regulation to make Pennsylvania's power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, even as the Democrat warned lawmakers to get to work on a better alternative.

By Marcy Levy, The Associated Press

4 minute read

November 27, 2023 | Daily Report Online

At stake is determining whether a railroad can legally condemn property to build a rail line 4.5 miles long that would serve a rock quarry and possibly other industries.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

8 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Judge Scott McAfee said there is no constitutional right to bail and that bond orders can contain conditions that curtail a defendant's rights, but he also noted that people are generally allowed to publicly criticize the merits of the case but cannot cross a line. He said Harrison Floyd appears "very boldly willing to explore where that line is" in this case.

By Kate Brumback | The Associated Press

6 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Carters were certain that Mary Fitzpatrick, who reverted to her maiden name, Prince, was wrongfully convicted, and they stuck by her until she ultimately was exonerated.

By Bill Barrow | The Associated Press

6 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Personnel records show Buck Aldridge was fired in August 2017 by a police department in the same Georgia county after he threw a woman to the ground and handcuffed her during a traffic stop. The Camden County Sheriff's Office hired him nine months later.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press

7 minute read

November 21, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The state of emergency declaration planned for Saturday on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation comes nearly six months after a federal judge ruled the U.S. government has a treaty obligation to support law enforcement on the reservation, but declined to determine whether the Oglala Sioux Tribe is entitled to the full funding amount requested.

By Trisha Ahmed | The Associated Press

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