Associated Press

November 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The filing came Wednesday in a second case challenging Georgia's electoral districts being pursued by different plaintiffs. The decision not to seek a stay of the ruling could forestall that second trial.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

November 02, 2023 | Daily Report Online

James G. Maloney, former chief scientist for the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and James J. Acree and James D. Fraley III had access to a university credit card that was supposed to be for official business, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement. Instead they used it to finance about $200,000 in personal expenses from 2007 through 2013.

By The Associated Press

2 minute read

November 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Judge Paul Pressler School of Law was supposed to be a capstone achievement for Louisiana College. Instead, it collapsed roughly a decade ago without enrolling students or opening its doors amid infighting by officials, accusations of financial impropriety and difficulty obtaining accreditation.

By Brian Slodysko | The Associated Press

7 minute read

November 01, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Lawyers hired by the state wrote a letter Tuesday to the Georgia Democrat and Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, disputing testimony Monday by two Georgia juvenile judges who said Commissioner Candice Broce asked judges to violate state law by keeping some children inappropriately locked in juvenile detention centers.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett ruled that Sharpe, a former tight end, was using "rhetorical hyperbole" in saying on air that Favre was "taking from the underserved," that the former quarterback "stole money from people that really needed that money" and that someone would have to be a sorry person "to steal from the lowest of the low."

By Emily Wagster Pettus | The Associated Press

4 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

Kelli Williams, a former construction manager for Atlanta-based Southern Co., filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company and its subsidiary Mississippi Power Co. in 2018. That lawsuit, unsealed Monday, alleges that the two firms defrauded the U.S. Department of Energy and state regulators in a failed quest to build a $7.5 billion power plant.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

4 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Commissioner Broce said that DFCS was not set up to be caregivers for these children and she asked judges to consider detaining the children, locking them up in a juvenile detention center for a few days so that DFCS could maybe find a placement for them," said Paulding County Juvenile Judge Carolyn Altman, who said the request would violate state law.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The announcement by Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee comes as the court is being pressed to adopt an ethics code, a move that has been publicly endorsed by three of the nine justices.

By Mark Sherman and Mary Clare Jalonick | The Associated Press

3 minute read

October 31, 2023 | Daily Report Online

"Every step of the way it seemed like his rights were more important … than mine and my children's," said Janet Paulsen, who was left partially paralyzed in 2015 after being shot by her husband shortly after telling him she wanted a divorce.

By Maryclaire Dale | The Associated Press

16 minute read

October 30, 2023 | Daily Report Online

The Colorado hearing is the first of two states' lawsuits that could end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. Monday's testimony began with details about the 2021 assault that was intended to halt certification of Joe Biden's election win.

By Nicholas Riccardi | The Associated Press

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