Kathleen Foody

June 09, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Supraja Alaparthi, center, was killed after being dragged across the water and slamming into a bridge last June while strapped into a parasail.

By Kathleen Foody and Teresa Crawford

3 minute read

July 31, 2017 | Daily Report Online

After banning mandatory life without parole for juveniles 17 and younger convicted of homicide, the high court last year said the ruling applied retroactively to the more than 2,000 inmates already serving such sentences nationwide, and that all but the rare irredeemable juvenile offender should have a chance at parole.

By Kathleen Foody

7 minute read

June 06, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Speaking to police and prosecutors gathered in Atlanta for a conference on child exploitation, including child pornography and sex trafficking. the a former Alabama prosecutor acknowledged the challenges law enforcement face.

By Kathleen Foody

3 minute read

May 04, 2017 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten ruled Thursday in favor of advocacy groups who argued that Georgia violated federal law by preventing more new voter registrations before the runoff. He ordered the state to extend the deadline to May 21.

By Kate Brumback and Kathleen Foody

8 minute read

April 24, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Georgia lawmakers violated federal voting rights law by moving black voters out and white voters in to two state House districts in 2015, according to a lawsuit filed Monday that calls the mid-decade redistricting an effort to protect white Republican incumbents.

By Kathleen Foody

6 minute read

January 05, 2017 | Daily Report Online

The states were given until Jan. 24 to meet, encouraged to use a mediator and ordered to file a confidential report by Jan. 26.

By Kathleen Foody

5 minute read

January 05, 2017 | Daily Business Review

A court official ordered attorneys for Florida and Georgia to try again to settle a yearslong dispute over water use in the region.

By Kathleen Foody

4 minute read

December 09, 2016 | Daily Report Online

In response to a federal voting rights lawsuit, the Emanuel County school district plans to change political boundaries to give black voters a majority in not just one but two of its school board districts.

By Kathleen Foody

4 minute read

October 31, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Florida and Georgia this week are taking their long-standing fight over the supply of water in their shared watershed to court. Arguments are expected to last for weeks, and the result could affect millions of people and major industries in both states.

By Kathleen Foody, Associated Press

9 minute read

August 31, 2016 | Daily Report Online

A ban on building permits for religious institutions that was prompted by opposition to a mosque will soon be lifted, officials in Newton County, Georgia, said Wednesday.

By Kathleen Foody

4 minute read