Georgia
Raffensperger runs a subdued campaign in crowded Georgia GOP governor primary
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is seeking the Republican nomination for governor in Georgia’s May 19, 2026, primary, pitching himself as a traditional conservative focused on business and government operations. He is one of several major contenders in a field that also includes Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, and businessman Rick Jackson, who is courting Trump-aligned voters.
A 75-year-old Georgia man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury convicted him of fatally shooting his neighbor during a dispute over dogs. Stanley Nathaniel Elliott received the sentence this week in Gwinnett County.
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A Georgia resident faces federal charges for allegedly posting violent threats on social media against former Attorney General Pam Bondi and former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The indictment, filed Tuesday in the Northern District of Georgia, accuses Elliott Owen Schroer of making graphic threats of violence and retaliation tied to their past official duties.
Georgia Power, the state's largest utility, has approved a new program allowing companies to propose and fund their own clean energy projects. The Customer-Identified Resource program received bipartisan support from public service commissioners on April 7 and is set to launch this summer. Supporters see it as a way to meet rising energy demands with renewables rather than natural gas.
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A 14-year-old boy in Georgia has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting his 12-year-old friend, Cameron Coney, dead at a home in Atlanta. The incident occurred Saturday afternoon when the suspect was handling a gun among friends. Police took the unnamed teen to a youth detention center.
A judge in Georgia has awarded more than $56 million to the family of Beth Buchanan, a 23-year-old Ph.D. student killed by an alleged drunk driver in 2023. Buchanan died while driving her mother to the Atlanta airport when Cesar Raudales Macias allegedly drove the wrong way on a highway and crashed head-on into her car. The family described the judgment as symbolic, not expecting payment from the fugitive defendant.
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Kelvin Demond Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus 100 years for murdering his wife Tenisha Williams and shooting at her teenage stepson in Woodstock, Georgia. The incident occurred on July 13, 2025, and Williams was convicted following a trial where jurors viewed home camera footage. He showed no remorse after the killing, smoking a cigarette near her body.
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