Fani Willis to sue over Georgia law removing party labels in elections
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties.
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in Atlanta's five most populous counties.
The move, affecting historically Democratic and majority-Black areas, has drawn criticism from local leaders and voting rights advocates who say it could suppress voter engagement and limit transparency.
Gov. Kemp signed a Georgia law that shifts district attorney and county races in five metro counties to nonpartisan elections beginning in 2028.
A controversial elections bill that would remove party labels from several key local races in metro Atlanta is drawing sharp backlash from prosecutors as it moves forward in the Georgia legislature.
A legal fight over millions of dollars in attorney fees tied to the dismissed Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump is now headed to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
After delays, former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade testified in front of a special Senate subcommittee about his part of District Attorney Fani Willis's investigation of President Trump.
Fani Willis delivered a fiery defense of her office and her prosecution of President Trump Monday, speaking at an International Women's Day gathering at the Georgia State Capitol.
A Fulton County judge rejected the District Attorney's attempt to block payment to Donald Trump under a new Georgia law, marking a setback for prosecutors.
Georgia Republicans are pushing for more restrictions on local prosecutors, saying their investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis proves the moves are needed.
At Atlanta's historic "City Hall of Sweet Auburn," Sen. Jon Ossoff and Fulton County DA Fani Willis framed the moment as a crisis for democracy.
Nathan Wade did not show up to testify in front of the Georgia Senate panel investigating his former boss and romantic partner, District Attorney Fani Wilis.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis argues that a new state law targeting prosecutors, invoked by codefendants in the dismissed Georgia election interference case, is unconstitutional and being misapplied.
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones says the state Senate is escalating its investigation into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis by subpoenaing her former special prosecutor, Nathan Wade, to testify next week about their relationship and the handling of Georgia's high-profile 2020 election case.
Pete Skandalakis contends that the law Trump and others are invoking to seek nearly $17 million in reimbursement denies counties basic due process and was never intended for cases like the Georgia election interference case.
President Trump has filed a motion in Fulton County seeking more than $6.2 million from the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.
After more than a year of legal arguments, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis appeared before a special Georgia Senate committee to discuss her prosecution of President Trump.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is set to testify on Dec. 17 before a special Georgia Senate committee.
President Trump and more than a dozen of his allies were charged with offenses in Georgia relating to the 2020 presidential election.
A new prosecutor has been selected to take over Georgia's election interference case against President Trump and others.
As the Trump administration pardons several defendants associated with the 2020 Georgia election interference case, the deadline to find a new lead prosecutor fast approaches.
The agency looking for a replacement prosecutor for Georgia's election interference case has a little more time.
If a prosecutor is not found in two weeks, the election interference case against President Trump and other will be dismissed.
District Attorney Fani Willis has agreed to speak before a committee investigating her investigation of President Trump.
Georgia's highest has denied Fani Willis' attempt to stay on the election interference case against President Donald Trump.
President Trump's trip to China could bolster economic relations, but failed to deliver a breakthrough deal, some trade and energy experts said.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the suspension of the state's gas tax for two additional weeks.
For the first time in Spelman College's history, the historically-Black college has seven valedictorians.
Two people from the MV Hondius cruise ship who have been under observation at Emory University Hospital for days are now reunited wit other passengers in Nebraska.
Almost every month, Emory University physicist Justin Burton and his graduate students step out of the lab and bring loud, colorful experiments to younger students.