Early voting has started for Georgia’s 14th District seat, vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene. The special election, with 20 candidates, is on March 10th, with a potential runoff on April 7th.

Nine women now head district attorney offices across metro Atlanta, and their priorities are shifting toward diversion, mental‑health care and youth programs.

Sen. Jon Ossoff and DA Fani Willis used Big Bethel's pulpit to warn about threats to voting rights and urged Georgians to organize ahead of 2026.

Social Circle leaders and neighbors have mobilized after news that DHS may convert a million‑plus warehouse into an ICE detention hub, raising infrastructure and legal fights. Local officials are demanding transparency and several counties have already moved to block similar projects.

Attorney General Chris Carr sent a letter reminding Georgia lawmakers and lobbyists that bribery and extortion are felonies and outlining how to report suspected corruption. The guidance arrives as the legislative and campaign seasons overlap.

Cobb County, Georgia, introduced the first drive-through court service for paying certain legal fees, aiming to simplify the court payment process for residents.

A 59‑page independent review ordered by Mayor Carmalitha Gumbs found South Fulton Police Department policies are outdated and applied inconsistently. The report urges an overhaul of internal affairs and promotion rules.

Cobb County DA Sonya Allen sued the county, saying officials suspended her pension and withheld a supplemental payment after she took office in 2025.

The EEOC has filed to force Atlanta-based Genuine Parts to hand over hiring records in a probe that follows a 2024 study flagging big callback gaps for Black applicants.

Former Atlanta mayors have formed the Soul of Atlanta Coalition to defend the city’s minority contracting rules as federal orders and a DOT rule reshape DBE policy.

Georgia advanced a bill to let high school athletes earn NIL money with sunset clauses, banned industries and new oversight for minors.

Fulton County DA Fani Willis told a judge that fee requests from Trump and co-defendants — roughly $17M — could strip her office’s budget and saddle taxpayers with the bill.

Georgia lawmakers are debating a pilot that would station high‑speed security drones in a handful of public schools; supporters tout seconds‑level response time and critics raise privacy and safety flags. Funding and operational rules are still being negotiated in the state budget.