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baltimoresun. com > 06/17/2026 > georgia-redistricting

Georgia Republican legislative leaders reject governor's call for 2028 redistricting

20+ hour, 48+ min ago  (777+ words) The aborted effort to reduce nonwhite voters" representation contrasts other Southern states where Republican majorities moved quickly to redraw congressional boundaries ahead of the November midterms, partly in response to President Donald Trump"s pleas to shore up the GOP…...

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baltimoresun. com > 05/21/2026 > what-to-know-new-mexico-substance-deaths

What to know about the mysterious deaths in New Mexico linked to unknown substance

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (287+ words) Authorities were called to a suspected drug overdose Wednesday and found four people who were unresponsive inside a home east of Albuquerque, in the rural town of Mountainair. Three of the people who were in the home died and the…...

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baltimoresun. com > 05/18/2026 > georgia-republicans-jon-ossoff-election

Georgia Republicans scramble to pick a candidate to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (816+ words) By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Although it's a sensible calling card for anyone vying for a Republican nomination these days, even some of his supporters have a few concerns ahead of Tuesday's primary. Gary Waldrep, a local party committee…...

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baltimoresun. com > 04/23/2026 > election-2026-georgia-governor

Trump-endorsed Burt Jones seeks edge on Rick Jackson in ugly Republican primary for Georgia governor

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (920+ words) Using his position as lieutenant governor, Jones pushed legislation that would have disqualified Jackson's company from receiving taxpayer-funded contracts. The proposal failed, but Jones is running a television ad attacking Jackson on the subject at the same time Jones argues…...

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baltimoresun. com > 03/31/2026 > georgia-proposal-dna-swabs-immigrants

Georgia proposal could take DNA swabs from immigrants in custody for minor offenses

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (905+ words) By CHARLOTTE KRAMON and DAVID A. LIEB Legislation awaiting a final vote in Georgia would take that a step further by collecting DNA from people charged with less serious misdemeanors " but only if federal immigration authorities want them detained. That could…...

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baltimoresun. com > 03/24/2026 > georgia-could-become-the-first-state-with-weapons-detection-in-all-public-schools

Georgia could become the first state with weapons detection in all public schools

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (634+ words) A bill is nearing passage that would require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a 2024 school shooting that killed four. "That rifle would have never reached our hallways," said Daria Lezczynska, a junior at Apalachee High School in…...

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baltimoresun. com > 03/10/2026 > epstein-zorro-ranch-search

New Mexico prosecutors launch search of Jeffrey Epstein's secluded former Zorro Ranch

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (221+ words) The office of state Attorney General Ra'l Torrez announced that the search was being done with the cooperation of the current ranch owners. Torrez last month reopened an investigation of the ranch. New Mexico's initial case was closed in 2019 at…...

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baltimoresun. com > 12/31/2025 > cop-city-charges-tossed

Georgia judge tosses landmark racketeering charges against "Cop City" protesters

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (378+ words) Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer said in the order that Republican Attorney General Chris Carr didn't have the authority to secure the 2023 indictments under Georgia's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Farmer said he needed permission…...

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baltimoresun. com > 08/07/2025 > ex-georgia-lt-gov-duncan-switches-parties-had-previously-been-expelled-by-gop

Ex-Georgia Lt. Gov. Duncan switches parties; had previously been expelled by GOP

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (106+ words) Former Georgia Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan, who was formerly expelled from the Republican Party by the GOP state executive committee in January, announced that he's now a member of the Democratic Party. "My decision puts me in the best possible…...