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Bottoms Highlights Her Focus on Medicaid, bringing down costs as Jackson opposes Medicaid expansion

Atlanta Daily World - June 20, 2026

Bottoms on Morning Joe: ‘We’re Going to Take our Case Directly to the People’ ATLANTA — As the general election officially kicked off this week, Democratic...

DeKalb CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson, Reps. Sam Park and Stacey Evans to Call out Jones and Jackson for Failing to Fight for Relief at the...

Atlanta Daily World - June 15, 2026

Elected and community leaders will highlight Burt Jones’ and Rick Jackson’s refusal to fight for working families. On Monday, June 15, DeKalb CEO Lorraine Cochran-Johnson...

Warnock forces vote on transparency for Medicaid coverage loss

Atlanta Daily World - June 5, 2026

The Senator’s amendment would have required basic data on Medicaid coverage loss to be made public The amendment was blocked on a party-line vote 52-46...

Metro Atlanta District Attorneys File Suit Against Georgia Law Sliencing Black and Brown Voters

Roz Edward - June 4, 2026

Metro Atlanta distict attorneys are calling fowl on the new Georgia law, condemning the latest elections-related actions by Governor Brian Kemp as politically motivated...

SCOTUS Allows Alabama to use map that eliminates majority-Black district

Black Information Network - June 3, 2026

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday (June 2) that Alabama can use a congressional map that eliminates one of the state's two majority-Black districts — a 6-3 decision that...

Keisha Lance Bottoms focused on lowering costs, family needs

Atlanta Daily World - May 26, 2026

Bottoms on V103 Atlanta: ‘Everywhere That I Go People Are Talking About the Cost Of Living, and It's Not Just People Who Are Living...

Sen. Ossoff to Open South DeKalb Field Office, Send Off Democrats to Knock Doors

Atlanta Daily World - May 22, 2026

Press RSVP Senator Jon Ossoff will kick off a canvass launch at the South DeKalb field office opening.While Republicans head to runoff elections in both the...

Commissioner Marvin Arrington calls out hypocrisy on ‘Local Control’ after Gov. Kemp signs biased elections bill

Atlanta Daily World - May 18, 2026

Today, Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington Jr. issued the following statement following Governor Brian Kemp’s signing of legislation making many county offices in Metro Atlanta nonpartisan and his subsequent...

‘Backdooring Racism’: Kamala Harris calls out Supreme Court

Black Information Network - May 16, 2026

While the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was designed to prohibit voting practices that could result in Americans being denied the right to vote...

Progress Georgia to sound alarm on Georgia Supreme Court election, redistricting, and the future of representation in Georgia

Atlanta Daily World - May 16, 2026

On Monday, May 18, the day before Election Day, leaders from the Asian American Advocacy Fund and Georgia Youth Justice Coalition will hold a...

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