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DHS appears to axe plan to construct immigration detention megacenter in small Georgia town June 19, 2026
After months of tension between the city of Social Circle and the federal government, the city announced in a press release Thursday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will abandon its plan to convert an industrial warehouse into a 10,000-bed immigration detention center in the rural community. The department’s apparent decision to discontinue the […]
Ellie Fivas
Georgia’s primaries and runoffs are over, but one PSC race lingers June 18, 2026
Georgia’s 159 counties are recounting votes cast in the May 19 Republican primary for the District 3 Public Service Commission. Fitz Johnson won that race, beating Brandon Martin by just 2,947 votes. That put the vote spread within the 0.5% margin that allows for a recount by Georgia law. Martin requested the recheck on June […]
Mary Landers, The Current
Georgia lawmakers advance bill to delay voting machine changes until 2028 presidential election June 18, 2026
Georgia lawmakers have advanced a bill extending the deadline to remove QR codes from Georgia’s ballots to 2028, taking their first official step during the special session to rectify a problem that threatened to destabilize the state’s midterm elections. The bill passed out of the Senate Ethics Committee in an 8-4 vote along party lines […]
Maya Homan