Following this week’s surprise announcement that Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs would be stepping down at the end of March, the remaining justices unanimously selected Presiding Justice Nels Peterson as the court’s next leader. Appointed in 2016 by then-Gov. Nathan Deal, Peterson is a Kennesaw State University and Harvard Law School graduate. Now leading the state’s highest court, Peterson’s influence both in and out of the courtroom is RISING…
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The Stockbridge City Council voted Saturday to remove 23-year-old Mayor Jayden Williams from office, citing allegations of unauthorized spending on city cards, impeding investigations, and engaging in sexual misconduct with a high school student he “mentored.” Williams can appeal the decision to the Henry County Superior Court, but it seems assured that his political career is SINKING…
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