News from Black Communities of Gwinnett County Georgia.
Explainer: Downtown Nashville Bombing not classified as terrorism yet NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Investigators are not classifying a downtown Nashville explosion on Christmas Day as an act of terrorism at this …
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ATLANTA /PRNewswire/ — “Shop Black Week” began years ago as a meeting of the minds that included determined Black business owners and community organizers as a campaign to promote Black economic empowerment that …
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The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners recently approved a plan to gradually increase water and sewer rates for usage every other year from 2021 to 2031. The Gwinnett County Board …
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Despite voting for Joe Biden eighteen percentage points greater than Donald Trump and electing what will be a 5-0 Democratic majority county commission starting in January, Gwinnett County voters showed …
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Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated Press Carolyn Bourdeaux, a two-time Democratic candidate and college professor, flipped an open House seat in Georgia on Friday that had become a top priority …
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Democrats remain optimistic Georgia will go to Biden Among the new elected leaders taking control of Gwinnett is the country’s first-ever Black sheriff, Keybo Taylor. “I think it finally hit …
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Georgia State Rep. Brett Harrell, who chaired the House Ways and Means Committee, and Georgia State Sen. P.K. Martin, who led the Senate Education Committee, announced their concessions Wednesday morning …
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Brandon Bell/Reuters Representative Lucy McBath, a Democrat who in 2018 narrowly upset the Republican Karen Handel in a Republican stronghold, won re-election early Wednesday in a rematch that underscored the …
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Gwinnett County’s participation in the controversial 287(g) program will come to an end. Gwinnett has elected its first Black sheriff and finally we can have an end to the county’s …
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Because They Are Sadly White-Friendly. OPINION: I am Cheryle Renee Moses, the outspoken, truth-speaking-to-power Blacktivist who was a candidate for Georgia State Senate District 9 in the June primary to …
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