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#1. Fair Fight, a voting rights group founded by Georgia political figure __________, recently filed a lawsuit against a conservative organization that Fair Fight claims violated the Voting Rights Act.
It’s Stacey Abrams.
Abrams’ organization, Fair Fight, filed their lawsuit against Texas-based organization True the Vote, claiming the organization intimidated voters, offered a $1 million bounty for evidence of fraud and threatened to recruit former military personnel to monitor polling locations.
#2. This week in East Point, this metro Atlanta medical school opened a new outpatient clinic to help expand options for medical care to residents of south Fulton County.
It’s Morehouse School of Medicine.
The clinic, located in the BuggyWorks complex, is a response to the closing of the Atlanta Medical Center in the Old Fourth Ward by Wellstar Health System in 2022. The defunct center has been out of operation for one year as of this week.
#3. Nearly 10 months after jury selection began, a panel of Georgia citizens was selected Wednesday for the trial of this Grammy Award-winning rapper.
It’s Young Thug.
The Atlanta-based artist, whose given name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, and six others are now set to stand trial beginning Nov. 27 after prosecutors and defense attorneys chose 12 jurors and six alternates. The trial is expected to last months.
#4. Earlier this week, a group of families directly affected by the Israel-Hamas War came to the state Capitol, reiterating Gov. Brian Kemp’s vocal support of _________.
It’s Israel.
On Tuesday afternoon, Israeli families met with Gov. Brian Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp for about 30 minutes. Kemp spoke to reporters afterward.
“There’s a public information campaign going on right now,” Kemp said.
“So, it’s important for leaders to stand up and let the citizens that we represent know where we stand. And I think the Kemp family in the state of Georgia has been very clear on that.”
#5. With gun violence listed as the number one cause of death for children ages 1-19 in Georgia, students at this metro Atlanta high school are taking a pledge to keep their schools safe.
It’s Jonesboro High School.
In a meeting earlier this fall, Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS) Superintendent Anthony Smith said that school safety is the district’s number one priority for the year ahead.
In the last two years, CCPS has adopted a new crisis alert system, a new weapons detection system and doubled down on resources and personnel for perimeter security across school campuses.
