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'Atlanta Voice' editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs joined The Ron Show Monday, the day before Georgia primary election day.
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The ‘Atlanta Voice’ is heard: Donnell Suggs on Georgia’s primary | the optics in Selma concern me

The Atlanta Voice - ⁠celebrating sixty years in publication⁠ - is guided by ⁠editor-in-chief Donnell Suggs⁠, who's made himself available for this show on many occasions, and the Monday before the Georgia primary, it was great to catch up and get a sense where his readership and metro Atlanta's Black voting bloc is leaning on a handful of races. He recently ⁠sat down with former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms⁠, […]

todayMay 19, 2026 10

A photo of U.S. Sen Raphael Warnock speaking at a press conference in July about the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
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Voting Rights ruling sparks new generation of civil rights activists

Voting Rights ruling sparks new generation of civil rights activists The recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act has sparked a new generation of advocates fighting to protect voter access. Immediately following the decision, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock called the ruling a slap in the face. “Make no mistake, this ruling harkens back to the darkest days of the Jim Crow era when Black Americans were kept […]

todayMay 19, 2026 11

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Truck safety advocates renew calls for rules after Collins probe

Truck safety advocates renew calls for rules after Collins probe A ProPublica investigation into U.S. Rep. Mike Collins’ trucking business safety record sparked a renewal of safety advocates calling for stronger trucking regulations. The investigation found that crashes involving truckers that worked for the company have killed five people and injured more than 50 others over the past 25 years. It also found that the company has a higher rate […]

todayMay 19, 2026 7

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Georgia sees record early voting turnout ahead of primary Election Day

Georgia sees record early voting turnout ahead of primary Election Day Election Day for the primaries and nonpartisan races is tomorrow, and Georgia voters have already turned out in force during early voting. Georgia voters broke the record for early voting turnout in a primary election. Nearly 1 million people turned out to vote before polls closed Friday compared to about 857,000 in 2022. More Democrats have cast their ballots […]

todayMay 18, 2026 13

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Kemp extends Georgia gas tax suspension through Memorial Day weekend

Kemp extends Georgia gas tax suspension through Memorial Day weekend Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Friday to extend the gas tax suspension for another two weeks. The suspension will run from May 20 until June 3 saving Georgians 33.3 cents per gallon of gasoline and 37.3 cents per gallon of diesel. “As Georgia families prepare for the Memorial Day travel weekend, they should not feel blindsided by prices […]

todayMay 18, 2026 12

Atlanta-based attorney, advocate & activist - and former NAACP Georgia chapter President - Gerald Griggs joined The Ron Show Friday.
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Before hitting the road to Selma, former NAACP GA leader Gerald Griggs sounds off

Gerald Griggs, ⁠Atlanta-based attorney⁠, advocate and activist - and former NAACP Georgia chapter President, joined me Friday morning to weigh in on the landscape in a post-'Callais' U.S. and Georgia. He and I discussed the near-immediate aftermath of fever-pitch GOP redistricting to dilute Black voter power in Congress and even at the state level. Georgia's governor, Brian Kemp, this week announced he, too, is reconvening the state legislature to further […]

todayMay 16, 2026 14

iconic view of Atlanta skyline over Piedmont Park
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Kemp signs bill making some Metro Atlanta offices nonpartisan

Kemp signs bill making some Metro Atlanta offices nonpartisan Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill this week that would make some elected offices nonpartisan in Metro Atlanta counties. House Bill 369 was reengineered to change elected offices in Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties to be nonpartisan. This means when voters go to the polls starting in 2028, candidates for district attorney, county commissions, and other elected offices will […]

todayMay 15, 2026 15

A photo of Gov. Brian Kemp speaking and smiling at the 2025 Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues legislative event.
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Kemp calls special session on Georgia maps, ballot deadline fix

Kemp calls special session on Georgia maps, ballot deadline fix Gov. Brian Kemp signed a proclamation Wednesday calling the state legislature in for a special session to consider redrawing the state’s political maps and finding a solution to a looming election deadline. The Georgia General Assembly will reconvene on June 17, the day after the runoff elections for the May primaries. The session will focus on redrawing district maps after […]

todayMay 15, 2026 16

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Kemp calls to redraw a Georgia already gerrymandered

Also, Democrats need to present an alternative to the GOP's and their own 'status quo' & is there a pattern of campaign finance ethics issues with Bottoms' campaigns? Not only did ⁠Brian Kemp call a special session of the General Assembly back to the Gold Dome⁠ to address a mess of its own making (mandating the elimination of QR codes from voter ballots), but the already-and-disproportionately gerrymandered state - in […]

todayMay 14, 2026 10