Mayor
Mayor of Plains, Ga., resigns after 40 years in office
The mayor of Plains has resigned after serving 40 years in office. L.E. Boze Godwin III led the small Southwest Georgia town — home to former President Jimmy Carter and his late wife, Rosalynn — for terms lasting from 1979 through 1984 and 1998 through 2024. The 80-year-old announced at a council meeting last week that […]
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Alabama
Bishop, West debate for Georgia’s only competitive U.S. House race | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Democratic Rep. Sanford Bishop and his Republican challenger Chris West both shared their visions for improving quality of life in Southwest Georgia in an Atlanta Press Club debate Sunday. Bishop, the current longest-serving member of Georgia’s Congressional delegation, says his nearly three decades in Congress gives him the experience and relationships to deliver funding and […]
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