Local Elections
Seven candidates qualify for HD 90
Qualifying was recently held for the upcoming house district 90 special Democratic Party primary. Seven candidates qualified for the open seat. House district 90 includes […]
Georgia General Assembly
Henry County Schools
Legislation proposes school systems join annexation disputes
Proposed legislation pre-filed in the Georgia General Assembly would add local school systems to the existing annexation dispute process. State lawmakers return to the Capitol […]
Local Elections
Strickland retains state senate seat; legislative delegation breaks to Democratic majority.
Henry County will be represented by more Democrats than Republicans at the state capitol when the new legislative session starts in January, but State Senator […]
Local Elections
Voter turnout passes twenty percent
As of Sunday, October 18, over twenty percent of registered voters in Henry County have participated in the November 2020 election. According to the U.S. […]
Local Elections
Contested races in Henry County
With the start of early voting on Monday, October 12, and 36,000 applications for an absentee ballot to date (georgiavotes.com), here’s a look at the […]
GA General Assembly
General Assembly sends fourth Superior Court judge to Governor’s desk
On the final day of the 2020 legislative session, state lawmakers in the house agreed to the senate substitute to HB 786 paving the way […]
Local Elections
Nine of ten General Assembly seats contested in Henry County
Every two years, all 180 members of the Georgia House and 56 members of the Georgia Senate must stand for re-election. This year, nine of […]
GA General Assembly
State House approves fourth Superior Court Judge
The Georgia House unanimously approved House Bill 786 on Thursday, February 20, to create a fourth Superior Court judgeship in Henry County. The bill now […]
GA General Assembly
Proposed bill would allow local governments to consider school impacts in zoning requests
House Bill 898, sponsored by state rep. Mike Wilensky (D – Dunwoody), would codify a local government’s option to consider impacts to the local school […]
GA General Assembly
HB 786 would add fourth Superior Court judge in Henry County
Members of the Henry County legislative delegation have filed house bill 786 to create a fourth judgeship in the Flint Judicial Circuit Superior Court. The […]