The Latest Breaking News from Forsyth County

'Because of H1B visas': MAGA enraged at 35,000 Indian-Americans dominating schools and offices in Forsyth County

A social media post by a MAGA supporter has ignited heated debate online after she criticised the growing number of Indian-American families in Forsyth County, Georgia.

The Times of India · Mar 9

Brickbat: Neither Rain, Snow, Heat, nor DUI

Authorities in Forsyth County, Georgia, have charged U.S. Postal Service carrier Darrell Cox with DUI, possession of an open container… The post Brickbat: Neither Rain, Snow, Heat, nor DUI appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Dec 12, 2024

Why a county where the Ku Klux Klan once operated should worry Trump today

Forsyth County once kicked out all of its Black residents and the Klan tried to keep out Black people. Now, a not insignificant slice might vote for Kamala Harris

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2024

6 activists challenged 89K Ga. voters

Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law

Salon · Jul 13, 2023

The new Daughter of the Confederacy

The Southern Pride of Marjorie Taylor Greene

Salon · May 23, 2023

Brickbat: Reading Is Fundamental

In Georgia, the Forsyth County school system has agreed to pay the legal fees of a group of mothers who sued to overturn a system policy that banned them from reading books from school libraries at school board meetings. The settlement came after a federal court issued an injunction against…

Reason · Mar 7, 2023

In Georgia’s US Senate runoff, candidates campaign in unlikely places

On a chilly Saturday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s campaign bus rolled into a park in Cumming, deep in the heart of Forsyth County. Nearly two-thirds of voters in this reliably Republican exurb backed Warnock’s opponent, Herschel Walker, in the general election.

Tribune News Service · Nov 28, 2022

Federal judge orders schools in Ga. county to allow profanity at meetings

ATLANTA — People who speak at school board meetings in Forsyth County can swear at board members but must keep it smut-free.

Tribune News Service · Nov 18, 2022

False claims, threats fuel poll worker sign-ups for midterms

False claims about the 2020 presidential election by former President Donald Trump and his allies are spurring new interest in working the polls in Georgia and elsewhere for the upcoming midterm elections, but for different reasons

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2022

Challenge to N.C. Statute That Bans Lies About Candidates

Grimmett, Ralston Lapp Guinn Media Group & Josh Stein for Attorney General Campaign v. Circosta (M.D.N.C.), filed yesterday, seeks to invalidate N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-274(a)(9), which makes it a crime: For any person to publish or cause to be circulated derogatory reports with reference to any candidate in any…

Reason · Jul 22, 2022