As the official start of summer approaches, Georgia's strawberry season is coming to an end. Farmers say the best pickings for strawberries happen between May through mid-June. Kevin Mitcham, the co-owner of Mitcham Farm, was a guest on Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look.” He talked with show host Rose Scott about
Former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has filed paperwork to join the race to become mayor of Georgia’s capital city for the third time. With Reed’s bid, there are now six candidates running for office Atlanta city council members Antonio Brown and Andre Dickens, Current Atlanta City Council President Felecia Moore,
Mayor Deana Holiday Ingraham says the city of East Point infrastructure is aging and that over 60 to 70% of the city’s infrastructure is more than 60 to 70 years old. “We are experiencing a lot of, you know, main breaks, repairs that are being needed, and we’ve been investing a little over $3 million per year through
Smyrna’s newly appointed police chief says he viewed returning to the Smyrna Police Department (SPD) as a great opportunity one that would allow him to continue building on the philosophy of community policing. Chief Keith Zgonc, who took over as chief in mid-April, began his law enforcement career with the Smyrna
An associate professor of political science at Valdosta State University says voting should be easy, but some states are trying to make it hard through voter suppression laws.
“What you are seeing is a long-term pattern of Republicans taking steps to tilt elections in their favor,” said Dr. Bernard Tamas on Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look.”
Tamas told show host Rose Scott that there are two types of voting laws: laws that ban voters completely and laws that increase the cost of voting by making it more difficult to vote.
“My research doesn’t say voter suppression laws don’t matter. I’m saying voter suppression laws at the moment don’t matter,” said Tamas, who recently wrote an op-ed piece titled