In the latest turn in an ongoing battle between Dustin Inman Society founder D.A. King and a pair of local Democrats, the controversial immigration enforcement advocate has launched a petition calling for the condemnation of Duluth Councilman Kirkland Carden — for starting a petition calling on county leaders to condemn Gwinnett Sheriff Butch Conway.

Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for Sept. 15, 2019.

Gov. Brian Kemp announced this week that he has appointed Gwinnett Commissioner Jace Brooks to sit on the board that oversees the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority, which is more commonly known as GRTA.

On Tuesday in Duluth, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office offered a first look at new voting machines that will be used in the 2020 presidential primaries in March, and eventually the 2020 general election in November.

The Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019.

County records show Steward Development LLC is seeking county approval to build a special events and banquet hall on 5-acre piece of property located on Spout Springs Road, north of Interstate 85 near Braselton and Hall County.

The 287(g) issue in Gwinnett is complex combination of the debate over the program itself; the participation of Gwinnett's sheriff's office in the program; and the county's growing diversity and shifting politics that looms on the political horizon as the 2020 elections approach. 

Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for Sept. 1, 2019.

Gwinnett County officials are warning residents that county offices — except those needed for the "comfort and safety" of the community — will be closed Monday due to the Labor Day holiday.

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday that he has declared a state of emergency in 12 Georgia counties and is waiving weight, height and length restrictions on vehicles that pass through the state to provide disaster relief related to Hurricane Dorian.

The ARC announced Gwinnett's population grew by 15,100 people between April 2018 and April 2019. 

In all, the police department is making nearly $3.2 million in requests for additional employees and equipment for the county's 2020 budget.

Duluth City Councilman Kirkland Carden held a press conference at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center Tuesday to call on the Gwinnett Board of Commissioners to condemn Sheriff Butch Conway for supporting Dustin Inman Society President D.A. King.

There wasn't much mention of the 287(g) program — the presentation instead focused heavily on the 95 new positions, including 79 sworn deputies, that Sheriff Butch Conway wants in the budget — but a few slides did show it will continue to have a presence in Gwinnett next year.

In all, Porter is asking for nearly $1.69 million in requests for new positions and equipment — requests that are also known as "decision packages" in the business plan presentation process taking place this week.

Two weeks after Gwinnett County Commissioner Marlene Fosque publicly accused Dustin Inman Society President D.A. King of “spewing hatred and bigotry and racism,” King has filed an ethics complaint requesting Fosque be verbally reprimanded for her comments.

Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for Sunday, Aug. 25, 2019.

Norcross ended municipal election qualifying Friday with all three offices up for election this year — the mayor’s office and two City Council seats — being contested.

Municipal election qualifying had ended for most Gwinnett cities by Thursday afternoon, giving residents a picture of who will be vying to lead them in the future.

The topic of transit's future in Gwinnett has been the subject of speculation since the failed MARTA referendum in the spring, and county leaders haven't ruled out the possibility of another vote in November 2020.

County commissioners gave Gwinnett's transportation department permission on Tuesday to apply for a $1.5 million Georgia Department of Transportation Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant to help pay for construction of the $2 million Collins Industrial Way extension.

Gov. Brian Kemp offered two economic messages as he addressed the Gwinnett Chamber at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth Monday: business is good and be prepared for a possible downturn.

On Monday, Lilburn officials unveiled and dedicated "The Preston," a room in Lilburn City Hall room named after longtime public servant Diana Preston.

The Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019.

U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga., wants Gwinnett students to show off the extent of their technical skills by entering the 7th Congressional District App Challenge.

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., is calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reconsider a decision to block two Democratic — and Muslim — members of Congress from entering his country.

Sen. Zahra Karinshak, who made state history last year when she became the first Iranian-American elected to the Georgia General Assembly, unveiled her bid for the 7th Congressional District seat on social media Thursday.

State Sen. P.K. Martin recently announced the roundtable's membership, which is largely made up of Gwinnett parents and educators but includes some officials from schools in Barrow County.

Georgia’s new insurance commissioner, John F. King, called Monday for the resignation of all board members of the Suwanee-based Georgia Underwriting Association in the wake of the indictment of Jim Beck, the agency’s former chief.

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday that he has appointed Jeffrey Dorfman to be Georgia's new State Fiscal Economist.

Whiteside said a memo to the county's judges, as well as District Attorney Danny Porter, Sheriff Butch Conway and Gwinnett commissioners this week to inform them of his decision not to prosecute the cases.

Suwanee officials are looking to maintain the status quo this year as far as the city’s millage rate is concerned.

Nearly half of the senators picked by Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan to serve on a Senate Study Committee tasked with studying education outcomes in Georgia — including the committee's chairman — represent parts of Gwinnett County.

Gwinnett County commissioners got something Tuesday morning that auditor Mauldin and Jenkins CPAs and Advisors doesn't hand out often: an audit that included no recommendations for improvements.

A Lawrenceville man accused of putting "I Love Trump" stickers on local Democratic Party official's car while she was grocery shopping, yelling at her and then following her around town has been arrested on at least one charge related to the incident and may be facing more, Gwinnett Solicitor General Brian Whiteside confirmed Friday.

The Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019.

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Officials from the Lawrenceville-based Georgia Manufacturing Alliance recently headed down to Atlanta to join Gov. Brian Kemp in highlighting the products that are made in the state.

Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for Sunday, July 28, 2019.

One of the candidates running for county Commissioner Tommy Hunter's seat in 2020 has asked Gov. Brian Kemp to remove Hunter from office because of incidents that have generated headlines in recent years.

There are several major projects on the city's plate that are underway or are coming up in the next years, Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason said during his annual State of the City address at the Atlanta Marriott Peachtree Corners Monday night.

Tadia Whitner is living out the "no limits" philosophy that her mother instilled in her as Gwinnett's first African-American Superior Court judge.

Gwinnett Daily Post's Political Notebook for July 21, 2019.

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson was released from a Washington D.C.-area hospital Saturday and will come to Georgia to continue recovering from a fall that left him with four fractured ribs, according to a spokesman for the senator.

Lawrenceville resident Sharon Wood is an active member of the Gwinnett Democratic Party, and she doesn't shy away from showing support for her party — but she said that support lead to a harrowing experience with a Trump supporter Monday.

U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson was hospitalized Tuesday after he fell in his Washington D.C. apartment and fractured some of his ribs, according to a spokesman for the senator.

Gwinnett county commissioners retreated from a plan to raise the county's millage rate that had drawn vocal opposition from property owners Tuesday.

Gwinnett County will have a new interim elections supervisor starting this weekend.