SAVANNAH, Ga. — A judge on Tuesday approved a referendum sought by residents of one of the South's last remaining Gullah-Geechee communities of slave descendants, ordering an Oct. 1 special ...

Georgia’s constitution empowers citizens to challenge “local acts or ordinances, resolutions, or regulations” by county governments in a referendum if a certain percentage of county voters ...

Georgia county says slave descendants can’t use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community Georgia's constitution doesn't give citizens the power to overturn county zoning decisions ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Zoning changes by a Georgia county that some residents say threaten one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants can’t be challenged with a ...