ATLANTA — The state House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Monday to create an oversight board for Georgia’s district attorneys and solicitors general.
The Republican-backed Senate Bill 92 passed in the House 97-77 over the objections of House Democrats that the measure both isn’t needed and is being driven by politics.
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