In a win for Gullah Geechee residents on Georgia’s sea islands, voters this week rejected an ordinance that doubled the ...

McIntosh County commissioners reversed course after the referendum. They now side with Gullah Geechee residents who want to ...

A citizen referendum, only the second of its kind in Georgia history, seeks to block a zoning amendment ...

Since 2023, an effort to raise property taxes and displace Black Gullah-Geechee residents has threatened the community's deep ...

Nearly 85% of voters who cast ballots in a referendum backed Gullah Geechee efforts to halt the construction of large homes ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Voters in a coastal Georgia county will decide Tuesday whether large homes should be allowed on remote ...

Tuesday, McIntosh County voters will cast ballots in a special election that could reshape the future of Hog Hammock on ...

Supporters of the referendum argued that letting wealthy outsiders build large vacation homes could raise property taxes.

Voters in Georgia on Tuesday rejected an ordinance to build larger homes on Sapelo Island in a win for the Gullah-Geechee ...

A special election held Tuesday in McIntosh County has delivered a decisive outcome that could significantly alter the future ...

An opportunity arose when University of Georgia (UGA) Associate Professor Elizabeth King spearheaded a UGA Sea Grant project ...

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to ...