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An Athens-based bookstore is challenging a Gwinnett County jail policy that bars independent booksellers from mailing books to prisoners. In oral arguments presented Thursday in federal court, attorneys for Avid Bookshop claimed that a jail policy allowing shipments only from certain publishers and two major retailers violates the bookstore’s First Amendment right to communicate with […]

The 2026 legislative session in Georgia started with a wide range of proposals aimed at curbing the recent surge in data center proposals and responding to other environmental or energy concerns. And while most of those bills failed to overcome the last-minute frenzy of negotiations on the last day of session, a couple of proposals […]

Voters across Georgia selected three new state legislators Tuesday in a series of special election runoffs aimed at filling vacant seats in the General Assembly.  The newest lawmakers include two Democrats in the House and a Republican in the Senate, and since they are replacing members of their own party, their wins will not shift […]

Donald Trump can never admit that he lost an election, anywhere, at any time, under any circumstance. And I’m not just talking about swing states like Georgia. Take California, for instance. In the 2024 presidential election, Trump lost California by 20 points.  No shame in that, right? California is one of the most liberal states […]

Republican Clay Fuller is set to become the newest congressman from Georgia after defeating Democrat Shawn Harris in a special election runoff Tuesday. Fuller is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard and former district attorney for the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit. He rose to the top of a crowded GOP primary field after […]

Georgia’s 2026 legislative session has come to a close, but all bills passed by state lawmakers this year have one final hurdle to clear before they can take effect: Being signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp. Kemp has 40 days after the Legislature adjourns to sign or veto the measures passed by state lawmakers […]

Clay Fuller, a Trump-backed Republican, is heading to Washington to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene after winning a runoff election Tuesday against Democrat Shawn Harris, but Fuller will have to immediately defend his new seat. Fuller’s victory in the special election only earns him the right to serve out the rest of Greene’s term. […]

By the end of Tuesday night, Georgians should know who will be the newest person to represent the state in Congress, and voters at one Kennesaw precinct had a lot to say about their choices. Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene stepped down from the 14th District in January after publicly tussling with President Donald Trump […]

Voters in northwest Georgia will head to the polls Tuesday to settle a nationally watched congressional runoff between a Trump-backed Republican and a Democrat who has pitched himself as a moderate alternative in the deep-red district.  The winner will finish former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s term. Some of those voters will also choose the winner […]

Election season in Georgia is about to heat up even more. The May 19 primary election, when Georgians will select party nominees for races up and down the ballot, is a month and a half away, and voters will soon have the chance to meet some of the candidates on their screens. The Atlanta Press […]

The Georgia General Assembly, in the final hour of this year’s lawmaking session, gave final passage to a measure allowing property owners to sue local governments for failing to enforce laws related to homelessness and immigration. The measure only applies if a local government has a “policy, pattern, or practice” of failing to follow the […]

Georgia lawmakers put a bow on their 2026 legislative session after 1 a.m. Friday. You never really know what is going to happen on sine die, the final day of Georgia’s annual legislative session, or what’s not going to happen. Something that happened: Georgia lawmakers selected a new heritage cattle breed – the pineywoods cattle. […]

Lawmakers signed off on a plan to forego more of the state’s income tax revenue, passing a tax cut bill late Thursday night over the concerns of Democrats who questioned the math used to support the cuts.  But a high-profile proposal focused on reining in rising property taxes only passed late Thursday night after being […]

In an unexpected twist, members of the House and Senate concluded the 2026 legislative session without ending their longstanding stalemate over election policy, as Georgia hurtles toward the deadline for removing QR codes from voters’ ballots without a clear solution in sight. The lack of a solution has some lawmakers calling on Gov. Brian Kemp […]

It’s the last day of Georgia’s legislative session, a day full of tradition, celebration and disappointment. Georgia’s representatives and senators have 40 days at the start of every year to pass laws that affect Georgians, and day 40 is called sine die – Latin for “without a date,” because they adjourn without setting a date […]

A group of reproductive health advocates is challenging a series of state laws that restrict the practice of midwifery in Georgia, arguing that the state unfairly limits a sector of maternal health providers who could help improve access to maternal care. The lawsuit, which was filed Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court, highlights Georgia’s high […]

House lawmakers are attempting to protect student athletes from eighth grade onward from potential predatory deals with agents, although a bill designed to bolster name, image and likeness rules may be ensnared in election-year politics.  The Georgia High School NIL Protection Act passed the House unanimously in February. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Brent […]

Georgia could soon have an official new state flower.  Senate Bill 240, sponsored by Milledgeville Republican Sen. Rick Williams, calls for changing the state floral emblem from the invasive Cherokee rose, which is native to southern China, to the native sweetbay magnolia.  Similar bills have run into opposition in the past, including from the chairman […]

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday that some victims of an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme will be repaid for their lost investments, which he described as a rare outcome in cases of fraud. The agreement with Bankers Life Advisory Services and Bankers Life Securities will return nearly $6.7 million to 46 victims. […]

A bill backed by neo-Confederates that aimed to protect historic monuments from removal was shot down in a narrow House vote Wednesday when a handful of Republicans voted no or abstained from voting. With Georgia’s annual lawmaking session set to end late Thursday night, the bill is likely, but not certainly, dead for the year. […]

Young Georgia students could soon get a hand hitting the books after the Legislature sent a literacy overhaul to the governor’s desk Tuesday. Both chambers unanimously passed a compromise version of House Bill 1193, which would place a specialized educator called a literacy coach in every school that teaches kindergarten to third grade. The bill […]

Lawmakers have debated sweeping changes to how Georgians cast a ballot. They’ve considered varying proposals for how best to respond to a surge in data center proposals across the state. And they’ve locked horns over everything from tax cuts to strategies for improving literacy rates. Now it’s decision time for the many proposals that have […]

A plan to strengthen health access in rural and underserved communities in Georgia through community health workers is on life support in the Georgia Legislature. The legislation, House Bill 291, has passed the House and an amended version passed the Senate Health and Human Services Committee last week. But in Monday’s gatekeeping Senate Rules Committee, […]

Georgia lawmakers are considering legislation that would require police to collect DNA from people charged with — but not convicted of — crimes. This would happen without a warrant or due process of any kind. Supporters say these DNA-collection bills are targeted at criminals, but the sweeping proposals could impact anyone in Georgia, including people […]

MACON, Ga. — Hundreds of people gathered Saturday in Macon, about 80 miles south of Atlanta, for another round of No Kings demonstrations. But the event abruptly ended when the local sheriff was invited up to address concerns about his agency’s cooperation with federal immigration officers.  She Keene, an organizer with the advocacy organization Macon Rising, […]

Things are coming to a head in the world of Georgia politics. At the state Capitol, lawmakers are running around like crazy as the annual lawmaking session winds down. That means trickery can often be afoot as legislators become desperate to get their bills passed before the buzzer, such as a bill that passed Friday […]

The Georgia Senate has passed its version of a $38.5 billion state budget for next fiscal year, although the spending plan is destined to now be hashed out behind the scenes by leaders of both chambers. Senate Appropriations Chair Blake Tillery, a Vidalia Republican running for lieutenant governor, presented the budget on the Senate floor […]

Attorneys representing Fulton County faced off against the U.S. Department of Justice in federal court Friday, seeking the return of more than 650 boxes of 2020 election records that FBI agents seized from a county elections warehouse in January. The hearing, which was held in a federal courthouse in Atlanta, was scheduled last week after […]

What started as an attempt to curb the reputational harm of mugshots posted online has morphed into fast-moving legislation that would limit Georgians’ oversight of police activities. Senate Bill 482 would greatly diminish the public’s ability to access footage from police-worn body cameras, dash-board cameras in patrol cars, and other video captured by law enforcement officers […]

A bill making its way through the Georgia Legislature in the final days of the session aims to protect the innocent and victims of tragedies, but free speech advocates say it could disadvantage some news outlets. The goal of Senate Bill 482 is to prevent businesses lawmakers characterize as exploitative – like websites that publish […]

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the keystone to metro Atlanta’s economic prosperity, has been a wreck for much of this week. With security lines that can be four hours or longer, flights have been missed, vacations have been missed, TSA paychecks have been missed, and thousands of passengers are getting … well, a word that rhymes with […]

A group of environmental organizations filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Georgia Public Service Commission, appealing the December approval of a massive expansion of power infrastructure for Georgia Power. The 42-page lawsuit, filed in Fulton County Superior Court, alleges that the commission broke the law by approving nearly 10 gigawatts of new energy generation by […]

Senate Bill 591, sponsored by Dahlonega Republican Sen. Steve Gooch, passed the Senate earlier this month with a 39-to-13 vote with Republicans unified in support and Democrats split. It is on its way to the state House after unanimously moving through a House committee Tuesday.

ATHENS, Ga. — At a convention center in downtown Athens, the air buzzes with conversation. Vendors line the hallways, stickers and other merch scattered across tables. Projector screens display giant basketballs alongside the American flag. It’s not March Madness. It’s the annual conference for the Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials. Sixty miles […]

A Coastal Georgia district attorney and a Superior Court judge said Monday they were doubtful that enough evidence exists to move forward with a malice murder charge against a 31-year-old Camden County mother arrested earlier this month for an alleged illegal abortion, paving the way for a possible reduction or dismissal of charges. Kingsland police […]

Armed federal agents decked out in tactical gear patrolled the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday as a continuing partial government shutdown creates long delays at major airports nationwide. The agents were not involved with security screenings or immigration enforcement but were intended to provide security in an effort to bolster Transportation Security Administration employees […]

Georgia lawmakers advanced a bill imposing harsher penalties on protesters who block roads and highways Monday, sending it to the governor’s desk. It’s a measure that some Republicans claim is necessary to ensure the public’s safety, but many Democrats say they worry the change could enable the government to more easily crack down on free […]

The Georgia Senate unanimously passed a measure that would ban cellphone use on campus for high school students from the morning bell until the dismissal bell, known as a “bell to bell” ban. The bill would add public high school students to the current law, which passed last year and banned cellphone use for students […]

In this week’s roundup, we bring you tales of inter-party kindness and intra-party contempt. A Democratic runoff candidate for a state Senate seat said he would suspend campaign activities after his GOP opponent suffered a health setback, and it just gets warmer and fuzzier from there. Also, in the realm of things that should be […]

Georgia’s Court of Appeals has overturned a trial court’s ruling ordering the Fulton County Board of Commissioners to seat two conservative election activists on the county election board or face daily fines. In May, Democrats on the board had rejected two Republican Party nominees, Julie Adams and Jason Frazier, citing concerns about both individuals’ past […]

By Jake Bittle, Emily Jones, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Vivian La, Anila Yoganathan, Katie Myers, and Clayton Aldern This coverage is made possible through partnerships between Grist and WABE in Georgia, Blue Ridge Public Radio in North Carolina, Flatwater Free Press in Nebraska, Interlochen Public Radio in Michigan, and WBEZ in Chicago. In recent years, as the […]

Georgians who want to buy a controversial anti-parasitic drug may soon be able to pick it up from their local pharmacist without a prescription. A state House committee Thursday amended a bill to allow pharmacists to distribute ivermectin over the counter to Georgians 18 and older. The ivermectin language was added to a bill aimed […]

Georgia’s State Election Board unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday urging state lawmakers to hasten a switch to hand-marked paper ballots, just a day after legislators unveiled a proposal to delay overhauling Georgia’s election system until after the 2026 midterms. The resolution, introduced by board member Salleigh Grubbs, requests that Georgia implement hand-marked paper ballots “as […]

A 31-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Kingsland has been charged with attempted murder, the first time that a mother has been charged under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law. The arrest comes two months after Alexia Moore was rushed to the emergency room in Camden County, pregnant and in extreme pain. Doctors at the Southeast Georgia Health […]

A small town about 45 miles east of Atlanta is pushing back against a massive immigration detention center leaders say will stretch its infrastructure past the breaking point. Social Circle City Manager Eric Taylor said there is a lock on the water meter at the facility, and it will stay there until U.S. Immigration and […]

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed off on a bill Friday that now includes a provision that suspends the state’s gas tax for 60 days. House Bill 1199, sponsored by state Rep. John Carson, is a yearly routine bill that brings the Georgia tax code in line with the IRS. A last-minute amendment proposed on the […]

Republicans have unveiled a sweeping proposal aimed at overhauling Georgia’s election system ahead of the 2028 presidential election, dealing a blow to conservative activists who had hoped to implement hand-marked paper ballots ahead of this year’s midterm elections.  Senate Bill 214, introduced by Sylvania Republican Sen. Max Burns, would begin the process of switching from […]

A federal judge in Massachusetts has halted enforcement of several key vaccine policies imposed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ruling that the Trump administration illegally overhauled a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee dedicated to issuing immunization recommendations. The decision, which comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Academy […]

A bill seeking to mandate disclosure of political spending in Georgia from countries designated as hostile foreign adversaries passed the House Monday in a 98-65 vote that fell largely along party lines. Senate Bill 177, which was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte, would mandate that anyone working on behalf of “hostile” foreign governments […]

The Georgia Senate gave final passage to a measure providing up to $500 in income tax rebates to Georgians who filed state income tax returns in both 2025 and 2024. HB 1000, sponsored by Cartersville Republican state Rep. Matthew Gambill, passed the Senate Monday with a 53-0 vote. Once signed by the governor, the state […]

Lawmakers have been looking at ways to respond to rising homelessness in Georgia, with $50 million added to this year’s budget for what are being called homelessness response grants.  But another proposal under consideration this year is focused on preventing vulnerable Georgians from losing their housing in the first place.  House Bill 689, sponsored by […]

The big election news this week came out of northwest Georgia, where voters whittled down the long list of candidates who are hoping to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. That race is now set for an April 7 runoff, but state legislative races also remain unsettled and are heading to their own runoffs. But […]

A bill aimed at modernizing Georgia’s medical cannabis program passed the Georgia House with broad bipartisan support, marking another step in lawmakers’ yearslong effort to incrementally increase patients’ access to the program. Senate Bill 220, introduced by Newnan Republican Sen. Matt Brass, would expand the conditions eligible to receive a medical cannabis card, change the […]

The U.S. Senate passed a bill Thursday with a provision backed by U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock that would ban large corporations from owning too many homes. The legislation, sponsored by Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren and South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, passed the Senate on an 89-10 vote, an overwhelming show of bipartisanship on […]

Brian Kemp, in his eighth and final year as governor, still enjoys significant popularity. In an Emerson poll conducted last weekend, only 24.5% of Georgians said they disapprove of his job performance, which in this divisive era is remarkable. You might think that kind of long-running success would make Kemp a model to be emulated […]

A total 537 people signed up to run in May partisan primaries for the 236 seats in the Georgia House and Senate, where decisions are made on tax rates, health care access, gun laws, data centers, environmental protection and more. Here’s what we can tell you so far about the cohort. A total 537 people […]

Former state Rep. Dexter Sharper, a Valdosta Democrat, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in court Wednesday as part of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into pandemic-related fraud.  Prosecutors said Sharper, 54, fraudulently collected nearly $14,000 in unemployment benefits through a program aimed at helping those who lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

State House lawmakers approved new requirements for families applying for food assistance in what was one of the final votes on a key legislative deadline day, with the proposal passing after midnight Saturday.  However, advocates have pushed back on the legislation, arguing that the changes would not adequately address errors within the system and urging […]

ROME, Ga. – The race to become northwest Georgia’s next congressman is heading to an April runoff after no candidate exceeded 50% of the vote in a crowded field of competitors in Tuesday’s election. Democrat Shawn Harris was the top vote-getter, walking away with about 37% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the […]

The Georgia House of Representatives approved a $38.5 billion state budget for next year on Tuesday with significant spending aimed at improving childhood literacy across the state. House Bill 974, which will fund state government beginning on July 1, passed with a 159-4 vote and now moves to the Senate. The House’s proposed budget includes […]

The race to succeed Gov. Brian Kemp has officially taken shape now that a crowded field of candidates from both major parties has qualified to run for Georgia’s highest state office. The formality of filing paperwork and writing a check to qualify as a candidate set the stage for a race that has so far […]

Just 18 months ago, Jesi Squires did not have a key to her family’s home in southeast Georgia. She was homeless, abusing intravenous drugs and had a felony on her record.  Jimbo Partin, executive director at Gardens of Hope in Lyons, which is what is known as a recovery community organization, said he remembers Squires’ […]

Lawmakers had high hopes for this session’s election policy, introducing bills on everything from campaign finance to an overhaul of Georgia’s voting system. At least five of those bills were on the Crossover Day agenda — a key deadline for bills to advance through the Legislature — across the two chambers. But by the end […]

In a year when Georgians were clamoring for state officials to rein in the unchecked growth of data centers, the Georgia Senate chose to pass a measure that critics say largely maintains the status quo. Senate Bill 410, sponsored by Newnan Republican Sen. Matt Brass, passed Friday with a 32-21 vote. The bill would phase […]

This week brought the usual last-minute chaos of Crossover Day with plenty of candidate qualifying week surprises mixed in.   Candidates from both major parties made the trek to the state Capitol this week to submit their paperwork and cut a check to make their candidacy official. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and his GOP challengers passed […]

House lawmakers passed a scaled-back version of a property tax relief plan Friday after a more sweeping overhaul failed earlier in the week.  House Bill 1116, sponsored by Bonaire Republican state Rep. Shaw Blackmon, passed with a 98-68 vote as the clock wound down on a key legislative deadline day.  The gatekeeping House Rules Committee […]

If you want to put your money down on your favorite sports team, you’re going to have to break state law. Sports betting is illegal in Georgia, and it’s likely to stay that way after a bill to legalize the practice went down in flames Friday in the state House, falling short ahead of a […]

In a surprise twist, the Georgia Senate voted down a measure that would have made district attorneys in five metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan offices.  The bill failed on the floor Friday in a 24-29 vote, with several prominent Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Jason Anavitarte and Sen. Matt Brass, who chairs the gatekeeping Senate Rules […]

It’s sink or swim time for bills in the Georgia Legislature. Georgia’s annual lawmaking session is intensifying, and Friday marks a key deadline: Crossover Day, the final day for bills to clear at least the House or the Senate to have a smooth path to becoming law. Typically, that means backroom deals, hurt feelings and […]

The race to become the next leader of the Georgia Senate heated up this week as one candidate’s incendiary campaign video drew criticism from both sides of the aisle and another lawmaker made a last-minute entry into the race. The ad, released earlier this week by state Sen. Greg Dolezal, depicted Muslims terrorizing white Georgia […]

The Georgia House of Representatives passed a measure Wednesday that could allow property owners to sue city and county governments if they fail to enforce state laws related to homelessness, public safety and immigration. House Bill 295, sponsored by Athens Republican Rep. Houston Gaines, passed with a 98-75 vote, clearing the lower chamber just ahead […]

A sweeping GOP proposal that would overhaul local property taxes failed to pass Tuesday, with nearly all House Democrats opposing the measure over concerns about the impact to public services and schools back home.  The proposal was rolled out with much fanfare in late January, with Speaker Jon Burns calling the proposal “historic” at the […]

A bill creating a new felony charge of obstructing a law enforcement officer with a motor vehicle cleared the House in a contentious vote Tuesday evening. A separate bill raising the penalties against protesters who block streets or highways passed the Senate hours earlier largely along party lines. House Bill 1076, sponsored by Powder Springs […]

The race is on for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat this week after the major candidates from both parties officially signed up to run. On the Democratic side, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seeking to defend the seat he won in a tight 2021 runoff. Ossoff is the only Democratic senator up for re-election this year […]

Since International Paper abruptly closed its mills in Liberty and Chatham counties last fall, business owners in Southeast Georgia who once made the state the largest timber exporter in the nation have been feeling acute pain. As of January, demand for timber had dropped more than 60%, meaning truckers and contractors who would haul the […]

The Georgia state Capitol was bustling on Monday, but not because of the usual business of lawmaking. Instead, big names in politics trickled in and out of the Capitol building, some having travelled hours to face a long line to ensure their names appear on the ballot for the upcoming November elections. Among those who […]

The Georgia Senate last week passed a bill that would allow Georgians with autism or other developmental disorders and their family members to request to receive a special license plate. Senate Bill 433 passed the chamber unanimously with the help of a little star power. Connor Tomlinson, one of the stars of Netflix’s “Love on […]

This past week – the last before candidates officially qualify to run – brought plenty of news about who won’t be appearing on the ballot this year.  Georgia state Rep. Ruwa Romman, a Duluth Democrat, announced this week she is dropping out of the campaign for governor, saying that she will instead run for an […]

Lawmakers are contemplating a measure that would prevent the public from accessing law enforcement audio and video recordings that show a person’s death after the bill’s sponsor argued that new restrictions are needed to preserve the dignity of the people depicted in the footage. But the legislation, House Bill 1223, has prompted criticism from First […]

The largest prison in the state is located in the town of Jackson, in middle Georgia. It’s a state prison with a capacity of 2,200 inmates. The new prison that the federal government proposes to open in Social Circle, about 40 miles southeast of Atlanta, would house four to five times that many. According to Immigration […]

The Senate session ended abruptly Thursday just as senators were nearing a vote on a bill aimed at ensuring data centers pay for the energy infrastructure built to accommodate them after it appeared a last-minute alternative measure had the votes to pass. The Georgia Senate avoided voting on Senate Bill 34, which moved out of […]

The U.S. Department of Energy has loaned Southern Company $26.5 billion to fund upgrades to its energy grid in Georgia and Alabama. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a press release Wednesday that the loan to Southern Company, the parent company of Georgia Power and Alabama Power, is intended to lower consumer energy costs for […]

House lawmakers signed off on a plan to incrementally reduce the state’s income tax rate over concerns from Democrats who argued the perk would disproportionately benefit wealthier Georgians.  The proposal, House Bill 1001, accelerates an already planned cut to the state’s income tax rate and is part of a series of reductions to the rate […]

Georgia’s first comprehensive needs-based college scholarship came closer to becoming reality Wednesday after the state House and Senate approved a budget plan that would fully fund the endeavor.  Gov. Brian Kemp proposed the DREAMS scholarship in his State of the State Address last month with a proposed price tag of $325 million. But last week, […]

The president of the Georgia Republican Assembly, a right wing political organization, has been fined $500,000 for his alleged involvement in an suspected Ponzi scheme that authorities say defrauded investors out of $140 million, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office announced Wednesday.  Timothy Nathaniel Darnell, who once worked for Bankers Life Advisory Services, has been […]

Voters are having their say in the race to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who stepped down from Congress in January after a public feud with President Donald Trump. Early voting started last week, and the final day to cast a ballot is March 10. If no candidate secures more than 50% of the […]

Two prominent attorneys have launched campaigns for the Georgia Supreme Court, challenging two sitting justices who were originally appointed by former Republican Gov. Nathan Deal.  Former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan and Miracle Rankin, a personal injury attorney and former president of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, stood together Tuesday at Liberty Plaza […]

The Georgia House passed a slew of bills Tuesday that could reshape the way public school students learn. The chamber approved bills including a ban on cell phones for high schoolers, a requirement to install weapons detectors at school entrances and a bill aimed at boosting reading rates that Speaker Jon Burns called “arguably the […]

Georgia officials on both sides of the aisle are proposing legislation aimed at holding insurance companies accountable when they fall short of the long-held promise of mental health parity, which is the idea that insurance coverage for mental health should be on par with coverage for physical health. The push comes after Georgia Insurance Commissioner […]

Feb. 24 is World Spay Day and February is Spay and Neuter Awareness Month in Georgia. February is also Feline Fix by Five month, a reminder to have kittens fixed before they turn five months old. That focus on prevention is important for two reasons: First because fixing animals is the only way to fix […]

The Georgia House on Friday passed a bill to create a special committee to study raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to include 17-year-olds, but stopped short of taking action to prevent 17-year-olds from being tried as adults.  House Bill 1061, originally written to shift 17-year-olds away from the adult criminal justice system to […]

Democrats attempted to pass Medicaid expansion on the floor of the Senate in a legislative maneuver that was quickly shot down by their Republican counterparts Friday. The bill they hoped to amend, Senate Bill 440, was originally intended to update and modernize laws around the state Department of Public Health. Sen. Kay Kirkpatrick, a Marietta […]

The return of President Donald Trump to Georgia was the big political news this week, with the president visiting a Rome steel plant to promote his economic agenda and his allies as early voting got underway to replace former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.  But it was also a big week for announced departures.  House Speaker […]

ROME, Ga. – In a freewheeling hour-long speech at a northwest Georgia steel plant, President Donald Trump sought to boost his second-term economic agenda ahead of November’s pivotal midterm elections. “We have the most people working in history, and just recently, we crossed two milestones,” he said Thursday. “They thought it was totally impossible when […]

WINDER, Ga. — Georgia’s State Election Board did not move to take control of Fulton County’s elections at a closely watched meeting this week, but at least one board member left the door open for future intervention.  In the aftermath of a widely publicized raid on the county’s election warehouse in January, there has been […]

The Secretary of State’s Office has ordered a former principal of the now-defunct lending firm First Liberty Building and Loan to pay a $500,000 fine for alleged investment fraud. In an order filed Wednesday, Brant Frost V is accused of selling securities and offering investment advice to First Liberty investors without being licensed to do […]

Civil rights icon Andrew Young issued a blunt warning Tuesday that liberties won during the 20th Century are under threat, but he also said he believes people today have the necessary tools to protect them. Speaking at the launch of a project to digitize 1.8 million Civil Rights Movement-era photographs in Atlanta, the 93-year-old former […]

At a luncheon talk to the Golden Isles Republican Women’s group on Thursday, Public Service Commissioner Tricia Pridemore cheered on the Trump administration’s deregulation efforts and discussed what she sees as young women’s unnecessary anxiety about climate change. But she didn’t mention the 2026 PSC race. There’s a good reason why. On Tuesday she announced […]

A Chatham County elementary school teacher en route to work early Monday was killed after a man trying to flee federal immigration agents rammed her vehicle on Whitefield Avenue near the Truman Parkway, according to county police. Linda Davis, a longtime teacher at Herman W. Hesse K-8 School was pulled from her crushed Lexus sedan […]

Early voting began Monday in the race for Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, and candidates are racing to set themselves apart from the crowd – and often from the district’s previous representative, former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene resigned from her seat last month, spurring more than 20 candidates to throw their hats in the ring, […]