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6 days ago · ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is taking his efforts to improve mail delivery in Georgia to the state's veterans. “In addition to issues with receiving prescription medications over the mail, I have heard from constituents that notices for Veterans...
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Kemp looking for allies in push for tort reform
1 day ago · ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp asked business leaders from across Georgia Tuesday to help him get tort reform, his top priority for the 2025 General Assembly session, across the finish line. “Every local or regional chamber (of commerce) in this room has a critical role to play this session to make ...
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Jan 8, 2025 · State lawmakers to explore industrial energy usage in Georgia. by Dave Williams | Jan 8, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service. ATLANTA – The Georgia House will form a special committee this year to try to get a handle on the growing demand for energy among power-dependent industries moving into the state, House Speaker Jon Burns said Wednesday.
Georgia lawmakers ready to take up usual mix of old business and …
5 days ago · ATLANTA – The General Assembly will convene under the Gold Dome on Monday with the usual mix of old and new business on its plate. Supporters of perennial to-do items including tort reform and legalized sports betting will be back for another crack at getting their favorite causes through the legislature and to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature.
Georgia man arrested in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol
Oct 21, 2024 · ATLANTA – A Georgia man has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted the counting of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.
Trump carries Georgia four years after losing Peach State
Nov 5, 2024 · ATLANTA – Former President Donald Trump won Georgia’s 16 electoral votes Tuesday, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris by a narrow margin, several national news outlets projected before 1 a.m. Wednesday.
2024: Trump turns the tables on Georgia Democrats
Dec 20, 2024 · ATLANTA – Politics dominated 2024 in Georgia, a presidential election year that saw former President Donald Trump turn the tables on Democrats in the Peach State. But Republican Trump’s victory four years after President Joe Biden became the first Democrat to capture Georgia’s 16 electoral ...
Good problem for General Assembly – what to do with surplus
Jan 5, 2024 · ATLANTA – The 2024 session of the General Assembly starting Monday is expected to feature renewed debate over issues lawmakers have wrestled with for years, including private school vouchers, legalized gambling, and tort reform.
Georgia Republican electors formally certify Trump’s victory
Dec 17, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia’s Republican presidential electors formally cast their votes for former President Donald Trump Tuesday in a ceremony at the state Capitol. The 16 electors, consistently largely of local GOP leaders, met on the same day electors in every state cast their votes either for Trump ...