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1+ week, 3+ day ago  (82+ words) Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns is pushing to rescue one of his top priorities from the Capitol's end-of-session maneuvering, warning that Georgia's literacy crisis is too urgent to get hobbled by political bargaining. In an interview with "Politically Georgia," Burns…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (745+ words) When Julian Bond showed up at the state Capitol in January 1966, he faced a roadblock. Although the 25-year-old had been elected to the Legislature, lawmakers refused to swear him in. They took issue with his endorsement of a press release…...

2+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (1436+ words) All eight of Georgia's House Republicans voted for the funding bill. Among those celebrating its passage was U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, who was able to add in language he has long championed to place ......

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (669+ words) People keep calling Jan. 6 "unthinkable." Black Americans didn't find it unthinkable. Black Americans found it familiar. A crowd that looked like America's default setting decided the rules were optional. They climbed walls, broke windows, shoved past police, and walked through…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (209+ words) On Tuesday's episode of the "Politically Georgia" podcast Greg Bluestein talks to two prominent left-leaning attorneys seeking to unseat sitting members of the Georgia Supreme Court. Former Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan, the party's nominee for attorney general in 2022, is…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago  (1139+ words) Georgia has had plenty of bruising intraparty brawls " but nothing quite like the big-money slugfest between Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson. Their feud has transformed Georgia's GOP race for governor into a bare-knuckled fight awash in record…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (679+ words) " A part-time DeKalb police officer was fired'after being accused of'misgendering and accosting a transwoman'at a library in Tucker.' " With early voting underway this week, Georgia Equality has announced its'endorsements for special elections'in Senate District 53 and House Districts 94 and 130. " The Atlanta…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1099+ words) He is the current lieutenant governor, he has lots of family money and perhaps most important, he has President Donald Trump's endorsement. But that certainty crumbled after health care tycoon Rick Jackson unexpectedly cannonballed into the race in February, dumping…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1193+ words) Georgia has had plenty of bruising intraparty brawls " but nothing quite like the big-money slugfest between Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and billionaire Rick Jackson. Their feud has transformed Georgia's GOP race for governor into a bare-knuckled fight awash in record…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (249+ words) A surprise new candidate entered Georgia's 2026 governor's race earlier this week, and he's bringing serious money with him. Here's everything Georgians should know. Rick Jackson, 71, a Republican health care executive and billionaire founder of Jackson Healthcare, formally announced his candidacy…...