1+ week, 5+ day ago   (486+ words) Months after the campaigns of Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms first issued challenges to the other over when, where and how to debate ahead of the November elections, there’s still little agreement on how voters will hear…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (316+ words) Rick Jackson, the Republican running to be Georgia’s next governor, raised more money in the past two months than his Democratic opponent, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, has collected since starting her campaign more than a year ago. The…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (445+ words) Gov. Brian Kemp’s office has instructed Georgia state agencies to keep spending level as they prepare budget proposals ahead of next year’s legislative session. Kemp is term-limited and signed his final budget earlier this year, cutting more than $300 million in…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (316+ words) Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced July 9 that results from an audit of the June 16 runoff showed errors came exclusively from hand-marked ballots. The results came from a ballot image audit that Raffensperger said “demonstrated the inherent risk in…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago   (999+ words) Georgia’s ballot QR code crisis is resolved for now, but a late change to an elections bill passed during last month’s special session adds a new twist to the question of how future elections across the state will be run....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (629+ words) For a second time this year, Democrats in the Georgia House rejected a Republican plan to reduce homeowner property tax bills. The Democrats’ argument was unchanged from their refusal to support a similar GOP tax plan earlier this year: a…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (564+ words) A bill aimed at addressing a looming deadline to remove QR codes from Georgia’s ballots passed the Senate along party lines after a short but contentious debate Saturday. The measure, which is sponsored by Sylvania Republican Sen. Max Burns, extends…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (316+ words) The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation expressed deep disappointment after Gov. Brian Kemp vetoed HB 376, legislation that would have strengthened the state’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program. In place since 2002, HRTC has driven more than $1 billion in private investment in…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (849+ words) An income tax cut bill that the governor signed into law Monday has caused a $1.3 billion revenue shortfall for next year’s budget, which takes effect in July. Gov. Brian Kemp, who is term-limited and serving his final year in office,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (774+ words) A pair of debates aimed at informing voters ahead of the May primary election was mostly tense and sometimes personal as frontrunners in both the Republican and Democratic primaries in the race for governor took the opportunity to sling attacks…...