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Georgia lawmakers pass a bill that advocates fear will land homeless people in jail
11+ hour, 12+ min ago (632+ words) State Rep. Houston Gaines, R-Athens, speaks at before the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee meeting at the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File) If Republican Gov. Brian Kemp…...
Georgia lawmakers end annual session without settling conflict on voting machines
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (405+ words) State Rep. Victor Anderson, R-Cornelia, speaks at a House Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, to consider legislation to push back the deadline to stop counting votes with QR codes....
With their candidates losing in metro Atlanta, Georgia GOP seeks to remove party labels
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (412+ words) State Sen. John Albers, a Republican from the Atlanta suburb of Roswell who pushed the bill, said he believed it was needed to promote public safety, even though the counties" elected sheriffs will continue to be elected under party labels…...
A Georgia appeals court rules Fulton County can reject GOP election board picks
2+ week, 17+ hour ago (437+ words) Republican Jason Frazier, a Fulton County resident, speaks during public comment at a State Election Board meeting at the Capitol in Atlanta, May 7, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP File) The state Court of Appeals found that while elected leaders…...
Georgia suspends fuel tax, but other states may not follow
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (661+ words) Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a 60-day suspension of the state's 33-cents-per-gallon tax on gas and 37-cents-per-gallon tax on diesel. Motorists are likely to start getting relief in the coming days as the price cuts trickle through from…...
Saint Louis pounds Georgia 102-77 in March Madness as Dion Brown dominates at the rim with 18 points
2+ week, 1+ day ago (470+ words) Amari McCottry added 13 points and nine rebounds, while Robbie Avila had 12 points, five rebounds and five assists for the ninth-seeded Billikens in their first March Madness win since 2014. "I thought we played super hard," Saint Louis coach Josh Schertz said....
Georgia was going to dump voting machines that Trump hates until things got complicated
2+ week, 2+ day ago (574+ words) State Rep. Victor Anderson, R-Cornelia, speaks at a House Governmental Affairs Committee meeting at the Paul D. Coverdell Legislative Office Building in Atlanta on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, to consider legislation to push back the deadline to stop counting votes with QR codes....
After years of growth, Georgia’s film industry hits a painful reset
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1053+ words) The 48-year-old digital imaging technician moved from Indiana to Georgia in 2017 as studios " lured by generous tax credits " turned Atlanta into the "Hollywood of the South," the backdrop for hundreds of productions like "The Hunger Games," "Stranger Things" and more…...
Georgia voters choosing a successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene in US House
3+ week, 4+ day ago (452+ words) Democratic candidate Shawn Harris, right, sings along with a song written about his campaign during a barbecue at the Chattanooga County Agricultural Center, in Summerville, Ga., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Matt Hamilton/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File) With top candidates…...
James Madison plays Georgia Southern following McBride's 24-point game
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (281+ words) James Madison Dukes (7-5, 0-1 Sun Belt) at Georgia Southern Eagles (9-5, 1-0 Sun Belt) Statesboro, Georgia; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: James Madison plays Georgia Southern after Justin McBride scored 24 points in James Madison's 77-68 loss to the Old Dominion Monarchs. The Eagles have gone…...