The Georgia State Senate passed legislation that would stop Georgians from changing their clocks twice a year. Senate Bill 100 would move Georgia to standard time year-round.
Weeks before the 1960 presidential election, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for participating in a lunch counter sit-in in Atlanta and sentenced to four months of hard labor. Thanks to some back-channel moves by the Kennedy campaign, King was released from prison. On Georgia Today, author Paul Kendrick explains how that changed party allegiances for Black and white voters in the South for generations.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: Movement ensues on consequential bills in the Georgia General Assembly. The state Senate passed yesterday a first deluge of measures designed by Republicans to change how Georgians vote. The Senate bill requires increased proof of identity such as a photo identification or driver's license for absentee voting.
A 25-page bill filed by Senate Republican leadership would give Georgia one of the most restrictive absentee-by-mail voting laws in the country after record-setting turnout helped Democrats flip both U.S. Senate seats and gave Joe Biden a victory.
Among this evening's headlines, Ahmaud Arbery's family was set to mourn at a candlelight vigil marking the one-year anniversary of the 25-year-old's shooting death.
The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate approved four elections bills Tuesday, the first of many expected in the legislative session following Democratic victories in November and January. The biggest change would see absentee by mail applications verified using a form of ID.
Former Republican Sen. David Perdue announced he will not be running for the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Raphael Warnock in 2022 after losing to Sen. Jon Ossoff in the January runoff.
While taking a trip to New Orleans in March 2019, Cooke, a mother of eight, applied for 501(c)(3) status for C-QUL, a nonprofit organization focused on reducing the barriers that prevent people from obtaining mental health care. The organization was approved in May 2019.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: A year has passed since the death of Ahmaud Arbery. The 25-year-old was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood outside of Brunswick, Ga., not far from his home.
Where do we stand in seeking justice for this young man from Georgia? How has the country grown and where is more attention needed?
Officials from a handful of Georgia cities across the state are decrying legislation that would stop them from ever banning certain types of fuel connections, like natural gas hookups, as they try to hash out plans to reduce carbon emissions locally.
