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News Articles: Brian Kemp

Gov. Brian Kemp signs bills into law inside the Georgia Capitol on May 8, 2025. Rep. Beth Camp is pictured among the lawmakers in attendance.

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Lawmakers Huddle: House members share personal stories behind 2 new Georgia laws

Georgia legislators are celebrating legislation that will soon become law, thanks to the governor’s signature. 

May 16, 2025
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  • Donna Lowry
Kemp signs the bills

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Gov. Kemp signs work force bills into law Monday

Gov. Brian Kemp signed a series of workforce development bills into law at the state Capitol on Monday.  

May 13, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Kemp signs budget

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Gov. Kemp signs 2026 budget into law

Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state's 2026 budget into law Friday morning.

May 09, 2025
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  • Sarah Kallis
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks to the press at the Georgia State Capitol after signing a religious freedom bill into law on Friday, April 4.

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Georgia's Brian Kemp becomes latest swing state governor to decline a run for Senate

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says he is passing on running for the senate in next year's midterm elections, a blow to Republicans who spent months courting him to challenge Democratic incumbent.

May 08, 2025
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  • Sam Gringlas
Governor Brian Kemp

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What does Kemp's decision not to run for Sen. Ossoff's seat mean? A political strategist speaks

Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday that he will not make a run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. His decision sets off what's likely to be a competitive Republican race, with multiple candidates seeking to take on incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat.

May 07, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya

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Lawmakers Huddle: Kemp’s bill-signing momentum continues ahead of May 14 deadline

Gov. Brian Kemp’s bill-signing momentum continues as his May 14 deadline to sign or veto bills looms closer.

May 06, 2025
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  • Donna Lowry
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp speaks at the March for Life held outside the state Capitol on March 6, 2025.

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Kemp signs in vitro fertilization bill and others at Savannah convention center

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are children, many states, including Georgia, moved to protect IVF.

May 01, 2025
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  • Sofi Gratas
A bed with straps used for capital punishment by lethal injection

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Intellectually disabled could be shielded from Georgia’s death penalty, pending governor’s signature

Georgia is the only state with the death penalty that requires defendants to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are intellectually disabled to be spared execution. That could soon change.

April 01, 2025
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  • Jill Nolin
Rep. Lucy McBath D-Ga., discusses Congressional Black Caucus priorities for the 119th Congress and the Trump administration, Dec. 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Georgia Democrat Lucy McBath suspends 2026 run for governor, citing her husband's cancer

Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath says she's suspending her exploratory 2026 bid for governor, casting uncertainty on the Democratic field. McBath said Monday that she might still run for governor. But she says she needs to focus on her husband's health after complications from cancer surgery.

March 31, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Andy Brown takes a break on top of what remains of a tree that destroyed his SUV when it fell during Hurricane Helene on in Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.

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Georgia Senate wants further boost to spending on Hurricane Helene relief

Georgia's state Senate wants to boost spending on Hurricane Helene relief even more, including creating a grant program that could provide aid to individuals. The state Senate voted 55-1 Wednesday to amend Georgia's current state budget running through June 30.

February 27, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Kandiss Taylor, a thne-Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate, participates in a Republican primary debate on Sunday, May 1, 2022, in Atlanta.

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A Georgia Republican known for her 'Jesus, Guns and Babies' slogan is running for Congress

A Georgia Republican who ran a fringe campaign for governor under the slogan "Jesus, Guns and Babies" says she's running for Congress in 2026. Kandiss Taylor announced her campaign for southeast Georgia's 1st Congressional District during a Tuesday appearance on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.

February 27, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Elon Musk arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, U.S., May 2, 2022. Photo by Andrew Kelly/REUTERS

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Georgia Today: Kemp on Trump's workforce cuts; Delta keeps DEI; Protests against Elon Musk in ATL

On the Monday, Feb. 17 edition of Georgia Today: Gov. Kemp says the federal government needs some right-sizing. The NAACP praises Delta for keeping its DEI commitments; and demonstrators protest what they call President Trump's overreach.

February 17, 2025
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Jake Cook
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Oct. 15, 2024, in Atlanta.

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As Georgia lieutenant governor raises cash, a possible 2026 opponent questions how it can be spent

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr raised $2.2 million for his 2026 gubernatorial bid in less than two months after he took the unprecedented step of announcing in November. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones could be Carr's top opponent in the 2026 GOP primary. He raised $1.7 million for what Georgia calls a leadership committee. The question, though, is whether Jones can use that money in a Republican primary.

February 12, 2025
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  • Associated Press
 Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, details plans for school safety legislation in a news conference on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025 at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta.

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Father of Apalachee High School shooting victim backs Georgia push to track students

Georgia's state House speaker wants a statewide student database of disciplinary, mental health and law enforcement information to determine which students might commit violence at school. Republican Jon Burns also wants to mandate that each school system create a threat assessment team to evaluate tips about violence.

February 04, 2025
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  • Associated Press
A donated vase of red roses honors victims of the deadly collision between a passenger airliner and an Army helicopter that occurred the day prior, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at the Law Enforcement Memorial in Wichita, Kan., where the airline passenger flight originated.

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Crews in mid-air Washington, D.C. crash included two men from Georgia

Seven of the 67 people killed when an American Airlines jet collided midair with an Army helicopter were members of the two flight crews. The American Airlines crew members were traveling on a daily route from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night.

January 31, 2025
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