Georgia’s public benefits system has been plagued by problems for years. But processing times have worsened since July 2023, when Georgia launched the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program.
Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump filed a motion yesterday Wednesday to dismiss the charges in his Fulton County indictment for election interference.
Former Georgia U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler has been announced as President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Small Business Administration. Trump made the announcement Wednesday night on his social media site Truth Social, citing her business background and her help to “secure the Big Election Win in Georgia!”
President-elect Donald Trump is trying to get the Georgia election interference case against him dismissed. He claims the state's courts will not have jurisdiction over him once he returns to the White House next month.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shakura Ingram heard arguments Tuesday in a case to decide if the state Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has the power to subpoena her.
For the holiday week ending Nov. 29, the senators worked on introducing legislation to stop political discrimination in providing federal disaster assistance, providing infrastructure and security upgrades at the Port of Savannah, and announcing a conditional federal loan to help the Rivian electric vehicle plant restart construction.
Getting someone to watch your kid is expensive, but it could be getting cheaper in Georgia. The state Senate’s Committee on Affordable Childcare heard its final testimony in a hearing at the state Capitol Monday and is expected to release its findings for next year’s session later this month.
In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential re-election, metro Atlantans who work with the U.S. State Department’s refugee resettlement program don’t know which parts of the president-elect’s campaign rhetoric will translate into his immigration policy.
The Frontline Policy Council is a conservative Christian nonprofit that holds a lot of sway around the Georgia Capitol. But its president and general counsel have come under fire for allegedly lobbying Georgia elected officials without properly registering with the state.
For the week ending Nov. 22, the senators pushed: Congress to provide agricultural assistance to Georgia after the damage caused by Hurricane Helene, the state of Georgia to improve prison conditions following the Department of Justice's investigation of Georgia's prisons, and for more federal protections against human smuggling at the southern border.
In a letter, the state’s public health commissioner said the action was taken because “confidential information provided to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee was inappropriately shared with outside individuals.”
Georgia Power and solar industry representatives renewed their long-running debate before lawmakers Tuesday over whether setting up a new solar program would provide the same benefits to ratepayers as the existing renewable energy options.
