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News Articles: Georgia Politics

The Georgia General Assembly is slated to resume its lawmaking process when they return Jan. 13, 2025 for a new legislative session. File/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

In first meeting since Trump win, Georgia election board defers to Legislature to implement plans

Georgia’s State Election Board voted Monday to request state lawmakers pass legislation next year making voter lists readily available to the public before and after elections.

November 19, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Medical cannabis oil

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  • News

State medical cannabis registry reaches 25,000

Georgia’s medical cannabis program hits a milestone.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Georgia Election Board member Janice Johnston voted Sept. 23 in favor of the board opening an investigation into eight county boards that review mass voter eligibility challenges filed predominantly by conservative residents. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia election board majority that was praised by Trump resumes rulemaking push this week

The Georgia State Election Board will hold its first post-election meeting on Monday, where it is set to consider resuming its recent push to change Georgia’s election rules and stir the debate anew about counties review controversial mass voter challenges.

November 18, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
The entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2020.

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  • Law

Judge blocks Biden administration's rule to expand overtime pay for millions

A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Biden administration that would have expanded access to overtime pay to millions more salaried workers across the U.S.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press

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  • News

State prisons chief pitches case for funding boost

Georgia Department of Corrections officials began laying the groundwork Wednesday for an infusion of state funding to beef up staffing, replace aging infrastructure, and improve inmate health care.

November 14, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Brad Raffensperger

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  • News

What comes next after 159 counties certify the results of the election

All 159 Georgia counties certified the results of the 2024 election on Tuesday. 

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Members of Clubhouse Atlanta sit at a table and look at devices

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  • Mental Health

Funding peer support in communities can save lives, tax dollars in Georgia. Here's one example how

It can be hard to find therapy when you need it most for yourself or a loved one. But access to ongoing peer support can help keep folks out of behavioral health crisis.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis looks on during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. A Georgia appeals court has agreed to review a lower court ruling allowing Fani Willis to continue to prosecute the election interference case she brought against Donald Trump.

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  • Politics

After Trump’s election, future murky for Fulton RICO case against president and Georgia allies

The Georgia Court of Appeals’ scheduled Dec. 5 hearing on the latest development in the Fulton County racketeering indictments of President-elect Donald Trump and his allies remains on track despite the results of last week’s presidential election. But questions still linger about the case against Trump and his remaining 14 co-defendants.

November 13, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
A September 29 fire at BioLab in Conyers creates a chemical plume

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: Questioning BioLab CEO, improving foster care, more school counselors

In recent weeks, Ossoff and Warnock have worked on questioning the BioLab Conyers CEO for answers on the plan to address safety concerns, introducing legislation to improve oversight in the foster care system, delivering funding to hire more school counselors in schools to support students' mental wellbeing, and provide clean energy upgrades to Georgia's ports.

 

November 12, 2024
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
The battle over key election rules is still set to play out before the Georgia Supreme Court. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia election board set to resume next week after court setbacks delayed Trump’s agenda

The right wing of the Georgia State Election Board that champions rules favored by GOP supporters of President-elect Donald is set to get back to its agenda after court decisions thwarted past attempts to implement the changes before November.

November 12, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
 A successful 2024 election was declared by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday night after announcing a record number of voters participated in the election. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Georgia’s record early voting, post-2020 stress tests helped to defuse election rules overhaul

Democrats and Republicans in Georgia and across the country have fought for four years in the courts and in Washington, D.C. over changes to election rules enacted by the state’s GOP Legislature following the election of Joe Biden in 2020. 

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Timber. (Pexels)

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  • Politics

Georgia lawmakers looking to promote emerging markets for timber

The state should actively promote developing sustainable aviation fuel and mass timber construction as emerging markets for a struggling timber industry, a legislative study committee recommended Thursday.

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
The picture of the women with the red and white pompoms is of NPHC of Dekalb members preparing to cheer newly registered high school students  before they vote.

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  • Elections

After Harris' loss, Black communities aim to remain energized about political issues

Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign fired up Georgia's Black communities with enthusiasm not seen since Barack Obama's first campaign 16 years ago. 

November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
A yard sign in front of the Graball Country Store in Hogg Hummock encourages McIntosh voters to vote yes and repeal rezoning on Sapelo Island. Credit: Jazz Watts/SICARS

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  • Law

Judge stalls permits for larger homes on Sapelo

New zoning is put on hold while the Georgia Supreme Court weighs the validity of a referendum on the same issue.

November 07, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Landers and
  • The Current
Night outside the Bryan County polling location where votes were tabulated on Nov 5 Credit: The Current/ Gillian Goodman

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  • News

He joined his local election board because he was concerned about fraud. He found none

For Keith Spitznogle on Bryan County’s election board, the voting issues he initially feared failed to materialize.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Gillian Goodman and
  • The Current
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