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News Articles: Georgia Politics

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State leaders share updates to Kemp’s prime health care policy

Shopping for health insurance will be slightly different come November with the final approval for Georgia Access, a piece of Gov. Kemp’s Patients First Act.

August 20, 2024
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  • Sofi Gratas
Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks to Georgia delegates at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Warnock tells Democratic National Convention that election is choice between promise, peril

The Georgia senator joined Hillary Clinton as one of the opening night’s key speakers.

August 20, 2024
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  • Ross Williams
Attendees gather and pray during a Black Man Lab meeting to discuss the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Atlanta.

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Black men emerge as key constituency in 2024 race, bringing dynamic views to the top of politics

The potential election of Vice President Kamala Harris has refocused attention on Black men, a demographic that Democrats and Republicans view as persuadable but whose multifaceted experiences and political preferences often go unaddressed in public debate.

August 19, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Brown Chop Logs on Outdoor. (Pexels)

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Georgia lawmakers looking to boost struggling timber industry

With pulp and paper mills going out of business in large numbers due to intense foreign competition, demand for timber is on the decline — prices for wood are down to levels not seen since the 1970s.

August 19, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Former President Jimmy Carter holds up a book to elementary schoolchildren

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Birthday concert planned in Jimmy Carter’s hometown as he nears age 100. Who’s performing?

The most famous resident of Plains, Ga., has a birthday coming up, and the town is gearing up for the celebration of the century.

August 19, 2024
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  • Lucinda Warnke
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (left) is pictured at Moody Air Force Base near Valdostas, Ga. on Aug. 15, 2024.

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Sens. Ossoff and Warnock announce fire dept. upgrades, online safety bill

For the week ending Aug. 16, the senators announced federal funding for airport infrastructure, fire safety upgrades and affordable housing and led a senate human rights subcommittee hearing about abuse of incarcerated pregnant women.

August 16, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger attends the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. A lawyer for Raffensperger said on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, that a bill is unconstitutional to give Georgia's appointed State Election Board the ability to investigate Raffensperger. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Raffensperger blasts proposed rule requiring hand count of ballots at Georgia polling places

Georgia's secretary of state has come out against election rule changes pending before the State Election Board, specifically rejecting a proposal to count ballots by hand at polling places on election night. At a meeting in July, the board advanced a proposal that would require three separate poll workers to count ballots at voting precincts on election night.

August 16, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Overhead shot of Trilith Studios in Fayetteville, GA. (Trilith Studios/Facebook)

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The good outweighs the challenges: Trilith Studios CEO talks AI in media at Georgia Senate committee

On Tuesday, Trilith Studios President and CEO Frank Patterson explained how movie studios are using AI and his take on the concerns over AI at the Senate Study Committee on AI's third meeting on Wednesday at the movie studio in Fayetteville, Ga.

August 15, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
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Formerly incarcerated Georgia women speak about pregnancy behind bars

Women from Georgia spoke about their experiences being pregnant and giving birth while incarcerated at Sen. Jon Ossoff’s  Atlanta hearing of the Senate Committee on Human Rights.

August 15, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stands with a voting machine

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Raffensperger visits county elections offices, assures a 'level playing field'

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger visited Paulding County to conduct a "health check" on the voting machines and elections office and answer election questions. 

August 14, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
 Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., center right, leaves the Albany County Courthouse, Aug. 6, 2024, in Albany, N.Y.

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Georgia officials say Kennedy, 2 others have signatures for presidential ballot as disputes remain

Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia's presidential ballot on Tuesday. But legal challenges still loom. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says independents Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz of the Party for Socialism and Liberation each collected more than the 7,500 signatures needed to qualify.

August 14, 2024
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Georgians reach across generational divides in a heated election year

In an election where candidates’ ages have been a significant issue, Georgia voters are reaching across generational divides for understanding.

August 13, 2024
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Kemp at the gathering

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Kemp reiterates support for Trump after verbal attacks from the former president

At an event on Friday morning, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp addressed attacks made by former President Donald Trump, calling them a "storm" and a "distraction" from a larger goal.

August 09, 2024
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  • Sarah Kallis
Sen. Jon Ossoff joined other Georgia human rights advocates Aug. 6, 2024, to speak about a new law requiring federal prisons to face regular independent investigations. Amanda Andrew/GPB News

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Taxpayer dollars at work: Hurricane Debby; Ossoff on specialty crops, Warnock on military education

For the week ending Aug. 9, the senators joined bipartisan congressional delegations to urge President Biden to approve Gov. Kemp’s emergency delegation request ahead of Hurricane Debby, support specialty crop farmers, expand the number of pathways for service members to military schools, and help Georgians become homeowners.

August 09, 2024
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  • Ambria Burton
 The Georgia Election Board’s three Republican members voted 3-2 Wednesday to reinvestigate Fulton County over election rules infractions related to the 2020 presidential election. Board Chairman John Fervier, left, on Wednesday warned conservative board members Janice Johnston, middle, and Rick Jeffares, that reopening case could violate state law. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia election board’s right-wing faction revisits Fulton’s 2020 presidential election

A trio of conservative members of the Georgia State Election Board agreed Wednesday to further investigate Fulton County’s 2020 presidential election law violations despite warnings from fellow board members that their decision was illegal.

August 08, 2024
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  • Stanley Dunlap
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