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News Articles: Georgia Politics

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene sits in the courtroom, Friday, April 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Rep. Greene is appearing at a hearing Friday in Atlanta in a challenge filed by voters who say she shouldn't be allowed to seek reelection because she helped facilitate the attack on the Capitol that disrupted certification of Joe Biden's presidential victory.

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Judge denies Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's restitution request for $65,000 home security fence

A federal judge rejected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's request to have an upstate New York man convicted of sending her threatening voicemails pay $65,000 for her Georgia home's security fence, saying Greene did not suffer a property loss.

November 15, 2023
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Raphael Warnock

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Warnock looking to extend insulin cost cap to all diabetes patients

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock was a leader in getting a provision capping the cost of insulin for Medicare enrollees at $35 a month into the Inflation Reduction Act Congress passed last year.

November 15, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
The Jones building at Central State.

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Brick and mortar reminders of Georgia’s mistreatment of psychiatric patients could be erased soon

Thousands of Georgians were once confined to the world’s largest mental institution, authorized by the state in 1837 as the “Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum.”

November 13, 2023
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  • Chaya Tong
New state-issued voting machines used for the Georgia primary election on June 9, 2020, are seen at Park Tavern in Atlanta. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg issued a 135-page ruling late Friday, Nov. 10, 2023 in a long-running lawsuit filed by activists who want the state to ditch its electronic voting machines in favor of hand-marked paper ballots.

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Constitutional challenge to Georgia voting machines set for trial early next year

The question of whether Georgia's electronic voting system has major cybersecurity flaws that amount to a violation of voters' constitutional rights to cast their votes and have those votes accurately counted is set to be decided at trial early next year. U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg issued a 135-page ruling late Friday in a long-running lawsuit filed by activists who want the state to ditch its electronic voting machines in favor of hand-marked paper ballots.

November 13, 2023
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Election workers at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse in Pittsburgh process ballots from the 2022 Pennsylvania primary on June 1, 2022. Threatening letters sent to local election offices in at least five states, some including fentanyl, are the latest concern for local election workers around the country, who have faced harassment and even death threats since the 2020 presidential election.

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Local election workers have been under siege since 2020. Now they face fentanyl-laced letters

Threatening letters sent to local election offices in at least five states, some including fentanyl, are the latest concern for local election workers around the country. They already have faced harassment and even death threats since the 2020 presidential election.

November 13, 2023
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City Mills Hotel in Columbus is a rehabbed 19th century grist mill built with the help of a state tax credit.

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State tax credit review panel focuses on housing

Georgia low-income housing and historic rehabilitation tax credits are critical for the financial and social wellbeing of residents across the state, a series of witnesses testified at a legislative hearing Wednesday in Columbus.

November 10, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said his office is prioritizing safety for elections workers amid threats.

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Fulton elections officials prepare as possible fentanyl-containing letter travels to office

Fulton County elections officials are preparing after federal officials warned that a letter possibly containing fentanyl is in transit to the elections office.

November 09, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones

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Lt. governor unveils plan to make Georgia professional licenses easier to secure

Several influential business organizations on Tuesday lined up their support for a top legislative priority of Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in 2024 intended to reduce barriers for small business owners and workers who require professional licenses to work in several dozen types of jobs in Georgia.

November 08, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
First responders load a suspect identified as Ahmir Lavon Merrell, 21, into an ambulance after U.S. Capitol Police used a taser on him and arrested him for allegedly carrying a semi-automatic firearm near the U.S. Capitol building on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023.

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Georgia man arrested while carrying assault-style firearm near U.S. Capitol

U.S. Capitol Police stun-gunned and arrested a man on Tuesday whom they alleged walked with an assault-style weapon near the Capitol building, though it didn’t initially appear the man made any direct threats against members of Congress.

November 08, 2023
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  • Jennifer Shutt
gas station

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With or without gasoline revenue, Georgia tax collections in the red

Georgia tax collections fell an adjusted 5.7% last month compared to October of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported Tuesday.

November 08, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center in downtown Atlanta

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State Supreme Court takes up Gwinnett County CON dispute

The scope of the Georgia Department of Community Health’s (DCH) authority to overrule decisions on Certificate of Need (CON) applications rendered by hearing officers was at issue Tuesday before the state Supreme Court.

November 07, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
The study found that less than 8% of Georgia’s film production activity would have occurred without the tax credit.

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New study points to value of Georgia film tax credit

The study, conducted by Olsberg SPI, a London-based consulting firm, found the film tax break is responsible for nearly 60,000 jobs and produces a return on investment of $6.30 for every $1 the tax incentive costs Georgia in lost tax revenue.

November 07, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Senator Jon Ossoff

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'An urgent issue': Hundreds of Georgia foster kids may have been sex trafficked, report says

A new report shows that hundreds of children have likely been sex trafficked while in Georgia’s foster care system.

 

November 07, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Donald Trump is shown in a mugshot photo.

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Fulton 19 update: DA’s focus turns to remaining defendants in Georgia 2020 election RICO case

The highly publicized Fulton County 2020 presidential election interference case took a brief break from public view following a busy October filled with court hearings and prosecutors reaching plea deals with several of Donald Trump’s co-defendants.

November 06, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Two new buildings were recently completed at the Port of Brunswick

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Auto, machinery volumes soaring at Port of Brunswick

More than $262 million in planned improvements at the Port of Brunswick are coming just in time to accommodate a significant growth in auto and machinery business.

November 03, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
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