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News Articles: Georgia Politics

Four volunteers in green shirts, and one in a blue baseball jersey, with the Black Male Initiative sign up for different locations to canvas on July 27, 2023.

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Canvassing teams with 'Cop City' petition passed a major threshold. Now they're setting higher goals

After a court ruling extended the deadline for a petition to put a 'Cop City' vote on the ballot, organizers fighting against a planned new police training center passed one signature milestone and now plan to keep going.  

August 16, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Geoff Duncan, former Georgia Lieutenant Governor, walks outside the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.

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  • National

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. says Trump's 4th indictment is a 'pivot point' for the GOP

Geoff Duncan, former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, says Trump was "one of the biggest mistakes the country has made."

August 16, 2023
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By:
  • Destinee Adams and
  • Leila Fadel
FULL EPISODE: A pivotal week of the Trump presidency: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • Politics

Georgia lawmakers weigh in on indictments against Trump and 18 others

The state's politicians are voicing their opinions about a Fulton County grand jury's expansive 41-count indictment alleging a racketeering conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

August 16, 2023
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By:
  • Donna Lowry
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., on July 29.

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  • Analysis

Why the Trump indictments have not moved the needle with Republicans

The former president has insulated himself with his party, having sold its members over the past seven years on his baseless narrative of a deep-state conspiracy against him.

August 16, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Donald Trump points at a crowd at a golf tournament at Trump National in Bedminster, N.J., on Sunday.

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  • Politics

The Georgia indictment charges a 19-member 'criminal enterprise.' Here's who they are

The indictment out of Fulton County alleges that former President Trump and 18 others conspired to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results. His codefendants include big names and local officials.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Tifton Mayor Julie Smith

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  • News

State senators asked to fix contentious talks over local sales tax money

The mayor of Tifton asked Georgia lawmakers Monday to fix a system of distributing local sales tax dollars that favors counties at the expense of cities.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis is photographed in her office in Atlanta on Jan. 4, 2022.

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  • Law

Fani Willis, the Atlanta DA who's charging Trump, is no stranger to high-stakes cases

"My career has taught me, no matter the political pressure, just do what's right," Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis pledged as she took office.

August 15, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas

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  • News

New Georgia teacher prep rules scrap ‘diversity,’ other ‘woke’ words

Legal limits on how Georgia teachers can approach potentially divisive subjects are spreading from elementary and secondary school classrooms to university lecture halls.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
The Trump Impeachment Trial - Day 4: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Why Trump's grand election plan now goes to a grand jury

On this episode, we go deeper into Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of Georgia’s election and how prosecutors are likely to show those actions were tantamount to a criminal enterprise.

August 14, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
Sen. Jon Ossoff with Moody Air Force Base service member

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  • Politics

Taxpayer dollars at work: What your U.S. senators from Georgia are doing the week ending Aug. 11

This week, Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were in Georgia and focused on new projects for the Moody Air Force Base; affordable housing for young military families; stopping Senate leadership from cutting federal support to Georgia hospitals; and resources for domestic violence resources.

August 11, 2023
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
"health Cost" written next to medical equipment

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  • News

State Health Benefit Plan premiums going up 5%

State employees, public school teachers and retirees will pay 5% more for health insurance coverage next year on average.

August 11, 2023
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Cobb County School District leaders gathered for a termination hearing August 10, 2023 at the district offices. Teacher Katie Rinderle took the stand answering questions from her lawyer Craig Goodmark.

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  • News

Cobb County schools holds hearing for teacher accused of violating ‘divisive concepts’ law

Officials with the Cobb County School District will continue a two-day termination hearing Friday to determine if a fifth grade teacher violated Georgia’s recently passed divisive concepts law. 

 

August 11, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
Hospital Sign

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Sluggish start to Georgia’s modest expansion of Medicaid reignites debate over health coverage

Fewer than 300 people have been approved for Georgia’s new Medicaid program for some low-income adults who rack up enough hours of work, or other qualifying activity, each month.

August 11, 2023
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
Representatives of Georgia nonprofit environmental groups were among those holding signs on Tuesday proclaiming “Cut Climate Pollution” in front of the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters in Washington D.C. The EPA received one million public comments on a rule designed to slash greenhouse gas emissions from fossil-fueled power plants.

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  • News

Crush of Georgia environmentalists line up behind EPA regulations opposed by carbon polluters

The Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel power plants has been endorsed by a crush of environmental advocates in Georgia.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, on Nov. 19, 2020. Giuliani is scheduled to appear in an Atlanta courthouse on Aug. 17, 2022, to testify before a special grand jury in an investigation into possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | How false claims fanned post-election flames in Georgia

On this episode, we’ll start to untangle a complicated web spun by some of the Trump allies who may face charges here in Georgia in the coming days.

August 10, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
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