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News Articles: Georgia Politics

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New GBI director a familiar face at agency

Gov. Brian Kemp has promoted the head of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Investigative Division to director of the GBI.

July 17, 2023
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  • Dave Williams
Pregnant woman touching her belly

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U.S. Reps. Carter and Bishop introduce bill to combat maternal mortality

The lawmakers collaborated on the bipartisan Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Act, which was introduced in Congress Friday.

July 17, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Troup County food distribution

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Tens of thousands of Georgians at risk of losing food assistance under state’s new work rules

Food assistance advocates contend that a Georgia agency’s refusal to apply for a federal work exemption puts thousands of Georgians in danger of losing much-needed monthly payments for groceries.

July 17, 2023
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Sen. Warnock with young insulin advocates.

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Taxpayer dollars at work: What your U.S. senators from Georgia are doing for the week ending July 14

This week Georgia U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock introduced legislation focused on maternal mortality, universal insulin cap, small-business support for disabled veterans, fentanyl trafficking and Georgia's citrus industry. 

July 14, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton

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Nearly 100,000 low-income Georgians lost Medicaid health coverage last month

More Georgians who went through the Medicaid unwinding process last month lost their coverage than kept it, with nearly 100,000 people dropped from the public health insurance program in just one month, according to new state data released Wednesday. 

July 13, 2023
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  • Jill Nolin
In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, file, photo, Cobb County Election officials prepare for a recount of ballots in Marietta, Ga. The Georgia State Election Board is asking a judge to order Texas-based True the Vote group, a conservative voting organization, to produce information to help investigate its claims of ballot trafficking in the state.

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Election officials sue conservative voting group over refusal to produce ballot-harvesting evidence

The Georgia State Election Board is asking a judge to order a conservative voting organization to produce information to help investigate its claims of ballot trafficking in the state.

July 12, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney instructs potential jurors during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday, May 2, 2022, to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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Grand jury selected to hear evidence in Georgia Trump case

The Fulton County grand jury determining if former president Donald Trump should face criminal charges in Georgia is now seated.

 

July 12, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
 Republican State Rep. Mesha Mainor, formerly a Democrat, announces her new party allegiance. Party chairman John McKoon stands behind her. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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Georgia Republicans welcome state Rep. Mainor’s switch from Dems as new life of the party

Controversial Republican state Rep. Mesha Mainor of Atlanta, formerly a controversial Democrat, announced she is switching parties Tuesday. “This was not an easy decision,” she said.

July 12, 2023
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  • Ross Williams
Fulton County Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis photographed in her office on Jan. 4, 2022. A request by the Georgia prosecutor who’s investigating whether Donald Trump and others broke the law by trying to pressure Georgia officials to throw out Joe Biden’s presidential election victory has been approved. Willis last week sent a letter to county superior court Chief Judge Christopher Brasher asking him to impanel a special grand jury. Brasher issued an order Monday, Jan. 24, 2022 saying the request was

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New Fulton County grand jury term signals DA's focus on Trump case

Fulton County Superior Court's next grand jury term begins Tuesday, signaling that the potential case against former President Donald Trump is moving into a new phase.

July 11, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
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Brookhaven officially asks DeKalb to put Toco Hills annexation on ballot

The city of Brookhaven has officially asked DeKalb County to let voters have a say in its planned annexation of Toco Hills neighborhoods and commercial areas.

July 10, 2023
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  • Logan Ritchie
Sen. Jon Ossoff speaks out against the recent anti-Semitic protest and demonstrations at a rally in Macon on Sunday.

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Taxpayer dollars at work: What your U.S. senators from Georgia are doing for the week ending July 7

This week was cut short in observance of the Fourth of July on Tuesday. Still, U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock were in Georgia and made appearances in Savannah and Macon to address issues concerning Anti-Semitic protests, affordable insulin, and aviation investments and also delivered resources to the city of Augusta and Hancock County to improve early childhood education.

July 07, 2023
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  • Ambria Burton
Marvin S. Arrington Sr.

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Former Fulton judge, Atlanta Council President Marvin Arrington Sr. dies at 82

Marvin S. Arrington Sr., a retired Fulton County Superior Court Judge and former Atlanta City Council president, has died at age 82.

July 06, 2023
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  • Bob Pepalis
The 2024 presidential election could make efforts to boost voter registration in response to the executive order too politically sensitive to prioritize next year.

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Federal health insurance website lags in voter registration assistance, Democrats charge

A group of U.S. Senate Democrats is pressing the Biden administration to make it easier for the millions of Americans who sign up each year for health insurance through a federal website to register to vote.

July 06, 2023
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  • Zachary Roth
Fulton County, Ga., elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election, Jan. 5, 2021, in Atlanta. The Republican Party in Georgia's most populous county, Fulton County, filed suit on Friday, June 30, 2023, against local elected officials over the rejection of one of the party's nominees to serve on the county election board, saying he was being punished for trying to clean up voter rolls.

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Republicans sue over rejection of party nominee to election board in Georgia's most populous county

The Republican Party in Georgia's most populous county is suing local elected officials over the rejection of one of the party's nominees to serve on the county election board.

July 05, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Harlan Proveaux

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Protecting Georgia's No. 1 industry: New agriculture law enforcement division head explains his job

The Georgia Department of Agriculture has regained its status as a law enforcement agency. 

 

July 03, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
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