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.
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.
Georgians from Bibb County and across the state packed a downtown Macon sanctuary on a sweltering Sunday afternoon to express support and solidarity for Temple Beth Israel and the wider Jewish community.
This week, U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock delivered funds for the state related to fire safety, rural broadband expansion, Atlanta BeltLine construction, Middle Georgia infrastructure projects and a clean energy footprint at Georgia State University.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: The Supreme Court rejected "independent legislature theory," an idea that its critics say could have undermined American democracy. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Gov. Brian Kemp feud over who's responsible for EV developments in Georgia. Meanwhile, there were two disturbing neo-Nazi protests in Georgia this week.
Gov. Brian Kemp is escalating his attack on President Joe Biden's electric vehicle policy. Kemp spoke Tuesday at the groundbreaking for a company that got more than $100 million in federal funding to refine graphite for electric batteries. But Kemp says Biden's infrastructure law wrongly puts the government's "thumb on the scale."
This week, Georgia U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock introduced new legislation focused on tax cuts, reproductive health care, and land-grant institutions; approved grants for broadband in rural Georgia; and delivered resources to help public safety in Allentown.
This week, Georgia's U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are back in Washington, D.C., where they held hearings for concerns around artificial intelligence. They also introduced new legislation focused on military job flexibility, aviation, and rideshare services.
Hyundai and LG Energy Solution say they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant in Georgia. The factory would be on the site of the new electric vehicle assembly plant that Hyundai Motor Group is building near Savannah.
Workers in Georgia at one of the nation's largest school bus makers are voting beginning Thursday on whether to unionize. It's a chance for organized labor to make gains in the union-unfriendly South.
