Friday on Political Rewind: The Jan. 6 Committee hearings featured the testimony of Georgia-born Capitol Hill Police officer Caroline Edwards. Plus, how will Kemp and Abrams focus on rural Georgians' issues? Meanwhile, the U.S. House passed gun safety legislation led in part by Rep. Lucy McBath of Georgia.

Georgia-born U.S. Capitol Police officer Caroline Edwards describes what she witnessed during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. 

The initial pandemic shutdowns of 2020 caused Georgia businesses to lay off workers in record-breaking numbers, leading to record-breaking problems for people trying to receive unemployment insurance benefits. Jobless Georgians reported unanswered calls for help and months-long wait times for approval.

Thursday on Political Rewind: Starting tonight, the Jan. 6 Committee hearings go public and will feature several Georgians on the stand, including Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Republicans argue that the hearings distract from issues facing the public ranging from inflation to gas prices.

U.S. House lawmakers passed a bill that would implement federal “red flag” laws under mounting pressure to respond to the country’s seemingly never-ending string of mass shootings.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is expected to testify publicly before the U.S. House committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Congress is under intense pressure to pass stricter gun control measures in the wake of the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings. Members of the U.S. House are moving quickly to send legislation to the Senate. Among those is a bill that passed today championed by Georgia lawmaker U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath.

Georgia's elections played a central role in the events before, during and after the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Telecom providers are complaining that financial incentives the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) offered them a year and a half ago to expand broadband service into rural Georgia aren’t working.

Officials in Macon-Bibb County took action against the city’s growing population of unhoused people with the bulldozing of a downtown encampment Wednesday. 

Wednesday on Political Rewind:  A new Wall Street Journal poll shows most Americans are deeply troubled by the economy. But how will this concern bode at the ballot box? Meanwhile, new emails to false Trump electors could play out in court under DA Fani Willis' probe and in Washington, D.C.

Valdosta's Partnership to End Homelessness said it has seen an overwhelming amount of renters seeking help filing for assistance because of a backlogged system.

A spokesman for the agency processing rental assistance said his department is working 'feverishly' to process cases. 

Georgia is set to run another multi-billion-dollar budget surplus.

Georgia Congresswoman Nikema Williams has filed a bill that would give money to states to boost how local elections offices are run.

An Atlanta jury has found reality T-V stars Todd and Julie Chrisley guilty on federal bank fraud and tax evasion charges.

The Sustaining Our Democracy Act would give $20 billion in federal funding over the next decade to election administration at the state and local level.

Law enforcement officers say that they have long shouldered the heavy responsibility of fielding calls from Georgians who need mental health support. But now a growing number of departments are filling a role that traditional policing hasn’t always included: an expert on scene who can diagnose individuals who may need mental health support.

On this week's episode, we look at some of Georgia's primary runoff debates, from Democratic secretary of state to several Republican Congressional races.