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News Articles: Public Policy

Women gather outside of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on June 24 to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to dissolve federal abortion protections. In 2019, state lawmakers passed a law that would ban abortions at around six-weeks.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | Georgia reacts to Supreme Court abortion decision

On this week's episode, we look at the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to undo precedent around abortion — upending Georgia politics in the process.

July 07, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Rudy Giuliani talks with Georgia State Sens. Jen Jordan (D-Atlanta) and Elena Parent (D-Atlanta) during a break in a Georgia State Senate hearing Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020.

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  • Politics

Fulton County special grand jury seeks info from top Trump allies

The subpoenas for Rudy Giuliani, John Eastman and other Trump allies are the latest in a probe into attempts to overturn 2020.

July 05, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Kandiss Taylor, Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate participates in a Republican primary debate on Sunday, May 1, 2022, in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Ignoring reality, some primary candidates refuse to admit defeat

This year's primary election cycle has seen plenty of blowouts, but that's not stopping some Republicans from crying fraud.

July 05, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Terry Englund

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  • Politics

Georgia teacher raises, anti-CRT law, needs-based college aid take effect in July

July 1 starts a new fiscal year for the state of Georgia, bringing in a new budget and the effective date of laws passed earlier in the year, including many that will affect how Georgia public school students learn.

July 01, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams

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  • News

What does Georgia's 2019 abortion law HB 481 do?

Abortion is still legal in Georgia up until 20 weeks into a pregnancy, But future court rulings on a 2019 law could drastically limit access.

June 30, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
School safety conference

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  • Education

Shootings hot topic in Columbus during state’s school safety conference

The conference hosted by the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency has been held every year since 2009, offering a chance to share knowledge on matters ranging from bullying prevention and emergency weather preparation to gang activity, student drug use and mass shootings.

June 24, 2022
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  • Ross Williams
Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, testifies as he mother, Ruby Freeman listens, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | The path to understanding Jan. 6 runs through Georgia

On this week's episode, we look at Georgia’s role in understanding the leadup to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

June 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
LGBTQ+ Flags

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  • Politics

Transgender students, allies decry Georgia’s ban on sports participation

Last month, the Georgia High School Association which oversees athletics in 465 schools across the state changed its rules to require students to play on a team that matches the gender assigned on their birth certificate.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Stacey Abrams

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  • Elections

Stacey Abrams announces public safety, gun plan in governor's race

The Democratic nominee proposes a reversal of recent gun rights expansions and a renewed bipartisan criminal justice task force.

June 16, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks with supporters during an election night party on May 24, 2022, at a restaurant in Peachtree Corners, Ga.

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  • Elections

Raffensperger, Sterling set to testify in Jan. 6 public hearings

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

June 09, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Ga.

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  • Elections

Rep. Nikema Williams introduces $20B bill to boost local election administration

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.

June 08, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
 Republican candidates for Georgia's Second House District Jeremy Hunt, left, and Chris West.

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  • Politics

Battleground: Ballot Box | On the high-stakes primary runoff debates for key Georgia elections

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.

June 08, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Incumbent Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger talks with journalists as he arrives for an election night party Tuesday evening, May 24, 2022 in Peachtree Corners, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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  • Elections

Secretary of State Raffensperger testifies before grand jury probe of 2020 Trump election meddling

A Fulton County special grand jury is investigating potential election interference in the aftermath of the 2020 election in Georgia.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Former Vice President Mike Pence rallied for Gov. Brian Kemp Monday, May 23 in Cobb County.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | Kemp, Raffensperger prevail over Trump in Georgia primary contest

On this week's episode, we dive into Georgia's primary races: who won, who lost and what it all means for November's election.

May 25, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Governor Brian Kemp

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  • Politics

Kemp vetoes four budget line items, tells legislature to ignore 26 others

One day after signing the $30.2 billion fiscal 2023 spending plan, the governor axed three technical college projects that were to be financed with bonds, including funds to design a logistics, transportation and manufacturing complex at West Georgia Technical College and an advanced manufacturing center at Columbus Technical College.

May 16, 2022
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  • Dave Williams
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