Lieutenant governor hopeful Burt Jones reports robust campaign war chest
Georgia Sen. Burt Jones ATLANTA - State Sen. Burt Jones had raised $3.75 million toward his campaign for lieutenant governor through the end of last year, the Republican from Jackson announced Friday. Jones, who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump,...
Georgia Republicans rankled by Biden’s voting rights agenda
An early voting line outside South Cobb Regional Library in Mableton (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - President Joe Biden put the spotlight on Georgia when he traveled to Atlanta Jan. 11 to pitch federal voting rights legislation stalled in the U.S. Senate. But to the...
Georgia readying for winter storm
Georgia Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry ATLANTA - The state agencies in charge of responding to weather emergencies are bracing for a winter storm expected to hit North Georgia and metro Atlanta during a three-day holiday weekend. Georgia Department of...
Kemp unveils record state budget request
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp is asking the General Assembly to approve a record $30.2 billon state budget heavy with new spending on schools, health care and public safety. The fiscal 2023 budget, which takes effect in July, takes advantage of a huge revenue surplus...
East Cobb cityhood bill clears legislative committee
The proposed city of East Cobb would center around the Johnson Ferry Road corridor. ATLANTA - Legislation calling for the formation of a city of East Cobb cleared a committee in the Georgia House Thursday despite concerns raised by representatives of Cobb County. The...
Georgia Senate committee OKs ban on noncitizen voting
Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller ATLANTA - proposed constitutional amendment prohibiting non-U.S. citizens from voting in Georgia cleared a state Senate committee Thursday. The Senate Ethics Committee’s Republican majority passed the measure 7-2 along...
Kemp proposes more spending on education, health care, law enforcement
Gov. Brian Kemp ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp asked Georgia lawmakers Thursday to use a record budget surplus to raise the salaries of teachers and state employees and hire more nurses and state troopers. In his fourth and final State of the State address of a four-year...
Georgia House panel takes up East Cobb cityhood proposal
ATLANTA - Residents of East Cobb were divided at a legislative hearing Wednesday over whether their community should become a city. A Georgia House subcommittee is considering a bill asking East Cobb voters to decide the cityhood issue in a November referendum....