Raffensperger: Georgia is prepared for smooth elections
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Monday predicted smooth elections in the Peach State this year despite rules changes being imposed by a State Election Board he called "a mess." Raffensperger told members of the Atlanta Rotary Club reforms his...
Law enforcement agencies discount threats to schools following Barrow County shooting
ATLANTA - The FBI and Georgia Bureau of Investigation released a joint statement Friday afternoon declaring non-credible threats that have been spreading on social media since Wednesday's school shooting in Barrow County. Threats of violence naming various schools...
Carr: Kemp can’t be forced to hold hearing on State Election Board
ATLANTA - Georgians do not have the authority to demand that the governor convene an administrative hearing to take up accusations against members of state boards, Attorney General Chris Carr wrote in a legal opinion issued Friday. Gov. Brian Kemp asked for the legal...
Atlanta sued for polluting Chattahoochee River
ATLANTA - The environmental advocacy group Chattahoochee Riverkeeper filed a federal lawsuit Friday charging the city of Atlanta with polluting the river. The suit follows a letter Chattahoochee Riverkeeper sent in July notifying city officials that they wouldhave 60...
Democrats call for special legislative session on gun safety
ATLANTA - Georgia House Democrats urged Gov. Brian Kemp Friday to call a special session of the General Assembly to take up gun safety legislation following Wednesday's school shooting in Barrow County that left four dead and injured nine others. Democratic lawmakers...
Barrow County school shooting prompts call for stricter gun laws
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers should use Wednesday's school shooting in Barrow County as a catalyst to make it harder for children to gain access to firearms, the chairman of a state Senate study committee said Thursday. "We have an opportunity in Georgia," said Sen....
School shooting in Barrow County claims four lives
ATLANTA - Two students and two teachers at a Barrow County high school were shot and killed Wednesday morning by a 14-year-old student, state and local law enforcement authorities said. Colt Gray, a student at Apalachee High School near Winder, surrendered to two...
State PSC approves Georgia Power rate rollback
ATLANTA - State energy regulators authorized Georgia Power Wednesday to reduce customer rates by $122 million to reflect the Atlanta-based utility's savings from corporate tax cuts the General Assembly enacted this year. Gov. Brian Kemp signed two bills last spring...