New Georgia House, Senate district maps clear redistricting committees
ATLANTA - The Georgia House and Senate redistricting committees approved new district lines for their respective legislative chambers Thursday, in keeping with a court ruling that the current district maps violate the Voting Rights Act. On the second day of a special...
Georgia again collecting gasoline tax
ATLANTA - Georgia's on-again, off-again gasoline tax suspension is back off. Gov. Brian Kemp and the General Assembly allowed the latest temporary suspension to expire on Wednesday. That means the state Department of Revenue will resume collecting 29 cents per gallon...
Lawmakers call for more investment in public fishing areas
ATLANTA - A legislative study committee recommended Thursday that the state step up its investment in public fishing areas as a way to discourage trespassing on private property. The House Study Committee on Fishing Access to Freshwater Resources held several hearings...
Green mutual fund aims third shareholder resolution at proposed mine near Okefenokee
ATLANTA - Mutual fund company Green Century Management has filed a third shareholder proposal asking a prominent company to address risks associated with a plan to mine titanium near the Okefenokee Swamp. Atlanta-based The Home Depot Inc. is a leading retailer of...
Republican-drawn legislative maps come under fire
The proposed Georgia House map would pair four sets of incumbents. ATLANTA - The General Assembly's special redistricting session kicked off Wednesday with legislative Democrats and redistricting watchdog groups assailing Republican-backed proposed maps for both the...
New Georgia House map adds five Black-majority districts
ATLANTA - Georgia House Republicans released a redistricting map for the lower legislative chamber Tuesday that adds the five additional Black-majority districts ordered by a federal judge last month. Three of the new Black-majority districts are in the southern and...
Rosalynn Carter memorial service draws all five living first ladies
ATLANTA - All five current or former living first ladies said goodbye Tuesday to "one of the truly good people in this world," as a former aide to Rosalynn Carter described the former first lady during a memorial service at Emory University. President Joe Biden and...
Kemp chief of staff moving to Georgia Power
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp's chief of staff is headed to an executive position with Georgia Power. The Atlanta-based utility Tuesday named Trey Kilpatrick senior vice president of external affairs effective Jan. 15. Kilpatrick became Kemp's chief of staff in 2020 after...