Georgia House Democrats assemble leadership team
ATLANTA - Democrats in the Georgia House of Representatives will field a mix of veterans and new leaders in the minority party’s leadership team during the upcoming 2023-24 legislative term. The House Democratic Caucus reelected Rep. James Beverly Tuesday to serve as...
New Hyundai plant in Bryan County draws second supplier
ATLANTA - The new Hyundai electric vehicle manufacturing plant being built in Bryan County is continuing to pay dividends for Georgia and the coastal region. Hyundai Mobis, one of the world’s largest automotive suppliers, will invest $926 million in an EV Power...
House Speaker David Ralston lies in state at Capitol
Former House Speaker David Ralston, who died last week, will lie in state under the Gold Dome in Atlanta on Tuesday and Wednesday (photo: Rebecca Grapevine). ATLANTA – Legislators from across Georgia and across party lines gathered underneath the Gold Dome Tuesday to...
Counties gearing up for weekend early voting ahead of Senate runoff
Photo by Beau Evans ATLANTA - At least 13 Georgia counties will be holding weekend early voting this Saturday ahead of the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff election between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker. Counties including...
New initiative seeks to increase the diversity of companies that contract with the state
ATLANTA – From fish sticks and canned fruit to feed prisoners to a 22-foot pontoon boat for the state Department of Natural Resources, Georgia buys a lot of goods and services to keep the state running. State and local government...
Congress gives final passage to renaming VA buildings after Isakson, Cleland
ATLANTA - Two Atlanta-area Veterans Affairs buildings are being renamed for two former U.S. senators from Georgia who served as longtime advocates for America’s veterans. The U.S. House of Representatives passed two bills last week that authorized renaming the VA...
Kemp stumps for Walker on runoff campaign trail
SMYRNA – Recently re-elected Republican Gov. Brian Kemp campaigned Saturday on behalf of former University of Georgia football star and U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker, who is facing a Dec. 6 runoff for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seat. “Look, we...
Court ruling allows Saturday early voting ahead of Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff
ATLANTA - It looks like there will be early voting on a Saturday after all ahead of next month’s U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia. A Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that holding early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving Day is legal and may proceed....