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....
Feds put Georgia on notice to address coal ash pollution
Georgia Power's Plant Hammond ATLANTA - The Biden administration is cracking down on the disposal of coal ash generated by power plants in Georgia and other states. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week it intends to enforce a 2015 rule...
Kemp proposes refunds for Georgia income taxpayers
Gov. Brian Kemp ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp wants to use a record state budget surplus to cut taxes. The Republican governor proposed $1.6 billion in tax refunds Wednesday worth $250 for state income tax single filers and $500 for joint filers. “We should continue to...
Biden, Harris bring voting rights push to Atlanta
ATLANTA - Protecting voting rights in America is important enough to abolish the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule to get it done, President Joe Biden said Tuesday during a speech in Atlanta. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to the campus of historically...
Raffensperger calls for ban on non-citizen voting
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called on Congress Tuesday to pass a constitutional amendment banning non-U.S. citizens from voting. “American leaders should be elected by American citizens,”...
Charlie Bailey running for lieutenant governor
ATLANTA - Georgia Democrat Charlie Bailey is giving up his bid for attorney general to run instead for lieutenant governor. Bailey, a former prosecutor who lost the 2018 attorney general’s race to Republican Chris Carr, said he was persuaded to run for lieutenant...
Georgia lawmakers hold quick opening session on national championship game day
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers didn’t let the start of the 2022 General Assembly session Monday get in the way of college football’s national championship game. The state House and Senate held truncated sessions Monday morning to give legislators time to head to...