Kemp proposes public safety measures for second term
ATLANTA - Republican Gov. Brian Kemp pledged Monday to turn up the heat on criminal gangs and reform the system for granting no-cash bail if he wins a second term next month. Kemp released a public safety platform that calls for increasing penalties for gang...
Walker, Warnock trade personal jabs in sole Senate debate before election
ATLANTA – U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Republican challenger Herschel Walker traded policy positions and took jabs at each other’s personal histories Friday night during what likely will be their sole debate before Georgia voters decide who to send to...
Bid to overturn 2020 election looms over race for lieutenant governor
ATLANTA - State Sen. Burt Jones was among 16 Republicans who participated as alternate electors in a bid to help then-President Donald Trump overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. While Jones’ role in those efforts took place almost two...
Fuel loading begins at Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion
ATLANTA - The long-delayed, over-budget nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle is heading toward commercial operation during the first quarter of next year. Georgia Power officials announced Friday that fuel loading has begun at the first of two new reactors being built at...
Former Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes endorses Republican Tyler Harper for ag commissioner
ATLANTA - State Sen. Tyler Harper, the Republican nominee for Georgia agriculture commissioner, has picked up an endorsement from a prominent Democrat. Former Gov. Roy Barnes threw his backing Thursday behind the seventh-generation farmer and small business owner from...
Poll respondents like Kemp but prefer Abrams’ stands on key issues
ATLANTA - Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is holding a 10-point lead over Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams, according to a poll released this week. But on spending and taxes, abortion, and gun rights, most respondents to the same survey sided with Abrams’ positions. The...
Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities head to retire
ATLANTA – Georgia’s main behavioral health agency will soon be getting a new leader to replace Commissioner Judy Fitzgerald, who announced this week that she will retire from the role. Fitzgerald was first appointed commissioner of the Georgia Department of...
Port of Savannah sees quarter of growth ahead of anticipated slowdown
ATLANTA - The Port of Savannah experienced a strong first quarter of the fiscal year. But there were signs toward the end of the quarter of a slowdown in demand, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Thursday. Savannah handled more than 1.5 million twenty-foot...