Georgia high school seniors continue besting the nation on ACT
ATLANTA - Georgia high school students earned an average ACT score of 21.6 this year, beating the national average of 19.8, according to new data from the state Department of Education. This is the sixth year in a row that Georgia’s average ACT score has topped...
Kemp leading Abrams by double digits; Warnock and Walker tied
ATLANTA - Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has opened a double-digit lead over Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams, according to a poll released Wednesday. However, Georgia’s U.S. Senate race is in a dead heat, the Capitol Beat/Georgia News Collaborative Poll found in a...
Walker addresses supporters – but not recent allegations – during campaign stop
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks to a supporter after his campaign stop in Carrollton on Tuesday (photo credit: Rebecca Grapevine). CARROLLTON - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker spoke to supporters at a campaign stop in...
COVID, monkeypox on decline in Georgia
ATLANTA - Cases of COVID-19 and monkeypox are continuing to decline in Georgia, officials with the state Department of Public Health reported Tuesday. COVID cases in Georgia are down about 80% since mid-August, Dr. Cherie Drenzek, the agency’s epidemiologist and chief...
Walker, Warnock PACs launch dueling personal attack ads
ATLANTA - Political action committees supporting U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Republican challenger Herschel Walker released ads Tuesday accusing each other of domestic violence. Warnock’s ad, funded by the Democrat-aligned PAC Georgia Honor, features the...
Conservative group bankrolling ads supporting Georgia’s transgender sports bill
ATLANTA - A conservative public policy organization launched an ad campaign Monday praising Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and state Sen. Burt Jones, the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor, for backing legislation aimed at transgender athletes. The...
Attorney general candidates launch dueling ads
ATLANTA – With one month to go before Election Day, new ads from incumbent Republican Attorney General Chris Carr and state Sen. Jen Jordan, his Democratic challenger, address their positions on the economy, crime and abortion. Carr’s ad focuses on the Georgia economy...
Secretary of State candidates clash over voting rights
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State candidates Republican Brad Raffensperger and Democrat Bee Nguyen both claim to be strong defenders of voting rights for Georgians, though they hold starkly different visions about how to protect the state’s elections. One of...