Republican Senate hopefuls debate empty podium representing Herschel Walker
ATLANTA - Five Republican U.S. Senate candidates attacked frontrunner Herschel Walker Tuesday night for refusing to participate in a televised debate aired statewide by Georgia Public Broadcasting. "This is pathetic," said Latham Saddler, an Atlanta banking executive...
State agrees to $1.5 billion incentives package to land $5 billion Rivian plant
Georgia Commissioner of Economic Development Pat Wilson ATLANTA - Electric vehicle startup Rivian and state and local officials signed off Monday on a deal announced last December to build a $5 billion manufacturing plant east of Atlanta that will create 7,500 jobs....
Republican secretary of state hopefuls assail incumbent Raffensperger for ignoring 2020 election fraud
Photo by Beau Evans ATLANTA - Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's three Republican challengers accused him Monday to failing to adequately investigate allegations of voter fraud following the 2020 presidential election. Raffensperger shot back during an hourlong...
Republican challengers gang up on Kemp in final gubernatorial primary debate
ATLANTA - Four Republican gubernatorial candidates played tag team Sunday night, attacking incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp for failing to back efforts to overturn the 2020 president election, being soft on crime and letting schools close during the pandemic. Three...
Georgia Oath Keeper pleads guilty in attack on U.S. Capitol
ATLANTA - A Georgia member of the right-wing anti-government group Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Friday to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Brian Ulrich, 44, of Guyton, agreed...
Kemp signs bill providing needs-based college tuition grants
ATLANTA - College students needing a financial boost to complete their degrees will get help from the state under legislation Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Friday. Under House Bill 1435, students who have earned at least 80% of the credits required for the degree...
Sonny Perdue counting on executive experience in new role as university system chancellor
Sonny Perdue ATLANTA - Sonny Perdue isn't your typical University System of Georgia (USG) chancellor. His two immediate predecessors - Steve Wrigley and Hank Huckaby - spent large portions of their careers in academia. Huckaby was a professor and later administrator...
Kemp, Raffensperger leading new primary poll heading into early voting
Gov. Brian Kemp (left) leads former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in a new poll of the Republican race for governor. ATLANTA - A poll released Friday by SurveyUSA comes as good news for Gov. Brian Kemp and fellow Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger heading into...