Georgia House resolution takes stand on mining project near Okefenokee Swamp
ATLANTA - Bipartisan legislation to ban mining near the Okefenokee Swamp failed to gain traction in the Georgia House of Representatives this year. But that didn't stop the House from adopting a nonbinding resolution during the final week of this year's legislative...
Federal voting rights trial opens in Atlanta
ATLANTA - The first voting rights trial in federal court in Atlanta in more than a decade opened Monday. Fair Fight Action, a voting rights group founded by 2018 and 2022 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, and several Black churches are accusing...
Atlanta airport once again world’s busiest
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport ATLANTA - Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has regained its position as the world's busiest airport, Airports Council International World (ACI) announced Monday. The Atlanta airport served 75.7 million...
Raffensperger seeks investigations of non-U.S. citizens who tried to register to vote in Georgia
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is referring the cases of 1,634 people who tried to register to vote but could not be verified as U.S. citizens for investigation by state and local authorities. The names of those would-be voters turned up last...
Georgia Republicans ready conservative legislative agenda for campaign trail
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp and legislative Republicans have assembled an impressive arsenal of weapons for the campaign trail heading into next month's primaries. With Kemp facing a GOP primary challenge from former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, the General Assembly's...
Georgia Power exec: Closing coal ash ponds will still leave contaminated groundwater
Plant Hammond ATLANTA - Four coal ash ponds Georgia Power plans to close in place will continue to expose ash to groundwater after the closures are completed, an executive with the utility disclosed this week. Ash ponds at Plant Hammond near Rome, Plant McDonough...
Warnock pushing to cap prescription drug costs for seniors
ATLANTA - The out-of-pocket cost of prescription drugs covered through Medicare would be capped at $2,000 a year under legislation introduced into the U.S. Senate by Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. More than 1.2 million senior citizens paid more than $2,000 for...
Kemp, Walker leading in new poll
Gov. Brian Kemp ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp continues to hold a sizable lead over former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in the Republican gubernatorial primary race, according to a new poll. The survey of 509 likely GOP voters conducted April 1-3 by Emerson College Polling and...