Kemp recommending $5K pay raise for state employees
Gov. Brian Kemp ATLANTA - Georgia’s hefty budget surplus is about to pay off for state employees. Gov. Brian Kemp will include a $5,000 raise for most state workers in the fiscal 2022 mid-year budget proposal he will release later this week. Putting the raise in the...
Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers receive life sentences
Gregory McMichael (left) and Travis McMichael (right) were sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday in the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. (Glynn County Sheriff's Office) ATLANTA - The father and son convicted of murdering Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery nearly two years...
Georgia voting rights groups suing over new congressional map
ATLANTA - Voting rights organizations and a group of Georgia voters filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging new congressional district lines the Republican-controlled General Assembly drew during a special session last fall. The suit claims the new boundaries for...
Battle for Republican base to play out in General Assembly
ATLANTA - Election-year politics will play a major role in the 2022 General Assembly session starting Monday, with Republicans running in primaries this spring looking to score points with the GOP base. The rush to the right to court conservative GOP primary voters...
Perdue suing over new law that gives Kemp fundraising advantage
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is now running for governor. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue is challenging a new state law that gives incumbents an advantage in fundraising. The legislation, which the...
Johnny Isakson celebrated as compassionate bipartisan
Johnny Isakson ATLANTA - Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson was remembered Thursday as a bipartisan leader in partisan times who believed in doing the right thing regardless of politics. “I saw the real Johnny up close and personal,” former Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who...
Speaker Ralston endorses legalized gambling constitutional amendment
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - If the devil is in the details when it come to legalizing gambling in Georgia, House Speaker David Ralston wants to leave the details out. “We’ve tripped over the details of this thing for years,”...
Ex-Paulding DA pleads guilty in sexual harassment case
ATLANTA - Former Pauling County District Attorney Dick Donovan has pleaded guilty to one count of unprofessional conduct and been sentenced to 12 months on probation, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Thursday. Gov. Brian Kemp suspended Donovan last...