Georgia Chamber endorses Attorney General Chris Carr for reelection
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr landed the endorsement of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Wednesday. Carr, who served as commissioner of the state Department of Economic Development before then-Gov. Nathan Deal...
Georgia Water Coalition issues annual Dirty Dozen report
The Okefenokee Swamp is the largest black water swamp in North America. ATLANTA - From a proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp to carpet mills in Northwest Georgia, the Georgia Water Coalition’s annual Dirty Dozen report highlights threats to waterways...
Kemp launches anti-Perdue campaign ad
Gov. Brian Kemp (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp attacked former U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s corporate record Tuesday in the first ad of what promises to be a bruising campaign for next year’s Republican gubernatorial nomination. Perdue was the CEO of...
Georgia Supreme Court upholds judicial appointment
Judge Jesse Stone ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a lower court decision denying a challenge to Gov. Brian Kemp’s appointment of former state Sen. Jesse Stone to a judgeship in Augusta. Kemp appointed Stone to a Superior Court judgeship in the...
Economist sees full recovery for Georgia next year
Benjamin Ayers, dean, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia ATLANTA - Georgia’s economy will bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic next year, despite inflation and the latest COVID-19 variant, the dean of the business school at the University of Georgia...
Butch Miller wants to ban absentee ballot drop boxes
Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller ATLANTA - Georgia would abandon the use of absentee ballot drop boxes under legislation Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller pre-filed in the General Assembly Monday. Drop boxes have been used before elections during the...
‘Right to Farm’ debate to be renewed in General Assembly
Neighbors of a North Carolina hog farm filed a successful nuisance lawsuit late last year. ATLANTA - After a year in limbo, “Right to Farm” legislation being pushed by groups representing the farming and livestock industries will be back before the General...
State Senate panel takes up nonpartisan school board elections
ATLANTA - Making school board elections in Georgia nonpartisan would help reduce the divisiveness that has roiled school districts in the pandemic era, a series of speakers primarily from Gwinnett County told state lawmakers Friday. A Georgia Senate study committee is...