Federal court issues stay on Georgia’s abortion law
ATLANTA - The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a stay on an appeal of Georgia’s controversial abortion law, pending the outcome of an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court abortion case. The court made the announcement on SisterSong v Kemp Monday night....
Georgia Senate releases first proposed congressional redistricting map
The Georgia Senate has released a proposed congressional redistricting map. ATLANTA - The General Assembly’s special redistricting session doesn’t start until November, but the first map of redistricting season was released late Monday. Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who...
Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson celebrated at Atlanta tribute
Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson ATLANTA - Nearly 500 of Georgia’s business and political elite said thanks to former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson Monday for more than 40 years spent in public service. Isakson, a Republican who retired at the end of 2019, suffers from...
Georgia cops, firefighters, other first responders getting $1,000 bonuses
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia House Speaker David Ralston Monday announced the next step in state Republican leadership’s commitment to prioritize public safety. The state will offer one-time $1,000...
Health officials, advocacy groups testify on health care discrepancies
ATLANTA - Georgia House lawmakers heard testimony Monday from state health officials urging more resources for rural and minority communities to combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Nationwide, Black people have died from the coronavirus at a rate 1.4 times the...
Ad watch: Black takes aim at Herschel in Senate ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHdiW_xwrI0 Capitol Beat reports on Georgia's latest political advertisements and newsTwo days after Donald Trump and University of Georgia football legend Herschel Walker appeared at a Perry rally, Walker's Republican opponent donned...
Trump returns to Georgia; Walker debuts Senate campaign
Donald Trump returns to Georgia PERRY— For a one-term ex-president who survived two historic impeachments and failed in his White House reelection bid, Donald Trump still packs a wallop … at least in Georgia. “To have a country again, you have to vote for only America...
Georgia lawmakers looking to boost sagging aviation workforce
Middle Georgia State University's Eastman campus is one of only nine in the country offering flight management and aircraft maintenance programs. ATLANTA - Few Georgians realize that aerospace is the Peach State’s second largest manufacturing industry or that Delta...