U.S. Senate candidate Gary Black lands endorsements of dozens of legislative Republicans
Gary Black ATLANTA - Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black’s U.S. Senate bid is attracting support from a significant number of Republicans in the General Assembly despite former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Herschel Walker. Black announced Monday the...
Kemp, 25 other GOP governors want immigration meeting with Biden
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed a letter on Monday with 25 other Republican governors requesting a meeting with President Joe Biden in the next 15 days to discuss the southern border crisis.On Sunday, the U.S. Senate’s parliamentarian ruled Democrats cannot use their...
Drug price transparency could return as top legislative issue
ATLANTA - Drug prices and who controls them could be back before the General Assembly this winter, as consumer advocates and pharmacy benefit managers remain at odds over issues such as drug price transparency. Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation last year tightening...
Everything on the table, top Georgia senator says on abortion
ATLANTA - With the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals set to hold a hearing on Georgia’s abortion bill next Friday, a top Republican state senator said a Texas-style abortion bill could be introduced in next January’s legislative session. “Everything is on the table,”...
Georgia’s Carr joins 23 state AGs, threatening legal action over Biden COVID mandates
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 23 other state attorneys general in a letter to President Joe Biden warning of legal action if the White House’s proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate is implemented. “On Sept. 9,...
New Georgia department heads take oaths of office
Candice Broce ATLANTA - One of Gov. Brian Kemp’s former top staffers is Georgia’s new commissioner of human services. Candice Broce, a former communications director and chief deputy executive counsel in the Kemp administration, was sworn in Thursday to lead the state...
Georgia unemployment falls, but so does workforce
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate and the number of unemployed have both fallen to pre-pandemic levels. But the state’s labor force is also below what it was when COVID-19 struck Georgia in March of last year and shows no...
Raffensperger signs citizen-only voting petition
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger signed a petition Thursday supporting a Georgia constitutional amendment that would limit voting in state and local elections to American citizens. “This measure has the overwhelming bipartisan support of the...