Rights groups push for redistricting maps reflecting growth of minorities
ATLANTA - The new congressional and legislative district maps the General Assembly will draw this fall should reflect the tremendous growth of minority groups in Georgia, representatives of civil rights and voting rights groups said Monday. The state’s Black, Hispanic...
Herschel Walker brings strong pros, cons to U.S. Senate race
ATLANTA - Herschel Walker’s Heisman Trophy-winning football exploits at the University of Georgia should be enough to win him the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate next spring on name recognition alone. But political observers say his lack of political...
COVID-19 cases in Georgia nearing last winter’s peak
Emory University's Dr. Carlos del Rio (Emory University video) ATLANTA - Cases of COVID-19 in Georgia have surged to levels not seen since the virus peaked last January, a public health expert warned this week. New cases statewide are nearing 8,000 a day, according to...
State school board approves new math standards for Georgia
ATLANTA - The Georgia Board of Education adopted new mathematics standards Thursday that move away from the multistate Common Core standards conservatives have opposed as a federal takeover of education. The new K-12 standards were developed with input from Georgia...
Herschel Walker kicks off U.S. Senate campaign with video release
ATLANTA - University of Georgia football icon Herschel Walker officially launched his U.S. Senate campaign Wednesday with a short video touting his small-town Georgia roots and distaste for today’s brand of partisan politics. Walker filed paperwork Tuesday to seek the...
Georgia Supreme Court hears challenge of tax on strip clubs
ATLANTA - Georgia’s 1% tax on strip clubs to raise funds to combat child sex trafficking unfairly punishes businesses with no connection to the sexual exploitation of children, a lawyer for the clubs said Wednesday. But a lawyer for the state told the Georgia Supreme...
Herschel Walker running for U.S. Senate
ATLANTA - University of Georgia football icon Herschel Walker filed paperwork Tuesday to seek the Republican nomination for the Georgia U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Raphael Warnock. Walker’s long-anticipated entry into the race promises to touch off a long,...
Kemp sending in Georgia National Guard to fight COVID-19 surge
Coronavirus has sickened hundreds of thousands people and killed thousands more in Georgia. (Image: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ATLANTA - With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations still on the rise in Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp deployed the Georgia...