Study predicts slowdown in carbon reduction among Southeastern utilities
Georgia Power Co. will need to retire Plant Scherer and other coal-burning plants to achieve parent Southern Co.'s long-term goal of net-zero carbon emissions, according to a new study. (File photo) ATLANTA - The rate at which Atlanta-based Southern Co. and other...
Support, dislike for Georgia’s new voting laws split on party lines: UGA survey
Georgians’ support or disapproval of the state’s controversial new voting law largely broke along political party lines in a survey the University of Georgia released Wednesday.
Kemp blasts boycott of Home Depot over election law
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp defended Atlanta-based The Home Depot Inc. Tuesday after a group of Black Georgia faith leaders called for a nationwide boycott of the company over its position on the state’s controversial election law. “They did not ask to be in this...
Controversial Georgia election laws tackled in U.S. Senate hearing
Georgia’s controversial new voting laws took center stage Tuesday at a U.S. Senate hearing where majority Democrats blasted changes in state voting rules as a revival of the Jim Crow era of segregation.
Georgia Supreme Court takes up sovereign immunity case
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center in downtown Atlanta is home to the Georgia Supreme Court. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Whether a landowner whose property is damaged by the state can sue to stop the activity causing the damage was debated in the Georgia Supreme...
Greene, Warnock filling campaign war chests early
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene ATLANTA - The vital national role Georgia played during the 2020 elections is leading to some high-volume political fund-raising in the Peach State early on in the 2022 election cycle. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome,...
Warnock, Kemp center voting issues early in 2022 reelection bids
Controversial changes to Georgia’s voting laws are quickly taking center stage in the upcoming 2022 elections as Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp look to defend their seats.
Rural broadband initiative announced for Middle Georgia homes
Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled plans Friday to expand broadband access for thousands of Georgians in Middle Georgia, marking the latest move to boost high-speed internet in rural parts of the state.