State & National News

What to know about the Trump inauguration schedule

Here are activities planned around the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who will be sworn into office at noon Eastern on Monday in the...

Trump to sign executive order Monday delaying TikTok ban

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he will sign an executive order as soon as he takes office that would delay...

Georgia DOT prepares for major winter storm

The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is getting ready for a winter storm that is expected to bring below-freezing temperatures and wintry mix conditions...

Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so...

GOP-led Laken Riley Act on track to be first immigration bill signed into law...

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Senate Friday voted to advance a bill that would require the expansion of mass detention for immigrants charged...

First case of commercial bird flu is a ‘serious threat’ to ag industry

(Georgia Recorder) — The bird flu has reached the state’s prized poultry industry, with the first commercial case of bird flu hitting a producer...

Speakers at Georgia Capitol mark King holiday celebration with calls for unity

(Georgia Recorder) — On Friday, Georgia’s top public defender encouraged government officials and the community to continue supporting programs that transform lives during the...

State rep. of Georgia’s newest city appointed chair of major senate committee

Sen. Clint Dixon (R–Mulberry) has been appointed by Lt. Governor Burt Jones to serve as chairman of the Senate Committee on State and Local...

Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people with nonviolent drug convictions

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. Biden...

Georgia House leader relents, allows senator arrested Thursday to return for bicameral sessions

(Georgia Recorder) — State Sen. Colton Moore will now be allowed to attend future joint sessions of the Legislature after the north Georgia lawmaker...

Federal appeals court declares DACA unlawful, but keeps program in place for now

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — A panel of three federal judges Friday upheld a lower court’s decision to strike down the legality of a program...

Trump inauguration moved inside U.S. Capitol amid predictions of Arctic blast

WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday he will move his inauguration inside the U.S. Capitol building, instead of holding it on...