Ga. House Speaker on tour to boost members in tough re-election fights
MILLEDGEVILLE — A top Georgia Republican is traveling the state this week to shore up support for vulnerable incumbent GOP lawmakers, aiming to avoid...
Battleground Georgia: Joe Biden to visit Atlanta, Warm Springs Tuesday
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is making campaign stops in Georgia one week before Election Day, hoping to capitalize on the state’s changing demographics...
Federal COVID aid program sending up to $55 million to Georgia child care
Georgia child care providers could soon receive $240 per child from CARES Act funding, federal aid meant to relieve financial pain caused by the...
Gun sales up sharply in a time of uncertainty
Gun sales are soaring in Georgia this year, with background checks for buyers already far exceeding the total for all of last year.
The issuance...
Election officials pin Nov. 3 optimism on beefed-up poll worker recruiting
A record-smashing 1.5 million Georgians voted early at precincts at last count Thursday and another 872,000 cast absentee ballots by mail, both approaches encouraged...
Biden vows an immigration overhaul in his first 100 days as president
WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday night distanced himself from the Obama administration’s handling of undocumented people that led to the...
Trump in final debate slams pandemic aid as a ‘big bailout’ for blue states
WASHINGTON — Asked during Thursday’s final presidential debate about why another round of economic relief hasn’t been approved to aid unemployed Americans and struggling...
Barrett nomination advances to the U.S. Senate floor with a GOP-only vote
WASHINGTON — Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, as...
States struggle to draft COVID-19 vaccine plans without details, funding
WASHINGTON — Across the many pages of plans that state officials sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on distributing and tracking...
CDC says ‘distressing trend’ emerges in country’s new COVID outbreak
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doctor says the nation is experiencing a “distressing trend” with COVID-19 cases increasing in nearly 75% of...
National, Georgia GOP spending big to unseat Democratic House leader
GREENVILLE – Voters in Meriwether County likely walk into the local election office in downtown Greenville – the county’s lone early voting location –...
State Dems: Perdue’s mangling of Kamala Harris’ name not a mistake
A group of state Democratic lawmakers – including two legislators who immigrated to America – say Sen. David Perdue intentionally bungled Sen. Kamala Harris’...