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Georgia budget to pay full tuition for college scholarships

Georgia lawmakers are agreeing to a state budget that will pay full tuition for all college students receiving a HOPE Scholarship while boosting pay...

USDA secretary battles with U.S. House Republicans over costs of federal nutrition programs

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. House Republicans tussled with Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Democratic committee members over work requirements in federal nutrition programs...

Members of U.S. Senate panel press financial regulators on massive bank failures

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Financial regulators promised a full review of Silicon Valley Bank’s massive failure as members of a key U.S. Senate panel...

Georgia Supreme Court justices hear arguments in challenge to state’s 2019 anti-abortion law

(GA Recorder) — Some Georgia Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical of the argument that the state’s six-week abortion should be tossed out because it...

Police body-camera footage shows officers confronting school shooter

Editor's note: This post contains graphic images and descriptions of violence.   https://youtu.be/oaoRZezB6Bg The Metro Nashville Police Department released body-camera footage from police officers who responded...

Georgia lawmakers send new electric vehicle charging tax plan to governor

(GA Recorder) — Legislators in Georgia overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday that would change the way electric vehicle owners pay to recharge their cars and...

Surveillance video shows shooter enter Nashville school

Police in Tennessee have released surveillance video taken at the school where a deadly shooting took place on March 27. Six victims died in the...

3 kids, 3 adults killed in shooting at Nashville private elementary school

(Tennessee Lookout) — Three children and three adult staff members are dead after a mass shooting event Monday at The Covenant School, a private...

Police investigation into Nashville school shooting continues

(Tennessee Lookout) — A day after an armed shooter stalked the hallways of The Covenant School in Nashville, killing three children and three adults,...

Prosecutor oversight bill headed to Kemp; local control concerns dismissed

(GA Recorder) — The Georgia General Assembly sent a controversial bill to the governor’s desk Monday to create a new disciplinary board for the...

Weekend storms roar across Georgia, downing trees and flooding roadways

Several lines of storms moved through the state Friday through Monday. Gov. Brian Kemp and other officials surveyed the damage around LaGrange and Milledgeville late Monday...

Take it or leaf it: House sends blower bill back to Senate

(GA Recorder) — The Georgia Legislature is one step closer to passing a bill designed to protect gas-powered leaf blowers and appliances from cities...