Proposal renaming Senate’s Russell building for McCain a quandary for Ga. lawmakers

Georgia’s two Republican U.S. senators face a difficult decision in the weeks ahead as colleagues seek to rename Richard Russell’s namesake...

August 26, 2018 | 0 Comments

With McCain’s death, a Vietnam vet disappears from the U.S. Senate

I just received a phone call from former U.S. senator Max Cleland, who had only one thing to say about the death of his former colleague, John McCain...

August 25, 2018 | 0 Comments

‘It’s never the right time.’ Official defends plan to shut most of Ga. county’s polling sites 

The architect of the proposal to shut down most of the polling sites in a predominantly black rural Georgia county described the plan as a cost-saving...

August 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

Ga. county under pressure to reject ‘ugly’ plan to close precincts 

Pressure is mounting on Randolph County officials to abandon a proposal to close seven out of nine polling places in a predominantly African-American...

August 16, 2018 | 0 Comments

That makes three: Carter is latest prez to endorse in Georgia gov race 

Another former president has backed Democrat Stacey Abrams’ campaign for Georgia governor. Weeks after Barack Obama gave Abrams his full-throated...

August 13, 2018 | 0 Comments

Deal pitches Trump on Georgia’s criminal justice overhaul  

Gov. Nathan Deal touted his criminal justice initiatives Thursday with President Donald Trump and a group of mostly Republican leaders, highlighting a...

August 09, 2018 | 0 Comments

Georgia elections web update irks voter registration advocates 

An update to Georgia’s elections website that put voter registration pages temporarily offline on Saturday infuriated some advocates who questioned...

August 05, 2018 | 0 Comments

Georgia GOP calls for ouster of activist duped by Sacha Baron Cohen 

The Georgia GOP called for the resignation Wednesday of a Cherokee County activist who serves on the party’s state committee after he was filmed...

August 01, 2018 | 0 Comments

A ‘religious liberty’ rift sharpens in Georgia gov race  

Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams are on opposite ends of a dizzying array of issues, but one of the standout contrasts is over the...

July 27, 2018 | 0 Comments

Pat Swindall, pioneering evangelical congressman who served prison time, dies at 67

Former Congressman Pat Swindall, whose church-centered campaigning pioneered modern evangelical politics in Georgia, and whose Washington career was cut...

July 12, 2018 | 0 Comments

New Ga. 400 transit line could become key to Amazon pitch 

The state’s plan to develop a mass transit expansion along the spine of Ga. 400 through north metro Atlanta has already become a key part...

June 20, 2018 | 0 Comments

Georgia Congressman berated for tweeting D-Day photo with Nazi soldiers

Georgia Congressman Drew Ferguson was lambasted on social media Wednesday after his campaign tweeted a D-Day photo that depicted Nazi soldiers rather...

June 06, 2018 | 0 Comments

Georgia Republican who made threatening swamp comments faces calls to apologize, resign

A growing number of civil rights groups and Democratic officials are calling for a Georgia Republican who made threatening comments to a former state...

August 31, 2017 | 0 Comments

Georgia lawmaker: Talk of ditching Confederate statues could cause Democrat to ‘go missing’

A Georgia Republican lawmaker warned a Democratic former colleague who criticized his support for Civil War monuments on Facebook that she won't be "...

August 29, 2017 | 0 Comments

Lawmaker to withdraw 'anti-burqa' bill after wave of criticism

State Rep. Jason Spencer, R-Woodbine, said Thursday he will withdraw his proposed legislation that would ban women from wearing burqas on public property...

November 17, 2016 | 0 Comments