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Georgia Legislators Target COVID Mask, Vaccine Precautions With Mandate Bans
Republican state lawmakers' fight against COVID-19 mandates gained steam Wednesday, with committees advancing bills.
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State GOP Lawmakers' Debate Over Transgender School Sports A Republican Push For Votes, Author Says
Slipakoff, with a 14-year-old trans daughter, says she resents that Republicans are doing "a political dance on the back of her daughter."
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Lawmakers Drop Controversial Child Registry From Proposed Mental Health Bill
A proposed database of children with frequent encounters with the state's crisis services has been dropped.
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Georgia, GOP-Controlled Senate Passes Ban On Transgender Sports, Called by Democrats "Gratuitously Mean And Vindictive"
Democrat Harrell was emotional, saying she told her trans child how she dreaded dealing with it, and it (the bill) needed to be "humanized."
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Fort Stewart Sending Thousands Of Troops To Europe In Response To Russia's Ukraine Invasion
The United States' response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine will include troops stationed at Georgia's Fort Stewart, the report says.
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Ga. Senate Advances Bill That Aims To Let Parents Second-Guess School Lessons
The report states GOP-led education bills could possibly set a dangerous precedent; Democrats call them "too vague."
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Arbery's Mother Relieved By Killer's Guilty Verdict, Expresses Anger At DOJ
McMichael, McMichael, and Bryan will now be held fully responsible for targeting her son because he is Black, the report states.
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Georgia Votes 2022: New Trump Effect, New Election Law, New Political Maps
Georgia voters might not hold the power this time around to dramatically flip control of the federal government.
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Renter Struggles Remain As Georgia's Assistance Program Dodges Federal Funding Clawback
Janell Wise has lived in the same apartment since she moved to south Cobb County from Tennessee in 2014.
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Plant Vogtle Delays And Ballooning Costs Since 2012 Unveiling Like ‘Groundhog Day'
Further setbacks at the snakebit Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion are reportedly expected to result in delays lasting up to six months.
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Horse-Racing Bills Break Out Of Georgia's Legislative Gate In New Bid To Beat Long Odds
Bills to legalize horse racing in Ga., got a boost from a study suggesting allowing Georgians to bet could raise over $1 billion in revenue.
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Advocates Object To Some Of State Lawmakers' Mental Health Overhaul Plans
A bipartisan push to increase access to behavioral health treatment in Ga., drew objections from patient advocates troubled by provisions.
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Chancellor Search? Commentary States Perdue Was What It Got, And "They Wanted No Part Of It"
A year ago, the Board of Regents announced it would begin a search to find the best-qualified candidate to serve as chancellor.
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Critics Fume As Sonny Perdue Closes In On Georgia's University Chancellor Job
Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, who also served as United States secretary of agriculture, has been named sole finalist.
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The Agriculture Industry Creates Issues Again Over Latest Right-To-Farm Bill
Charlotte Swancy says she tries to be a good neighbor as she raises cattle and hogs on her 300-acre farm in north Georgia.
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State Elections Chief Calls For State Troopers To Secure More Than 2,000 Polling Places
Ga. Secretary of State Raffensperger wants Kemp to authorize state troopers to provide security at the state's polling places through 2022.
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Educators Worry Parental Rights Legislation Sets Stage For Grudge-Motivated Complaints
The American Civil Liberties Union believes the bill is politicized, and could upend teachers' carefully-planned lessons and make them wary.
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Prosecutors In Federal Hate Crimes Trial Say Arbery's Killers Had History Of Racist Slurs
The report states McMichael, McMichael, and Bryan exchanged texts indicating racial hatred, and lied in accusing Mr. Arbery of burglaries.
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Mask Rule Controversies Continue To Simmer As Kemp Bids To Ban School Mandates
Georgia schoolchildren could go mask-free in the classroom, at least until summer, if a bill just rolled out by Kemp passes the Legislature.
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Powerful State Lawmaker Aims To Upend High School Sports Group To Stop Their ‘Evilness'
Republican Jeff Mullis, a politician "known for his antics," the report states, did not respond to two e-mails from the media for comment.