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New Federal Vaccine Rules Could Punish Georgia’s Slow Rollout
Some public health districts have advised people who want shots, to stop calling as they are out of supplies.
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Georgia Lawmakers Return To Capitol With COVID, Security On Their Minds
Some Georgia Republicans have said they intend to pursue changes to the state’s election laws in the coming months.
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Annual Legislative Suppers, Breakfasts To Start Session With Digital Socializing
Often the governor, top state leaders kick off their agenda at the Georgia Chamber of Commerce’s breakfast, but due to COVID, it's canceled.
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Record Turnout Among Black Voters Helped Democrats Claim Senate
Democrats are set to gain control of the U.S. House, with Warnock and Ossoff in; Vice President-Elect Harris holds the tie-breaking vote.
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Georgia House Speaker Wants 2021 Legislature To Revisit Voting Access
House Speaker Ralston said he would like to "restore confidence in the state's voting system," during the upcoming legislative session.
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Loeffler Concedes Senate Race To Warnock With Conciliatory Message
With nearly all votes counted Thursday, Warnock had about 2,266,000 votes, good for 50.9 percent of the vote, to Loeffler’s 2,187,000.
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Bookman: It Was Always Going To End This Way
The author says he believes that would be the case "since Trump came down that escalator in 2015."
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McDonald Earns Another Term As Georgia Utility Regulator
Lauren “Bubba” McDonald is set to return for another term on the Public Service Commission.
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Georgia Leaders Denounce Riot At U.S. Capitol As Senate Vote Count Halted
Loeffler changes her tune; Kemp extends executive order on National Guard; Raffensperger aide Sterling expresses outrage.
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U.S. Senate Runoffs Poised To Hand Georgia Democrats Historic Win
The nation watched as voters here narrowly elected Democrat Raphael Warnock, making him the first Black senator in Georgia history.
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Georgia Election Officials Again Defend Result Against Presidential Do-Over
Raffensperger said the hour-long conversation with the president over the weekend shines more light on Trump's persistent false allegations.
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Georgia’s Costly U.S. Senate Showdowns Roil Ahead Of Rally Finales
Although the report indicates Georgia's runoffs "are typically sleepy affairs," more than three million voters have already cast ballots.
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Rearview Mirror: Georgia’s 2020 Upended By Virus, Social Upheaval
The health crisis rippled Georgia politics, including a presidential election where a record-breaking number of voters cast early ballots.
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Georgia's Governor Dismisses Trump’s Call For His Resignation As A ‘Distraction’
President Donald Trump called for Gov. Brian Kemp's resignation Wednesday in a tweet.
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Donations Aid Iconic Georgia Eateries, Struggle To Survive COVID Goes On
When Kemp issued a shelter-in-place order in April, restaurant owners held out hope that business would return as usual in a few weeks.
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Georgia Senate Runoffs Set Fundraising Record
More than one-third of a billion dollars flowed into campaign coffers of the four candidates running for two U.S. Senate seats in Georgia.
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Bookman: How Inept Can Georgia’s Election Riggers Be?
The only thing rigged, the author states, is Trump was routed by seven million votes, and the GOP has ignored the law and the Constitution.
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State School Board Approves Lowering Testing Stakes For Students
The vote's a victory for State School Supt. Richard Woods, who called for the tests’ weight to be reduced from the usual 20 percent.
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Ossoff Aims To Connect John Lewis Legacy With A New Generation
“I stalk his account,” Blue said, adding she and her friend, Brooklyn Hinton, 16, favor Ossoff's views on climate change, the environment.
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Biden Adviser Rep. Cedric Richmond COVID-Positive After Georgia Rally
Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond, a Democrat who represents a district stretching from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, is a close adviser.