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Bookman: State Needs To Step Up And Fix Voting System It Bragged About
We should be proud of Georgia, or at least of its people. Their commitment to democracy, to being heard, to being counted, was impressiv ...
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Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Hurt Poor Communities, Critics Say
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is suspending key environmental reviews during the pandemic that critics warn could further harm p ...
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Bookman Column: Let’s Be Honest About Who Really Fans The Flame Of Racism
Opinion: As protests turned into riots in Atlanta and elsewhere, political and media figures fanned the flames of racism, columnist says.
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Ossoff Narrowly Avoids Runoff In Georgia Dem’s Senate Race
The battle for the Democratic nomination in one of Georgia’s U.S. Senate contests was called in favor of investigative journalist Jon Os ...
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McBath To George Floyd’s Brother: ‘i Know Exactly How You Feel’
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath consoled the brother of George Floyd during a Wednesday Capitol Hill hearing as she drew on her famil ...
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Watchdogs Call For Georgia Power To Delay Delinquent Customer Shut-Offs
State utility regulators are set to sign off on terms of a repayment plan for 160,000 Georgia Power customers delinquent on their bills ...
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New Unemployment Claims Ease In Early June, But Recovery Remains Slow
Unlike many other unemployed Georgians, Christina Walker of Macon still has a job to go back to, but the former shift leader at the donu ...
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Ga. Lawmakers Renew Push For Hate Crimes Bill, Law Enforcement Oversight
Georgia Democrats have unveiled their plan to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system after the death of an African Am ...
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Groups Push Lawmakers To Raise Revenue Before Slashing Budget
Three dozen groups with varying missions signed onto a letter urging the governor and state lawmakers to take steps to increase revenues ...
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Ga. Primary Election Failures, Voter Frustrations Prompt Investigations
Tuesday’s voting started early with lines long enough to test the will of voters and quickly gave way to partisan finger pointing, unfla ...
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Long Lines Blamed On Technical Problems, Poor Poll Worker Training
Updated at 7:20 p.m.
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Georgia Voters Ready For “different Election Day” With Long Lines Likely
Georgians who waited to vote today and are lucky enough to be sitting on an absentee ballot have an Election Day ticket to bypass the lo ...
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Calls Grow To Remove Confederate Statue From State Capitol’s Front Lawn
A high-ranking Georgia Democrat has joined the push for the “immediate removal” of an embattled Confederate statue that sits on a promin ...
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Travis McMichael Blurted Racial Slur Following Arbery Slaying, GBI Says
BRUNSWICK – Ahmaud Arbery’s killer used an obscenity and a racial slur after killing the 25-year-old Brunswick man with a shotgun last F ...
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Congressional Dems Lay Out Expansive Police Reform Plans
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats outlined their vision for sweeping police reforms on Capitol Hill Monday, following weeks of nation ...
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Athens Officials Want To Push Confederate Monument Off Pedestal
Athens officials debate removal of monument
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Georgia Dems Finally Face Off In High-Stakes U.S. Senate Primary
WASHINGTON — Georgia Democrats are increasingly bullish that their candidate will oust Republican Sen. David Perdue in November.
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Lawmakers Ready Bills For Ethylene Oxide Transparency, Coal Ash Fee Hike
Several environmental bills – including a high-profile ethylene oxide spill reporting measure – have been teed back up in a House commit ...
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GA Beach Conference Season Ebbs As Pandemic Keeps Pols, Lobbyists Away
This is usually the beach convention season for lobbyists, state lawmakers and others to gather on Georgia's coast. Not this year.
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More Lawmakers Push For Quick Repeal Of Georgia’s Citizen’s Arrest Law
As momentum builds for a hate crimes law in Georgia, there also now appears to be growing legislative support to repeal a controversial ...