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Georgia’s nesting season for loggerhead sea turtles started in two places today.

Georgia loggerhead sea turtles make first nests of the season

by Thom ChandlerMay 3, 2022May 3, 2022

NEW YORK, USA, JUN 17, 2020: Silhouette of republican candidate Donald Trump and democratic candidate Joe Biden. 2020 United States presidential election. US vote, Concept photo for November 3, 2020

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2020 election looms large over Georgia Secretary of State debate

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMay 3, 2022May 3, 2022

The Athens-Clarke County elections department sent notice Monday that Bennie Lee Coleman III, a local business owner and candidate for mayor has officially withdrawn from the mayor's race.

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Bennie Lee Coleman withdraws from Athens-Clarke County mayor’s race

by Thom ChandlerMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022

Four Republican gubernatorial candidates played tag team Sunday night, attacking incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp for failing to back efforts to overturn the 2020 president election, being soft on crime and letting schools close during the pandemic.

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Four Republican challengers gang up on Kemp in final primary debate

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMay 1, 2022September 24, 2023

In The Know This Week: Atlanta will talk scooters and trash taxes and a public hearing on education will be held for Northeast Georgia residents.

In The Know: Atlanta could extend scooter contracts, state education public hearing

by Thom ChandlerApril 29, 2022September 24, 2023

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a series of education bills Thursday, completing work on an agenda legislative Democrats, civil rights groups and educators have criticized as election-year politics.

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Brian Kemp signs set of controversial education bills

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker is leading incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock by 10 points, according to a poll released Wednesday by a political action committee supporting the University of Georgia football great.

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Poll shows Herschel Walker leads Raphael Warnock by 10 points

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 27, 2022April 27, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp signed the largest tax cut in Georgia history Tuesday, legislation he said when fully implemented will save a family of four with an annual household income of $60,000 more than $600 a year.

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Here’s what Georgia’s new tax cuts mean for your family

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022

Your guide to knowing what your elected officials are doing this week.

In The Know: Fulton County School officials will take a working retreat

by Thom ChandlerApril 25, 2022September 24, 2023

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp defended his record of the last four years Sunday night against withering attacks from former U.S. Sen. David Perdue in the first televised debate of this year’s Republican gubernatorial campaign.

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Here’s what happened at the first debate between Brian Kemp and David Perdue

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 25, 2022September 24, 2023

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took the stand Friday in an at-times raucous court hearing that incorporated a history lesson on the Whiskey rebellion and a stirring speech from a president fighting off an extraterrestrial invasion.

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Here are the highlights from Marjorie Taylor Greene’s reelection eligibility hearing

by Ross Williams | Georgia RecorderApril 23, 2022April 23, 2022

The Georgia Legislature needs to replace a wealth of knowledge in coming years following the announced departure of the chief House budget writer, the lawmaker who controls which Senate bills receive a vote, the widely admired “dean” of the House, a GOP public education maverick and others who long carried their party’s standard.

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Is the Georgia Legislature Experiencing “brain Drain?”

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderApril 22, 2022October 10, 2023

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Gwinnett County Employees Will Get a Raise, Parental Leave and Juneteenth off

by County NewsApril 19, 2022October 10, 2023

The two Democratic congresswomen running against each other in Atlanta's northern suburbs have plenty of money to wage their campaigns heading into the final stretch.

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McBath leads Bourdeaux in fundraising for 7th District House race

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 19, 2022April 19, 2022

Democrat Marcus Flowers, a U.S. Army veteran, outraised incumbent U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, in the first quarter in Northwest Georgia's 14th Congressional District.

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A Democrat raised more money than Marjorie Taylor Greene in the first-quarter

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 18, 2022April 18, 2022

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock raised more than $13.6 million during the first quarter of this year, the senator's campaign announced Thursday.

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Raphael Warnock is ahead of Herschel Walker in fundraising

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 16, 2022September 24, 2023

Decorative Scales of Justice in the Courtroom

In The Know: Alpharetta and Milton will share court services and hire a prosecutor

by Thom ChandlerApril 14, 2022September 24, 2023

Gov. Brian Kemp traveled to the South Georgia Farm Belt Wednesday to sign three agricultural bills, including legislation making it harder to file nuisance lawsuits against farmers.

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The Freedom to Farm Act is now the law in Georgia

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceApril 14, 2022April 14, 2022