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Raphael Warnock leads Herschel Walker in fundraising for senate race

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022

A panel of Fulton County Superior Court judges Monday approved allowing District Attorney Fani Willis to summon a special grand jury to investigate whether former President Donald Trump and his associates attempted to illegally orchestrate overturning Georgia’s 2020 election results.

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Georgia prosecutor gets go-ahead for grand jury in Trump investigation

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderJanuary 26, 2022January 26, 2022

Critical-race theory and "Big Tech" will be top targets of Georgia Senate Republicans as the 2022 General Assembly session unfolds, Senate GOP leaders announced Tuesday.

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Georgia Republicans take aim at critical race theory and violent demonstrators

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

Striking a blow for certainty in scheduling, the General Assembly has designated Monday, April 4, as Sine Die, the final day of this year's legislative session.

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When is Sine Die in Georgia in 2022?

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

Pettig says the “phony electors” need to be viewed as one part of a broader attempt to subvert or overturn elections. Other efforts he cites include planting broad distrust in election results, as many Georgia Republican legislators have done.

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Georgia’s phony electors were part of a larger plot

by Melanie Conklin | Georgia RecorderJanuary 18, 2022January 18, 2022

Brian Kemp

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Kemp proposes more spending on education, health care, and public safety

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 13, 2022January 13, 2022

Gov. Brian Kemp wants to use a record state budget surplus to cut taxes.

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Brian Kemp wants to give some of your tax money back

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 12, 2022January 12, 2022

Protecting voting rights in America is important enough to abolish the U.S. Senate’s filibuster rule to get it done, President Joe Biden said Tuesday during a speech in Atlanta.

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Here’s what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris said in Atlanta today

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 11, 2022September 24, 2023

Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia

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Georgia lawmakers have short first day due to football championship

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 10, 2022September 24, 2023

Georgia’s hefty budget surplus is about to pay off for state employees.

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Are you getting a raise this year? State employees in Georgia might be

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 10, 2022January 10, 2022

Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, R-Carrollton, said Senate Republicans will focus on protecting personal data, free speech on social media platforms, critical race theory, workforce development and public safety during the upcoming legislative session, which starts Jan. 10.

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Critical race theory, public safety will be hot topics for Georgia lawmakers this year

by Nyamekye Daniel | The Center SquareJanuary 3, 2022January 3, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene's verified Twitter account has been suspended.

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Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account

by Thom ChandlerJanuary 2, 2022January 2, 2022

(The Center Square) – Three Georgia laws go into effect at the start of the new year that impact juvenile justice, sales tax on vehicles and medical transactions.

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Here are the new laws that went into effect in Georgia January 1

by Nyamekye Daniel | The Center SquareJanuary 1, 2022January 1, 2022

The lawsuit cites the significant growth of Georgia’s minority population since the last once-a-decade redistricting session in 2011. On the other hand, the state’s white population has declined since the last decennial census in 2010.

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Kemp slapped with lawsuit over new redistricting maps

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 31, 2021December 31, 2021

ATLANTA -- Members of the Atlanta City Council released the following statements today as their legislative terms near a close:

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Atlanta City Council members say goodbye

by City ReportsDecember 20, 2021September 24, 2023

Gov. Brian Kemp attacked former U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s corporate record Tuesday in the first ad of what promises to be a bruising campaign for next year’s Republican gubernatorial nomination.

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Kemp campaign ad attacks Perdue’s corporate record

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 14, 2021December 14, 2021

Georgia would abandon the use of absentee ballot drop boxes under legislation Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller pre-filed in the General Assembly Monday.

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Georgia lieutenant Governor candidate wants to ban absentee ballot drop boxes

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceDecember 13, 2021December 13, 2021

Governor Brian Kemp appointed William Franklin Griffin Jr. to the State Board of Education.

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Meet the newest member of the Georgia Board of Education

by Thom ChandlerDecember 9, 2021September 24, 2023