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Brian Kemp bans TikTok on state devices
Georgia is joining the growing list of Republican-led states banning TikTok from state-owned phones and laptops, according to a new memo issued by Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday. All executive agencies and branches should immediately ban the use of TikTok as well as two other social messaging platforms, WeChat and Telegram, on any government-owned devices, […]
Posted inThe Georgia Chronicles
Flashback: In 1992 Georgia also considered doing away with general election runoffs
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger garnered quite a bit of attention earlier this week when he called on Georgia lawmakers to end Georgia’s general election runoff system. The move drew criticism and cries of partisanship who say the runoff system was fine when Republicans were winning and now that Democrats have made gains in […]
Posted inCrime
16-year-old boy killed in Macon shooting
MACON — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a death that occurred in the 3800 block of Log Cabin Drive just after 9 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies responded to Log Cabin Drive in reference to a person shot. Upon arrival deputies found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound. The teen was taken to Atrium […]
Posted inYour Family
Georgia Power has agreed to lower its rate increase. Here’s how it affects you
Georgia Power officials signed off late Wednesday on an agreement that would lower the utility’s rate hike request now before the state Public Service Commission (PSC) by nearly 40%. The company, the PSC’s Public Interest Advocacy Staff, and intervenors in the rate case agreed on a rate hike that would raise $1.8 billion from Georgia […]
Posted inWeather
Coldest Christmas in Years?: Blast of cold air could plunge the U.S. into a deep freeze
December has begun on a fairly mild note across a large part of the United States, but a bitter blast of cold air that will flow into North America from Siberia is forecast to plunge the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. into a deep freeze in the days leading up to Christmas. The cold could […]
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Georgia elections chief calls for end to general election runoffs
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is joining a mounting chorus of voices calling for an end to General Election Runoffs in the state. In most states, the winner of an election is the candidate with the most votes, even if that means the candidate did not get more than 50% of the vote. Georgia […]
Posted inCrime
Church burglary suspect shot after attacking Baldwin County deputy with a hammer
A church burglary suspect was shot by Baldwin County deputies after police say she attacked a deputy with a hammer twice. The suspect, identified as 48-year-old Fiesta Lattina Murphy, from Duquesne, Pennsylvania, was shot and is currently in the hospital. A Baldwin County deputy was injured in the incident. According to the GBI, preliminary information […]