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Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed off on an overhaul of Georgia’s new voting laws that limit absentee voting Thursday with partisan support and an acknowledgement that courts will decide if new restrictions are legal.

Your Government

Legal challenges filed hours after Kemp signs controversial election bill

by Stanley Dunlap | Georgia RecorderMarch 26, 2021September 24, 2023

Sweeping legislation to overhaul voting by mail, advance voting and state oversight of Georgia elections passed the state House of Representatives Thursday, a major step for election changes Republican lawmakers are seeking this year.

Your Government

Georgia House passes 95-page election overhaul bill

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 25, 2021March 29, 2021

Resident in parts of north Georgia may get severe thunderstorms this afternoon and tomorrow morning.

Severe thunderstorms possible in Georgia Thursday and Friday

by Thom ChandlerMarch 25, 2021March 29, 2021

A Georgia Tech Professor is facing charges of conspiracy to commit visa fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud after a federal investigation.

Crime

Georgia Tech professor charged with fraud

by Thom ChandlerMarch 25, 2021September 24, 2023

Police lights by night

Georgia By The Numbers

What is Georgia’s most dangerous city?

by The Center SquareMarch 24, 2021March 29, 2021

The long winter of COVID-19 looks to be coming to an end in Georgia.

Kemp to get vaccine Friday, all adults can get it starting Thursday

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 23, 2021March 29, 2021

The Players: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger lashed out at lawyer Sidney Powell, who was an integral part of voter fraud claims against Georgia in the November election.

The Public Record

Georgia elections chief strikes back against top critic

by Thom ChandlerMarch 23, 2021March 29, 2021

WATKINSVILLE -- The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect who shot and killed a clerk at a RaceTrac in Watkinsville, Georgia, on Friday, March 19.

Crime

$10,000 reward offered for information on killing of Georgia RaceTrac clerk

by Thom ChandlerMarch 23, 2021March 26, 2021

Republican state lawmakers hammering out changes to Georgia’s election system have dropped controversial proposals to scrap Sunday polling hours and no-excuse mail-in voting amid pushback from Democratic leaders and voting-rights advocates.

Your Government

Big changes made to Georgia’s election reform bills

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 23, 2021March 26, 2021

Gas station attendant at work

Here’s why gas prices are going up in Georgia

by Thom ChandlerMarch 23, 2021March 26, 2021

Fence with barbed wire

Crime

16-year-old charged in 2019 Norcross homicide

by Thom ChandlerMarch 22, 2021March 26, 2021

prison, prison cell, jail

Crime

Four charged with child exploitation in Clayton County

by Thom ChandlerMarch 22, 2021March 26, 2021

U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, and former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle announced their candidacies for Georgia secretary of state Monday by attacking incumbent Brad Raffensperger’s handling of last year’s elections.

Your Government

Georgia’s elections chief will face challengers in Republican primary

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 22, 2021September 24, 2023

Gov. Brian Kemp signed two bills Monday that will hand Georgians a slight income-tax cut and let foster parents tap into a larger tax credit when adopting children.

Georgia residents are getting a tax cut

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 22, 2021March 26, 2021

A bill placing new restrictions on protests and the cities where they take place was revived late last week after failing to get a vote in a state Senate committee earlier.

Your Government

Georgia lawmakers want to make protests that block highways a felony

by Ross Williams | Georgia RecorderMarch 22, 2021September 24, 2023

The Gist: The North Fulton church where the suspect in a series of shootings at metro Atlanta spas was an active member has released a statement harshly condemning the shootings. The church has also started the process of church discipline to revoke his membership in the church.

Georgia spa shooting suspect’s church responds to killings

by Thom ChandlerMarch 21, 2021March 26, 2021

President Joe Biden swung through Atlanta Friday in his first trip to Georgia since winning the 2020 election to show support for the Asian American community after this week’s mass shootings at local spas and to tout the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 federal relief package.

Find out what Joe Biden said in Atlanta on Friday

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 20, 2021September 24, 2023

A road rage incident at a popular Forsyth County shopping center led to a stabbing Friday evening, law enforcement officers say.

Crime

Police: Road rage leads to stabbing at Collection at Forsyth

by Thom ChandlerMarch 20, 2021September 24, 2023