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3 activists arrested after their fund bailed out protestors of Atlanta's 'Cop City'
ATLANTA (AP) — Police on Wednesday arrested three Atlanta organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city's proposed police and fire training center, striking at the structure that supports the fight against what opponents derisively call “Cop City.” The Georgia...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp plans economic development trip to Israel
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is making an economic development trip to Israel. Kemp spokesperson Garrison Douglas confirmed the trip Wednesday. Douglas said Kemp will be meeting with Israeli companies that do business in the state, as well as with government officials. ...
Pence allies launching super PAC to back former vice president's expected 2024 candidacy
NEW YORK (AP) — Allies of former Vice President Mike Pence are launching a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “Committed to America,” the Pence-sanctioned group, publicly launches Tuesday, according to people...
Democrats in Georgia, seeking stricter gun laws, must court Republican support
ATLANTA (AP) — For people seeking to tighten gun laws in Georgia, the task comes down to changing Republican minds or changing the Republican majority. The magnitude of that challenge was clear Wednesday, as Democrats and more than 100 people who want to change state government's...
Georgia enacts law letting panel punish, oust prosecutors
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill into law Friday creating a new commission empowered to discipline and remove wayward prosecutors, saying it will curb “far-left prosecutors” who are “making our communities less safe.” Kemp made the remarks at the Chatham County...
Georgia election chief denies Democrats early 2024 primary
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican secretary of state has set the battleground state’s 2024 presidential primary for March 12, rebuffing the wishes of Democrats, including President Joe Biden, to move the state into the early weeks of the nominating calendar as a part of elevating more...
Kemp signs bill to ban outside election cash in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has banned local governments from accepting any funding for elections from outside groups, after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the measure on Wednesday, ratifying a push by his fellow party members. Senate Bill 222, which threatens local officials who...
Georgia to take over health insurance market under new law
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's state government will for the first time run its own marketplace for individual health insurance under a law that Gov. Brian Kemp signed Tuesday. The Republican governor said during a ceremony at the state Capitol that the law would create a better way of...
Georgia's Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on
BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — A slate of Georgia Republicans led by Gov. Brian Kemp handily won reelection last year over far-right primary opponents endorsed by Donald Trump and backed by the state party chairperson, showing the limits of the former president and his 2020 election lies in the critical...
Georgia governor signs bill to create cold case unit
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's governor on Friday signed a law to establish a cold case unit within the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. The legislation provides $5.4 million to create the unit. It also requires law enforcement across the state to provide an accurate count of...
