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Georgians voted to limit property taxes on homes. Many school districts are opting out
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgians voted in November to limit how much of a home's increasing value can be taxed, but many school districts across the state are opting out of the cap, meaning homeowners may not benefit. A survey by the Georgia School Superintendents Association finds half or...
Georgia House speaker backtracks on banning senator who was arrested for trying to enter the chamber
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's House speaker said Friday that he's lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber, a day after Sen. Colton Moore was arrested after he tried to enter for Gov. Brian Kemp's state of the state speech. The decision came after state Senate and...
Appeals court upholds dismissal of some charges against Trump, others in Georgia election case
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has upheld the dismissal of some of the charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in the Georgia 2020 election interference case, as the future of the case remains uncertain. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee in...
Kemp wants to use savings to boost Georgia spending, but projects flat tax revenue
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia will boost spending by $4.4 billion in the last three months of the current budget year under the spending plan released Thursday by Gov. Brian Kemp. But the Republican is projecting that state revenues will barely budge in the 2026 budget year that begins...
New Tennessee House rules could ban hecklers, banish disorderly lawmakers to voting remotely
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee House is warning lawmakers and the crowds watching legislative floor sessions that they could be booted from the room if their behavior is deemed out of line. For lawmakers, after multiple infractions they could be removed from the floor a few...
Hurricane aid and transgender girls in sports top Georgia Legislature's agenda
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's General Assembly was sworn in for a new two-year term on Monday, with 180 state representatives and 56 state senators taking office after winning election in November. Republicans continue to control both chambers, returning to the Senate with the same...
The polar vortex readies to dump snow on Texas and its neighbors
DALLAS (AP) — An area stretching from Texas to Tennessee braced Wednesday for the expected arrival of freezing rain and snow, as some other parts of the country that already received an arctic blast this week prepared to go another round with the plunging polar vortex. Arkansas'...
Jimmy Carter's funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage
ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter 's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farming business to the pinnacle of American political power and decades as a global humanitarian. ...
Jimmy Carter's state funeral has started. Here's what to know
ATLANTA (AP) — Six days of funeral observances for former President Jimmy Carter began Saturday in Georgia, where he died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. The first events reflected Carter’s climb up the political ladder, from the tiny town of Plains, Georgia, to decades on the...
Jimmy Carter: A brief bio
— BIRTH NAME: James Earl Carter, Jr. — BORN: Oct. 1, 1924, at the Wise Clinic in Plains, Georgia, the first U.S. president born in a hospital. He would become the first president to live for an entire century. — EDUCATION: Plains High School, Plains, Georgia,...
