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Georgia state government cash reserves keep growing despite higher spending
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's bank accounts bulge ever fatter after revenue collections in the 2023 budget year outstripped efforts to spend down some surplus cash. State government now has more than $11 billion in unallocated surplus cash that leaders can spend however they want, after...
Georgia election workers settle defamation lawsuit against conservative website
ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia election workers have reached a settlement in their defamation lawsuit against a Missouri-based conservative website that falsely accused them of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing earlier this week. The lawsuit against...
Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nears
CHICAGO (AP) — Two court rulings this week have delivered major blows to reproductive rights in Texas and Georgia but, during a crucial time in the election cycle, Democrats are seizing on them in an attempt to energize voters who support abortion access. Advocates hope the rulings...
Georgia State Election Board and Atlanta's Fulton County spar over election monitor plan
ATLANTA (AP) — With less than a month to go before voters head to the polls, the State Election Board is embroiled in a fight with Georgia's most populous county over a monitoring team to observe the county's election practices. The monitoring team was part of a resolution of a...
Georgia Supreme Court restores near-ban on abortions while state appeals
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday halted a ruling striking down the state's near-ban on abortions while it considers the state's appeal. The high court's order came a week after a judge found that Georgia unconstitutionally prohibits abortions beyond about...
No one expects a judge's rollback of Georgia's abortion ban to be the last word
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — When a Georgia judge overturned the state's abortion ban this week, abortion rights advocates praised the ruling and opponents denounced it — all knowing the state's top court could put it on hold in coming days or weeks. Any changes to abortion policy in...
Judge strikes down Georgia ban on abortions, allowing them to resume beyond 6 weeks into pregnancy
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Monday struck down the state's abortion law, which took effect in 2022 and effectively prohibited abortions beyond about six weeks of pregnancy. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order that the law violates Georgia's...
Republican-led group sues to block Georgia rule requiring hand count of ballots
ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican-led group is challenging Georgia's new requirement that poll workers count the total number of ballots by hand, saying it's another example of the State Election Board overstepping its legal authority. Eternal Vigilance Action amended its existing...
Georgia court rejects counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
ATLANTA (AP) — Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz aren’t qualified to be on Georgia's ballots and votes for them should not count, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. Following a hearing Tuesday, the unanimous court agreed that West and De la Cruz...
Jimmy Carter at 100: A power-playing loner from the farm to the White House and on the global stage
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Barack Obama and his advisers had two living former presidents to consider as they planned the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Bill Clinton, eight years removed from the Oval Office, remained an image of centrist success that warranted a primetime speaking...
