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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to again speed up income tax cuts

Jan. 16, 2025 15:38 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to again speed up state income tax cuts and is warning lawmakers that he'll call them back into special session later this year if that's what it takes to push through his priority of limiting lawsuit verdicts. The second-term governor...

Some parents could be able to join Georgia's Medicaid program without working

Jan. 15, 2025 19:26 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday he wants to let low-income parents with young kids enroll without working in a Medicaid program that provides coverage for some able-bodied adults. Kemp's announcement came as President-elect Donald Trump returns to office...

Jimmy Carter eulogized by Kamala Harris and others as 39th president returns to Washington

Jan. 07, 2025 22:42 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington on Tuesday for state funeral rites that featured the kind of bipartisan praise and ceremonial pomp the Georgia Democrat rarely enjoyed at his political...

Trump chooses Herschel Walker as US ambassador to Bahamas

Dec. 17, 2024 22:04 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Herschel Walker, the football legend who unsuccessfully ran for a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia, has been chosen by President-elect Donald Trump to be ambassador to the Bahamas. Trump made the announcement Tuesday in a post on Truth Social, his social media website....

Trump names former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be ambassador to China

Dec. 06, 2024 09:32 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Sen. David Perdue of Georgia to be the U.S. ambassador to China, leaning on a former business executive turned politician to serve as the administration's envoy to America's most potent economic and military adversary. ...