Latest Georgia state government News
A judge is vetoing a Georgia county's bid to draw its own electoral districts, upholding state power
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge is batting down an attempt by a local government to overrule state lawmakers and draw its own electoral districts, in a ruling that reinforces the supremacy of state government over local government Cobb County Superior Court Judge Kellie Hill on...
Commission chair says there's no 'single silver bullet' to improving Georgia's Medicaid program
The head of a new commission tasked with recommending improvements to Georgia's Medicaid program said Thursday that she did not see a single solution for all of the issues facing low-income and uninsured state residents. Caylee Noggle, whom Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp tapped to chair the...
Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says
Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren't U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries, according to a new research paper that comes as Republicans in Congress are pushing to add such a question to the census form. ...
High court passes on case of Georgia man on death row who says Black jurors were wrongly purged
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors. Warren King, 48, was convicted of murder and other crimes in the September...
Georgia appeals court says woman who argues mental illness caused crash can use insanity defense
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has ruled a woman who was suffering from a psychotic break stemming from mental illness when she caused a fatal car crash can use an insanity defense at trial. Michelle Wierson was speeding through the streets in DeKalb County in her...
The fizz is gone: Atlanta's former Coca-Cola museum demolished for parking lot
ATLANTA (AP) — Once a shrine to the world's most popular soft drink, the building that housed the original World of Coca-Cola is going flat at the hands of Georgia's state government. Crews continued Friday to demolish the onetime temple of fizz in downtown Atlanta near the state...
Election board member in Georgia's Fulton County abstains from certifying primary election
ATLANTA (AP) — The election board in Georgia's largest county voted on Tuesday to certify its May 21 election results, but not before one of the board's Republican-appointed members abstained. The abstention by Fulton County election board member Julie Adams aligns with her lawsuit...
2 Georgia state House incumbents lose to challengers in primaries
ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia state House incumbents have lost to challengers, another incumbent could face a runoff, and some former lawmakers may be on their way back to the Georgia Capitol after party primaries this week. Republican Lauren Daniel lost a rematch of her 2022 primary...
Georgia Justice Andrew Pinson beats challenger as 2 Republicans head to runoff in open US House seat
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Supreme Court incumbent has won an election that was unusually heated by the standards of the state's nonpartisan judicial elections, while voters in the state also advanced a former Donald Trump aide and a former state Senate majority leader to a GOP runoff for an...
Giuliani becomes final defendant served indictment among 18 accused in Arizona fake electors case
Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona...
