Georgia Democrats formally cast 16 electoral votes for Joe Biden
Georgia’s Democratic electors hailed it as history in the making Monday when they awarded President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the state’s...
Raffensperger launches signature match audits
(ATLANTA) - After weeks of prodding by the governor and President Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Monday called for signature match audits...
Health facilities in coastal Georgia receive state’s first shipments of COVID vaccine
Two public health facilities with ultracold freezers required for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine received the first shipments of 5,850 doses Monday, Georgia Department of...
U.S. Senate campaigns deploy team effort to win ‘unprecedented’ stakes
The last time two U.S. Senators from Georgia were up for election at the same time, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were at...
Conservationists ruffled over plan to remove rare woodpecker protection
For some, the federal proposal to bump a rare Southern bird from the endangered species list represents a great success story in conservation.
But to...
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas suit that tried to overturn election results
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned aside a Texas lawsuit that sought to derail the presidential election results from Georgia and...
States a step away from COVID-19 vaccine rollout after federal panel OK
WASHINGTON — A federal advisory panel on Thursday gave the green light to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer, completing the...
Ga. GOP rift widens, House Speaker scorches state’s election chief
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is one of a handful of powerful Georgia Republicans to publicly reject conspiracy theories about President-elect Joe Biden’s election...
Most GOP U.S. House members back Texas suit casting election doubt
WASHINGTON — More than 100 U.S. House Republicans on Thursday backed a long-shot Texas lawsuit that seeks to delay the certification of presidential election...
Another alarming daily record as COVID cases accelerate in Georgia
A state website showed a record-shattering single-day increase in COVID-19 cases Thursday, with nearly 8,000 new cases.
The total – 7,950 – includes positives from rapid...
U.S. House spending bill averts shutdown, relief talks drag on
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted to pass a stopgap spending bill, preventing a government shutdown and giving a group of bipartisan lawmakers...
State lawmakers push changes after absentee ballots key in 2020 election
Georgia’s state Senate Republicans conceded Tuesday they don’t have the votes to call for a special legislative session or the authority to overturn the...