Biden to pardon all federal offenses for simple marijuana possession, review criminalization
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — President Joe Biden on Thursday announced executive actions that would pardon thousands of people with prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession.
Biden then...
DACA ruled unlawful by federal appeals court; 20,000 Georgians still protected
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — A federal appeals court has upheld a prior ruling that the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program is unlawful, sending the...
Report says many utilities are slow-walking clean energy goals
DENVER (GA Recorder) – A report released this week by the Sierra Club faults dozens of utilities that provide a major chunk of U.S....
Driver escapes injury when chicken feed truck overturns on GA 365
Traffic was temporarily stalled on GA 365 in Mt.Airy late Wednesday when an 18-wheeler hauling chicken feed overturned.
Habersham County E-911 dispatched first responders to...
T-SPLOST town hall elicits strong opinions for and against penny-on-the-dollar tax
It was a small, but intense crowd that showed up Monday evening for the fourth in a series of town hall meetings on Habersham...
No millage rate hike in Cornelia this year, but higher taxes could be in...
The city of Cornelia announced their ad valorem tax increase for 2022 at Tuesday night’s commission meeting. The meeting also served as the first...
Republican allies stand by Walker after abortion story
(GA Recorder) — Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker faced the toughest challenge of his candidacy so far Tuesday as twin scandals rocked his bid...
Biden and DeSantis join together in Ian recovery effort
FORT MYERS, Florida (AP) — President Joe Biden surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida on Wednesday, promising to marshal the power of the federal...
OPEC+ makes big oil cut to boost prices; pump costs may rise
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries decided Wednesday to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices, a move that...
Kemp suspends Georgia gas taxes into mid-November
Georgia drivers will not have to pay state gas tax for at least another month. Governor Brian Kemp extended the suspension of the state's...
Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign rocked by report he paid for an abortion
DUNWOODY, Ga. (AP) — Herschel Walker, who has vehemently opposed abortion rights as the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia, paid for an...
Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner's daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled...