State & National News

Georgia reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth II, the United Kingdom's longest-reigning monarch, has died. She was 96. Remembrances and reactions are rolling in from across Georgia — from politicians,...

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving British monarch, has died at 96

The longest reigning monarch in British history has died at the age of 96. Queen Elizabeth II served seven decades on the throne. The queen...

Bill codifying same-sex marriage nears critical vote in U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The U.S. Senate is on track to vote on a bill codifying marriage equality as soon as next week with...

U.S. education secretary urges boost in teacher pay, touts college debt relief

WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Amid K-12 teacher shortages, book bans and attacks over critical race theory, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona at a meeting with reporters...

Georgia’s Hispanic political power grows but survey finds those voters feel neglected

(Georgia Recorder) — In the 2020 presidential election Hispanics demonstrated their power in Georgia despite accounting for just 4% of the votes cast statewide,...

Video fills in details on alleged Ga. election system breach

Two months after the 2020 presidential election, a team of computer experts traveled to south Georgia to copy software and data from voting equipment...

Kemp declares state of emergency in flooded Northwest Georgia

Parts of Northwest Georgia are under a state of emergency after torrential rains over the weekend caused severe flooding. Governor Brian Kemp on Sunday issued...

Baseball’s minor leaguers among Georgians swept up in organized labor wave

(Georgia Recorder) — The rise in union organizing around the U.S. because of a tight labor market has swept up in its wave the...

Boater arrested for BUI in drowning death on Lake Jackson

After a Saturday free of accidents, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources reports a man drowned after falling off a boat Sunday southeast of...

White House requests $47 billion in emergency funding for Ukraine, vaccines and more

(Georgia Recorder) — The Biden administration is asking Congress for emergency funding to support Ukraine’s military, national COVID and monkeypox responses and to help...

Artemis launch scrubbed once again

The Artemis 1 mission that was scheduled to launch today was scrubbed once again. The official call came at 11:17AM after several unsuccessful attempts to...

NASA to make second attempt to Artemis launch today

The first attempt at launching Artemis 1 came to a halt this past Monday when engineers were unable to get the 4 main engines...