Judge extends order, keeping Northside patients in Anthem network till spring
A Fulton County judge Friday extended a reprieve in the contract dispute between Northside Hospital and Anthem until April 15, delaying for a second time the...
Jan. 6 congressional panel subpoenas bogus pro-Trump electors from 7 states
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed on Friday 14 people from seven states...
Biden vows to nominate first Black woman to Supreme Court by end of February
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer formally announced his retirement Thursday, giving President Joe Biden his first, and possibly only, opportunity...
Hatchett introduces bill to ban critical race theory from Georgia schools
During Thursday's Senate majority press conference, District 50 State Senator Bo Hatchett, freshman lawmaker of Habersham County, announced the introduction of his bill to...
Ga. House Speaker Ralston says ‘No issue is more important to me this session...
House Bill 10-13 dropped Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in the Georgia House. The 74-page piece of legislation aims to increase access to mental health...
Supreme Court Justice Breyer to step down, according to reports
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is planning to announce his retirement in the coming days, according to multiple press...
Critics say Georgia bill intended to ease school library book bans a ‘slippery slope’
(GA Recorder) — A bill aimed at making it easier for Georgia parents to have books banned from their school libraries earned Republican support...
More than 80% of staffers in nursing homes vaccinated as mandate deadline looms
Georgia’s Covid vaccination rate among nursing home employees is just above the national average of 81 percent, according to federal data.
Those vaccination figures have...
Georgia GOP senators back bill to ban mail-order abortion pills, force exams
(GA Recorder) — A group of powerful Republican state senators are signing on to a bill requiring women to meet with a doctor in...
Biden administration drops vaccine-or-test workplace rule
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The Biden administration announced Tuesday it will withdraw an emergency mandate that would have required employees at large businesses to...
What’s behind the understaffing at Georgia prisons? Ask the staff
Back in September 2021, an ad hoc committee of members of the Georgia House of Representatives, all Democrats, wanted to know more about what...
Ga. Senate votes down amendment to ban noncitizen voting
(GA Recorder) — A Georgia Republican senator’s proposal for a constitutional amendment barring noncitizens from voting was defeated on Monday.
Senate Pro Tempore Butch Miller...