President Trump and First Lady test positive for the coronavirus
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have both tested positive for the coronavirus. The president made the announcement early Friday on Twitter,...
Biden, Georgia leaders react to Trump’s diagnosis
The news of President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis is expected to roil the presidential race with Election Day just a month away. In Georgia,...
State school board rejects plan to devalue year-end tests to near zero
Georgia’s state school board Thursday rejected a proposal to make high-stakes standardized tests essentially meaningless for public school students this year after the state...
House passes new pandemic relief bill, but talks lag on a bipartisan deal
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday night narrowly passed a slimmed-down $2.2 trillion Democratic coronavirus relief bill that retains hundreds of billions in...
Ga. college buildings with controversial namesakes could be renamed
With the need for making amends for racial injustices old and new getting a public reckoning, a group responsible for reviewing the origin of...
Kemp extends Public Health State of Emergency, renews existing restrictions
Governor Brian Kemp has extended the state's current COVID-19 restrictions and public health state of emergency.
Kemp signed two executive orders today extending COVID restrictions...
Deadly Charlottesville rally surfaces in debate; Trump tells far-right group to ‘stand back and...
The specter of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville surfaced during Tuesday night’s chaotic and messy presidential debate, with President Donald...
Biden says he’ll accept election results; Trump urges supporters to ‘watch very carefully’
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pledged Tuesday night to accept the outcome of the election, while President Donald Trump urged his supporters to “watch...
Trump and Biden clash during chaotic first debate
President Donald Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden lashed out at one another Tuesday night in a chaotic first debate. Trump sought to rattle his...
Judge orders backup paper voter lists for every Georgia polling place
A federal judge ruled Monday that every polling place in Georgia must have an updated backup paper list of eligible voters for Election Day on...
Trump picks Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court; D.C. girds for a fight
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump at the White House on Saturday introduced federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee, setting off...
State schools’ chief moves to lower stakes of standardized test scores
The Georgia Milestones test that typically is a high stakes nailbiter could have a negligible effect on students’ final grades this year if State...