Georgia lawmakers return to the Gold Dome with election-year politics on their minds
(Georgia Recorder) — Will school voucher supporters try again after a searing defeat in 2023? How will lawmakers spend billions of dollars of budget...
Presidential candidates largely mum about details on how to ‘save’ Social Security
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The winner of this year’s presidential election could very well be holding the reins when it comes time to address...
Jan. 6 anniversary sees 22 arrests of Georgians, with some cases still ongoing
An Athens man is scheduled to be sentenced next month for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
22-year-old Jake Maxwell...
Biden: America must decide whether democracy remains its sacred cause
WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Reflecting on the fight to establish America as a democracy and the events that nearly toppled it three years ago,...
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear Colorado case banning Trump from ballot under insurrection...
(States Newsroom) — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether former President Donald Trump can appear on Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot,...
Crashes claim 24 lives in Georgia over holidays
Twenty-four people died in wrecks in Georgia during the long holiday weekends, authorities say. The Georgia State Patrol reports 15 people died over Christmas,...
Fight for congressional majorities launches against backdrop of presidential campaigns
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The 2024 battle for control of Congress is underway in the states, accompanying the accelerating race for the presidency.
Republicans are...
Congress was full of postponements in 2023 and 2024 could be worse
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Congress got next to nothing done during the past year and could accomplish even less in 2024 as attention shifts...
U.S. House speaker leads GOP lawmakers to the border to slam Biden on immigration
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led a delegation of House Republicans on a Wednesday trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to...
New Georgia redistricting maps prompt lawmaker reshuffling
(GA Recorder) — When a federal judge gave the final OK to newly drawn electoral maps last month, it spelled curtains for the political...
Judge rules True the Vote’s 2020 mass voter challenges don’t amount to illegal intimidation
(GA Recorder) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Texas group’s campaign to challenge the eligibility of hundreds of thousands of Georgia voters...
Congress faces two shutdown deadlines with no action yet on spending
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Congress is staring down a funding cliff in mid-January and a second one in early February. However, neither of those deadlines...