Kemp, Georgia lawmakers unveil plan to speed up income tax cut
(GA Recorder) — Republican state leaders announced Monday that they plan to fast track a planned reduction of the state’s income tax rate.
Lawmakers passed...
Hitchhiker wanted for kidnapping, robbery arrested in Northeast Georgia
A hitchhiker who authorities warned was "armed and dangerous" is now in custody. Jordan Hedden was arrested in Union County, Georgia, officials say.
Over the...
Gov. Kemp introduces legislation to ‘accelerate’ income tax cut
Governor Brian Kemp has unveiled his plan to lower state income taxes ahead of a scheduled cut in 2025.
On Monday, Kemp, joined by Lt....
Georgia lawmakers exchange sharp words as GOP-drawn political maps clear key vote
(GA Recorder) — Proposed new legislative maps cleared a key vote Friday as Republican lawmakers race to push through remedial plans that they say...
Trump lawyers claim 2024 Fulton trial would amount to ‘election interference’
(GA Recorder) — A lawyer representing Donald Trump in the sweeping Fulton County election interference probe says that if the trial begins in August...
Georgia Tech to focus on developing sustainable and pedestrian-friendly campus plan
Leaders at the Georgia Institute of Technology have released the 2023 Campus Comprehensive Plan. It lays out a series of proposed changes and improvements...
Sandra Day O’Connor, who made history as the first woman on the Supreme Court,...
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court is dead at 93.
Sandra Day O’Connor, a groundbreaking justice on...
Georgia GOP lawmakers push revised political maps toward passage to meet court’s looming deadline
(GA Recorder) — Georgia Republican lawmakers advanced through Senate and House committees new legislative district maps Thursday after rejecting proposed maps that Democratic legislators...
New York Republican George Santos expelled by U.S. House in bipartisan vote
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — New York Republican George Santos on Friday became the sixth lawmaker in history and the first member of the GOP...
Rep. McBath upset over GOP-favored Georgia map
(GA Recorder) — Georgia GOP lawmakers released a proposed Congressional map Friday afternoon that questionably complies with a federal judge’s order to create a...
Contentious debates over proposed maps on Day 1
Georgia's special session started with a bang Wednesday as members of the House and Senate reviewed the new legislative maps proposed by Republicans.
The Senate...
U.S. House votes to bar use of public lands for housing migrants
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. House Thursday passed a bill to bar the use of public lands for temporary housing for migrants applying...