Democrats, voting rights activists pan Georgia GOP lawmakers’ revised legislative districts
(GA Recorder) — The redrawn legislative maps floated by Georgia Republican leaders have quickly found pushback from Democrats and voting rights advocates as a...
Voluntary tag registration for off-highway utility vehicles opens Dec. 1
Owners of off-highway utility vehicles will soon be able to legally drive their vehicles on public roads.
A state law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp...
‘A tremendous woman’: Former first lady Rosalynn Carter buried in hometown of Plains, Ga.
PLAINS, Ga. — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter was laid to rest on the Carter family property in Plains on Wednesday, capping three days...
Georgia lawmakers back at Capitol to redraw political maps
(GA Recorder) — It’s back to Atlanta and back to the drawing board for Georgia legislators, who are set to gavel in for a...
Schumer on U.S. Senate floor condemns ‘rank antisemitism’ amid Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the nation’s highest-ranking Jewish official, spoke from the chamber on Wednesday about the rise of...
Senate Democrats say gun violence is a public health crisis
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats on Tuesday discussed how to treat gun violence as a public health crisis in hopes...
Rosalynn Carter memorial service: ‘Her life was her sermon’
Former President Jimmy Carter sat front row at his wife Rosalynn Carter's memorial service in Atlanta. It is one of the only times Carter...
Well-wishers flock to Rosalynn Carter tribute to bid farewell
(GA Recorder) — The museum at the Carter Center in Atlanta typically echoes with the oohs and ahhs of tourists and the banter of...
Georgia GOP senators float court-ordered political map
(GA Recorder) — Georgia Senate Republicans on Monday released a court-ordered revision of a redistricting map that would shift the concentration of Black voters...
Jimmy Carter to attend wife’s memorial service Tuesday in Atlanta
Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to attend his wife Rosalynn's memorial service Tuesday in Atlanta. The former president will be joined by a...
At least 23 killed on Georgia’s roads over Thanksgiving holiday
Wrecks killed at least 23 people on Georgia's roads over the long Thanksgiving holiday.
One of those fatalities occurred in Northeast Georgia when a driver fleeing...
Memorial for former first lady Carter starts in Southwest Georgia
Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is being remembered this week with a three-day long memorial service that, by its end, will see a motorcade...