County removes graffitied sign blasting taxes, county commissioner
Habersham County is repairing its administration building sign after someone vandalized it overnight. The vandal spray-painted expletives on the sign, protesting taxes and County...
New federal mental health parity rule matches Georgia’s moves to strengthen social safety net
Rates of mental illness and substance use disorder have been increasing nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic, but people have difficulty finding treatment for behavioral...
Military nominees still stalled by Tuberville hold, with U.S. Senate gone until September
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Despite warnings from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that vacant top military positions affect readiness, Congress is heading into August...
Sparks fly at hearing on Georgia Power Plant Vogtle tab
(GA Recorder) — The debate surrounding Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle expansion raged on Thursday during the latest installment of state regulators considering the controversial...
Massive defense bill approved by U.S. Senate, but deep partisan divide with House looms
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. senators avoided a heated partisan split as they passed the massive annual defense policy package late Thursday — in...
Plan to build massive dragon sculpture on Georgia mountaintop scrapped
A North Carolina man is backing down from a proposal to build a dragon sculpture, the size of half a football field, on top...
Local funeral homes warn of phone scam
Nothing is sacred, at least where scammers are concerned. And this latest scam making the rounds is proof of that. The Federal Trade Commission...
New charges for Trump in classified documents case involve video evidence
(GA Recorder) — A federal grand jury added three felony charges against Donald Trump on Thursday in the case alleging the former president took...
More children are going to the ER with gun injuries. Georgia doctors want lawmakers...
Forty Georgia hospital emergency room pediatric physicians wrote an open letter to lawmakers asking for help addressing the rise in children coming into emergency...
Is there evidence of extraterrestrial life? Congress tries to figure it out
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — During an otherworldly hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday, lawmakers and witnesses launched accusations that the Pentagon is stonewalling Congress and...
Biden border policies ripped by U.S. House GOP as impeachment threats ramp up
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday faced off with Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee, who...
Rudy Giuliani concedes he made false statements about two Fulton election workers mishandling ballots
(GA Recorder) – Former President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani admitted this week to making false statements against two Fulton County poll workers...