U.S. House approves bill banning transgender student athletes in girls sports
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. House Republicans voted Thursday to prohibit transgender student-athletes from competing on girls' sports teams consistent with their gender identity,...
Governor signs bipartisan legislation to conserve Georgia farmland
(GA Recorder) — Gov. Brian Kemp has signed off on a new conservation program that is meant to stem the loss of farmland in...
Facebook users can file for share of $725 million privacy settlement
Facebook users may now apply for their share of a $725 million privacy settlement that parent company Meta has agreed to pay.
The class action lawsuit was...
U.S. House GOP unveils plan on debt ceiling, spending cuts; Biden slams ‘wacko notions’
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. House Republicans unveiled a debt limit proposal Wednesday that would lift the nation’s borrowing capacity by $1.5 trillion or...
U.S. Supreme Court holds off on abortion pill ruling until midnight Friday
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito postponed a ruling on access to the abortion pill until Friday as the high...
2020 election lies about Georgia could soon finally face legal reckoning
Nearly two and a half years after former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to overturn his presidential defeat in Georgia, courtrooms around...
Anti-abortion organizations urge U.S. Supreme Court to keep limits on abortion pill
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Anti-abortion medical organizations on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to maintain a lower court ruling that would push prescribing...
Kemps on anti-human trafficking efforts: ‘There’s more we need to do’
Gov. Brian Kemp and first lady Marty Kemp gave an update on Georgia's anti-human trafficking efforts on Tuesday.
The Kemps commended the Legislature for its...
Fulton DA seeks to disqualify lawyer for some GOP fake electors, citing ‘ethical mess’
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is seeking to remove a lawyer from representing 10 Georgia Republicans who served as fake 2020 electors for...
U.S. House speaker vows vote soon on spending cuts coupled with debt limit increase
(GA Recorder) — U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy traveled to the New York Stock Exchange on Monday to press for the Republican approach to...
Kemp signs law to establish the Georgia Council on Literacy
Governor Brian Kemp Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 211 establishing the Georgia Council on Literacy. The council will work to ensure improved literacy outcomes for...
DOJ warns Supreme Court of ‘significant chaos’ in health care if abortion pill rulings...
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The Biden administration and a company that manufactures the abortion pill on Friday both called on the U.S. Supreme Court...