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Outgoing Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that he would not call a special session to push new political maps and curb the executive powers of future state leaders after the Democratic sweep in the 2026 midterms. “The voters of...

Voters have handed Democrats control of the Georgia Public Service Commission, a little known but important regulatory board that influences how much Georgians pay for energy. Democrats Peter Hubbard, who is already on the commission, and Shelia Edwards, who was...

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta, will be the first Democrat to occupy Georgia’s top office in more than two decades and the first Black woman governor anywhere in the country. Bottoms defeated her Republican opponent, healthcare executive...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff urged young voters at Atlanta’s historically Black colleges and universities to make their way to the polls as early voting wraps up Friday. About 800 students from Clark Atlanta, Morehouse...

With a U.S. Senate seat, the governor’s mansion and a slew of other statewide races on the ballot, former President Barack Obama visited Georgia Wednesday to fire up supporters to elect a slate of Democrats and send a message to...

Edwin Brant Frost IV, the founder of a conservative lending firm in Georgia, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison for his role in running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of millions of dollars. Frost, a...

Republican candidate for governor Rick Jackson will join President Donald Trump at a second rally this month after all. Jackson’s campaign said on Monday that he would skip Trump’s upcoming Saturday rally in middle Georgia, opting instead to act as...

Georgia voters will have a chance to weigh in on a ballot measure that would expand a property tax relief program to include those who own larger swaths of farmland. The proposed constitutional amendment, which passed the Legislature in 2025...

Republican candidate for governor Rick Jackson will skip President Donald Trump’s upcoming rally in middle Georgia this weekend, opting instead to campaign in suburban Atlanta as as the race, which polling averages indicate is a virtual tie, enters its final...

Georgia candidates up and down the ballot are campaigning on an issue that has struck a nerve across the political spectrum: data centers. A wave of data center projects across Georgia has been met with outrage in many communities in...

DALTON, Ga. – President Donald Trump returned to conservative northwest Georgia Friday, sharing a rally stage with the GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate and the Republican who hopes to serve as Georgia’s next governor – all while repeating unfounded...

President Donald Trump is set to visit Dalton in northwest Georgia Friday to stump for Republican candidates as early voting is underway for the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Trump visited Dalton in early 2021 at the end of his first...