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Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic nominee for governor, debated against an empty podium Monday night after GOP nominee Rick Jackson declined to participate in the Atlanta Press Club’s debates. The Loudermilk-Young debate series, organized by Atlanta Press Club in partnership...

Keisha Lance Bottoms’ campaign for governor got a boost Thursday with a heavyweight endorsement from former President Barack Obama. In a video released Thursday, Obama praised Bottoms’ record as the former mayor of Atlanta and touted some of the Democrat’s...

Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson clashed Tuesday night over healthcare, crime, data centers and election security in what will likely be the only opportunity for voters to see the two candidates for governor side by side. The...

As Georgia becomes a national leader in new data center construction , debate over how to regulate the booming industry has become a hot issue in the race for governor. The two candidates have proposed contrasting visions for how to...

Tricia Pridemore, who until recently served as an elected utility regulator in Georgia, is now working for a corporation that builds data centers primarily in the southeast. Pridemore, who is a Republican, will serve as the executive vice president of...

The two competing candidates for Georgia governor are both focusing on affordability but putting forward starkly different proposals aimed at easing household expenses. At a time when voters are anxious about the rising cost of living, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms...

Republican candidate for governor Rick Jackson unveiled a health insurance plan he said will cover more Georgians and reduce healthcare costs, but how he would achieve that remains unclear. “On day one, I will close the coverage gap with intelligent...

Medical cannabis dispensaries are now selling the flower form of the drug in Georgia, but a new state law that took effect this summer has created some confusion over how it can be legally consumed. Lawmakers passed a measure earlier...

Georgia marked the second anniversary of the deadly 2024 Apalachee High School shooting as Apalachee Remembrance Day while drawing calls for state leaders to move beyond commemorations and enact measures to prevent another tragedy. Gov. Brian Kemp gathered with Apalachee...

Months after the campaigns of Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms first issued challenges to the other over when, where and how to debate ahead of the November elections, there’s still little agreement on how voters will hear...

Everton Blair, a former Gwinnett County Board of Education chair, is headed to Washington to finish out the late Congressman David Scott term representing Georgia’s 13 th Congressional District after defeating Marcye Scott, the daughter of the late congressman, in...

Georgia health officials are asking the Trump administration for more funding for the state’s partial Medicaid expansion program because they say federal changes are expected to increase enrollment by about 100,000 people, raising the costs of the program. The Board...