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WEB6 days ago · Biden to South Georgia: ‘We have your back’. by Dave Williams | Oct 3, 2024. ATLANTA - President Joe Biden called on Congress Thursday to pass a supplemental spending bill to aid victims of Hurricane Helene in Georgia and other Southeastern states. After touring storm damage from last week's massive …
Preservationists worried over proposed land exchanges on …
WEB5 days ago · Looming over the proposed land exchanges is a plan the park service unveiled two years ago that essentially would double daily visitation to the island from the current limit of 300 that dates back to 1984. While the NPS argues its Visitor Use Management Plan would provide access to a wider range of visitors, preservationists say it would ruin ...
Georgia lands $1.3 billion to expand broadband - capitol-beat.org
WEBSep 26, 2024 · ATLANTA – The U.S. Commerce Department Thursday gave initial approval to more than $1.3 billion in federal funding to expand broadband connectivity in Georgia. The money is part of a federal investment of more than $2.9 billion to deploy broadband infrastructure in Georgia, South Carolina, Minnesota, and …
Judge rules Kemp doesn’t have to investigate State Election Board …
WEB13 hours ago · ATLANTA – A Fulton County Superior Court judge dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to force Gov. Brian Kemp to schedule an administrative hearing on whether to remove three members of the State Election Board. The ruling by Judge Ural Glanville sided with a legal opinion Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr released last month asserting that ...
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New congressional map proposes major changes in Atlanta’s …
WEBDec 1, 2023 · Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, embraced the Senate’s congressional map on Friday. “This map meets the promise we made when this process began: it fully complies with the judge’s order, while also following Georgia’s traditional redistricting principles,” Burns said. “We look forward to passing this fair redistricting ...
Trump leading Harris in new Georgia poll
WEBOct 1, 2024 · ATLANTA – Former President Donald Trump has opened up a solid lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia five weeks before the Nov. 5 election, according to a new poll. A survey of 942 likely voters in Georgia conducted Sept. 25-29 by Quinnipiac University showed Republican Trump with 50% of the vote in the Peach State to 44% for ...
Kemp signs $36.1 billion state budget - Gwinnett Daily Post
WEBMay 7, 2024 · ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed what he called an “historic” $36.1 billion state budget Tuesday containing healthy raises for state employees and public school teachers. The fiscal 2025 budget, which takes effect July 1, represents an increase of $3.7 billion over the fiscal 2024 budget the General Assembly adopted last spring, including ...
Georgia election offices recovering from Helene
WEB2 days ago · Evans said county election offices in the areas hit by Helene for the most part sustained only minimal damage. However, at least one polling location in Lowndes, Richmond, and Columbia counties will have to be moved, he said. The new locations will be posted on the secretary of state’s website, he said. …
Rural jobs, investment dominate Georgia economic growth
WEBAug 29, 2024 · More than 18,300 of those jobs representing $12.5 billion in investment came outside the 10-county Atlanta region, accounting for 83% of expansions and new locations. Growing the economy in rural Georgia reflects a priority of Gov. Brian Kemp since he first ran for governor back in 2018, Kemp told Capitol Beat in an exclusive interview.