Tag Archives: Georgia

A Fulton County judge ruled Tuesday to overturn Georgia’s recently implemented abortion ban — setting the state’s abortion restrictions back to previous timelines. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney sided with plaintiffs in a state constitutional challenge of the law that was filed quickly after the ban took effect. House Bill …

Stephen Fowler, GPB News A coalition of Democratic groups announced they are suing the state of Georgia over its interpretation of a state law that disallows an optional Saturday of early voting before the Dec. 6 U.S. Senate runoff. In a press release, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the Warnock …

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Control of the U.S. Senate once again might hinge on Georgia, as voters in the Peach State will head back to the polls next month in a runoff election. Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and former professional football player and GOP nominee Herschel Walker are in a …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder More than 42 million Americans by mid-afternoon on Monday had gotten a jump start on Tuesday’s midterm elections, casting their votes through mail-in ballots or by heading to in-person early voting centers. The United States Election Project’s data showed a significant number of voters continue to prefer voting …

Stephen Fowler, GPB News Next week’s election offers a now-familiar story for Georgia voters in this new battleground state: an expensive Senate contest with expected close margins and outsized national importance that could decide which party controls the upper chamber. But unlike the 2020 races that were resolved in January …

Riley Bunch, GPB News Millions of Georgians have already cast ballots in a gubernatorial rematch four years in the making between Republican Incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams. Both candidates hit the campaign trail running in the final stretch before Election Day to rally their base in hopes …

Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent Democrats and Republicans have just a handful of frantic days left to convince voters who should control Congress before voting in the Nov. 8 midterm elections ends. The two political parties are spending millions on campaign ads and mailers in the dozens of toss-up races that …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham will have to testify before a Fulton County special grand jury investigating 2020 election interference after the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected his attempt to quash the subpoena. The Supreme Court’s unsigned decision sets up a scheduled Nov. 17 showdown …

Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams sparred over abortion access and other key issues in the last debate before Georgia voters finish casting their ballots in this year’s midterm election. Most notably, a lengthy exchange during WSB-TV’s debate led to the most substantive discussion …

Jared Strong, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Department of Agriculture is awarding grants and loans that total about $759 million to 49 high-speed internet projects in 24 states and in other territories, the department announced Thursday. The largest total award is a $36 million loan to Public Service Telephone Company for …

Another woman has come forward with claims that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker – who has expressed anti-abortion positions – pressured her to have an abortion nearly three decades ago. The woman, who was not identified or shown on camera, shared her story Wednesday afternoon at a press conference …

Stephen Fowler, GPB News In a rematch four years in the making, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams shared a stage Tuesday night and presented starkly different views of Georgia’s future if they were to be elected. Education and crime dominated discussions during the hourlong Atlanta Press Club …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder On Monday, thousands of Georgia voters descended upon early voting sites like the Smyrna Community Center on a record-setting first day of early voting in the high-stakes midterm election looming on Nov. 8. Across Georgia, some voters waited in long lines and the state’s voter registration …

Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday blasted his Republican opponent Herschel Walker—represented at the Atlanta debate by an empty podium to the Democratic incumbent’s left—for lying about his “well-documented history of violence” and opposing student debt relief, prescription drug price reforms, and other popular policy moves. “I think Herschel Walker, if …

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Despite political headwinds favoring Republicans, freshman Sen. Raphael Warnock has outshined his Democratic ticket-mates and remained neck-and-neck with Republican candidate Herschel Walker. A new statewide poll of likely voters paid for by the Georgia News Collaborative and conducted by the University of Georgia finds Warnock with …