Tag Archives: Georgia

Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline announced Saturday that it’s resumed “normal operations” after last week’s ransomware attack that led to gas shortages throughout the United States. The oil pipeline company said it’s now delivering millions of gallons per hour to the markets it serves in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South …

Republican-led states are ending increased unemployment benefits. West Virginia and Alaska are the latest states to end the supplemental unemployment benefits provided by the federal government. Officials in GOP-led states claim the $300 increased benefits are a disincentive for people to return to work, leading to workforce shortages as businesses …

A prosecutor is seeking hate crime charges and the death penalty for the Atlanta, Georgia spa shooter that killed eight people in March. Robert Aaron Long was indicted on four counts of murder, four counts of felony murder, five counts of assault with a deadly weapon, four counts of possession …

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a repeal of Georgia’s Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law. The repeal of the law comes a year after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man pursued by white men who said they suspected him of a crime. Wanda Cooper-Jones, the mother …

Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill that prohibits large cuts to police budgets in a move against the “defund the police” movement. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the legislation stops cities and counties in the state from reducing their law enforcement budgets by more than 5% in one year …

Republican lawmakers around the nation continue to push for stricter voting laws even as business leaders warn that the laws can disrupt the economic climate and democracy. Over 50 companies and organizations joined together to write an open letter opposing the new laws. The letter was signed by Patagonia, Levi …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis went on Fox and Friends Thursday morning to sign into law a controversial voting restrictions bill passed last week by Florida lawmakers. The bill signing was closed to local media. The GOP-backed legislation, which the governor has also been a vocal supporter of, places new limits …

The three men involved in the death of Ahmaud Arbery are now facing federal hate crime charges, separate from the murder charges they each face at the state level. On Wednesday afternoon, a federal grand jury indicted Gregory McMichael, 65; his son, Travis McMichael, 35; and William “Roddie” Bryan, 51, with a …

Church leaders are calling for a boycott of Georgia-based Home Depot for its silence towards the new voting laws in Georgia. “We just don’t think we ought to let their indifference stand,” Reginald Jackson, Bishop at African Methodist Episcopal, said. Jackson says the home improvement store has remained “silent and …

Republican Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert were the only two lawmakers in the House to vote against the TRANSPLANT Act on Thursday night. The bill passed in the House in a 415-2 vote. It reauthorizes the National Marrow Donor Program which facilitates bone marrow and umbilical cord blood donations and …

Former Georgia state representative Vernon Jones announced Friday that he would challenge Gov. Brian Kemp for the state’s top job. “For those who feel the incumbent governor didn’t fight for you, a new day has dawned,” Jones said during his announcement. The former State House Representative and DeKalb County CEO …

90 CEOs, business leaders, lawyers, and experts spent their Saturday discussing how they can push back against states that are restricting voting. According to NBC News, the group discussed pulling their donations, moving businesses or jobs out of the states that have passed restrictive voting laws, and relocating events. “It …

10 members of Congress have joined the NAACP lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his attorney Rudy Giuliani. The lawsuit accuses Trump and Giuliani of inciting the deadly Capitol Riot that took place on January 6. “As I sat in my office on January 6th with rioters roaming the …

Former President Donald Trump told Republicans to boycott the companies that are against new voting restrictions legislation. Trump further said the bill that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed is not strict enough. “Too bad the desperately needed election reforms in Georgia didn’t go further, as their originally approved Bill did, …

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has issued an Administrative Order in response to the voting legislation passed by the Georgia legislature last month. The Order directs the City’s Chief Equity Officer to implement a series of actions to mitigate the impact of the new voting restrictions imposed by Senate Bill 202. …