by Dave Williams | Dec 28, 2023 | News, News 2
While 2023 wasn’t an election year in Georgia, politics was front and center throughout the last 12 months. From January street protests of the proposed Atlanta Police Training Center derided by critics as “Cop City” to the General Assembly redrawing Georgia’s...
by Dave Williams | Dec 21, 2023 | James Magazine
A federal judge appeared to throw cold water Wednesday on efforts to challenge new congressional and legislative maps the General Assembly’s Republican majorities drew during a recent special session. U.S. District Judge Steve Jones declared during a hearing that the...
by Dave Williams | Dec 14, 2023 | James Magazine
Georgia will need to spend at least $81 billion on transportation improvements by 2050 to keep people and freight moving on highways that otherwise will becoming increasingly congested, state Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry warned Wednesday....
by Dave Williams | Dec 11, 2023 | News, News 2
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has renewed his call for a constitutional amendment prohibiting non-U.S. citizens from voting in elections in Georgia. Raffensperger said a recent surge in illegal immigrants crossing the nation’s southern border...
by Dave Williams | Dec 7, 2023 | News, News 2
The Georgia House gave final passage to a new congressional map for the state Thursday, the final act in a weeklong special legislative session called after a federal judge declared the current map violates the Voting Rights Act. The Republican-controlled House...