Peach State sends 23 to NFL

The state of Georgia flexed its football muscle at the NFL draft over the weekend, with 23 former high school players drafted, the third most of any state.  Collins Hill’s Travis Hunter, who won last year’s Heisman Trophy at Colorado, was selected second...

Abrams for Governor; Round 3?

Stacey Abrams was once among the Democratic Party’s brightest stars, but consecutive gubernatorial race defeats to Brian Kemp in 2018 and 2022 snuffed out her flame and she’s dropped off the radar in recent years.  But there are rumblings that she could...

Former mayoral candidate gets 12 years in prison

Tiffany Brown, an Atlanta business owner and one-time mayoral candidate, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison this week for her role in defrauding the government via a phony Hurricane Maria recovery scam back in 2017.  Brown received a $156 million contract...

Falcons star gives back

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson is new to the city, only having been drafted in 2023.  But the former University of Texas standout hasn’t just turned into a star on the field – he’s also become a fixture in the local community,...

School voucher program gets 12,000 applicants

A point of contention during the legislative session was how much money to allocate for the state’s school choice voucher program.  Eventually lawmakers went with the Senate’s 21,000 scholarships, which comes to about $141 million, way more than the...

Lawyer group pressures Kemp

Gov. Brian Kemp still has about three weeks to sign or veto bills that passed during the legislative session.  One that’s getting a lot of notice is Senate Bill 144, which would protect agrochemical companies from lawsuits regrading chemicals in their products. ...

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