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By: Gail Conner

On: July 17, 2024

In: News Desk

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Bryson DeChambeau attended the SpaceX launch in his home state of Texas with Trump on Tuesday, saying he had "never been so inspired."
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Kemp to chair Republican Governors Association
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp has been elected chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) for 2025. The election of Kemp and Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte as the RGA’s vice chairman took place at the end of the association’s annual conference. “Republican governors are making commonsense, conservative policies a reality, putting families and children first, […]
Georgia’s U.S. senators push for federal disaster aid to Helene victims
ATLANTA – Georgia’s two U.S. senators urged their colleagues Wednesday to approve a federal disaster relief package for victims of Hurricane Helene. Democrat Jon Ossoff testified Wednesday morning at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on a supplemental spending request from President Joe Biden for nearly $100 billion to help Americans impacted by several hurricanes and […]
Kemp seeking $12.2B in federal relief for Helene damage
ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp is asking for $12.2 billion in federal assistance to help Georgia recover from the impacts of Hurricane Helene. The storm killed 34 Georgians when it cut a swath across South Georgia north into the August area in late September, causing heavy rainfall and flooding as well as widespread power outages. […]
Christian Coomer loses law license for two years
ATLANTA – The Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday suspended former state Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer’s law license for two years. The suspension will expire in August of next year, two years after the state Supreme Court removed Coomer from the Court of Appeals based on the recommendation of the state Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC). […]
State launches website for new school vouchers program
ATLANTA – The state is laying the groundwork for a private-school vouchers program by launching a website with details on the initiative. The new site, mygeorgiapromise.org, includes information on the Georgia Promise Scholarship, which the Republican-controlled General Assembly created this year to provide eligible K-12 students in lower-performing schools up to $6,500 in annual funding […]
State medical cannabis registry reaches 25,000
ATLANTA – Georgia’s medical cannabis program has hit an important milestone. Enrollment in the registry of patients eligible to receive the drug hit 25,000 during the weekend. That growth means the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, the state agency that operates the program, is authorized to open additional dispensaries. As a result, the six […]
Boaters want to separate paddling from fishing in debate over access to waterways
ATLANTA – Boating enthusiasts and representatives of the recreational boating industry are asking Georgia lawmakers to separate the right to float along the state’s rivers and streams from hunting and fishing. That was a major theme of the final meeting Nov. 13 of a legislative study committee that has been grappling with how to guarantee […]
Proposed expansion of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge draws strong support
ATLANTA – A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge – including land near the swamp being eyed by a mining company – received strong support this week. Speakers at a public hearing on the proposal in Folkston were overwhelmingly in favor of the plan to add about 22,000 […]
Trump taps Doug Collins for Veterans’ Affairs post
ATLANTA – President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, Trump announced on social media Thursday. “Doug is a veteran himself, who currently serves our nation as a chaplain in the United States Air Force Reserve Command, and fought for our country in the […]
Veteran lawmaker Carolyn Hugley to lead state House Democrats
ATLANTA – Georgia House Democrats Thursday elected longtime Rep. Carolyn Hugley of Columbus to serve as House minority leader during the two-year term starting in January. Hugley, who was elected to the House in 1992 and served as the Democratic whip from 2003 until 2018, will succeed Rep. James Beverly as minority leader. Beverly didn’t […]