Voters wait in line.

Hundreds of people wait in line for early voting on Oct. 12, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. State Election Board member Matt Mashburn testified at a hearing on Monday, July 18, 2022, that conduct he witnessed at this polling place led him to conclude it was necessary for the state to ban all gifts to waiting voters, including food and water.

Credit: AP Photo/Ron Harris

A Georgia law that bans handing out food and water to voters waiting in line will be in effect this November.

Sen. Raphael Warnock is praising a recently passed bill as a big win for the state's Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Historic preservation and health care are at odds over plans in Albany to demolish a century-old building.

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