With qualifying week over, hundreds of Georgia candidates are entering into a new phase of their campaigns this week. Six of them are touting Donald Trump's endorsement.
Tuesday is Crossover Day, marking the period in which bills before the state legislature must pass the House or Senate to stand a chance of passing this session. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge reports on one piece of legislation under consideration that would create a state program for family and medical leave.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp held a rally at the state Capitol, after qualifying for reelection Thursday. Opponents, Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican David Perdue, qualified earlier in the week.
And Georgia drivers are not getting permission to check their phones while stopped at a light, after legislators rejected Senate Bill 203.
Democratic US Senator Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker were among the top names to file papers Monday when this year's election qualifying began.
A Senate bill that cracks down on open meetings requirements for local school boards passed out of committee Tuesday. It creates barriers to removing disruptive parents.
Savannah is getting non-stop air service to Los Angeles.
The state House has given its final approval to a new map for Public Service Commission districts. Who it would prevent from running against the incumbent.
The easing of COVID restrictions will mean an important change for people visiting their loved ones in Georgia’s prisons. GPB's Grant Blankenship explains.
And Governor Brian Kemp’s campaign says it's planning to spend at least $4 million on TV ads, ahead of the Republican primary in May. What it signals, in Kemp's effort to block former US Senator David Perdue's bid to unseat him.
The foreman of the Coastal Georgia jury that returned federal hate crime convictions against the three men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery said the trio displayed “so much hatred” toward Black people.
And Rome City Commissioners are increasing water rates to fund a $100 million system to filter harmful chemicals from the city's main water supply.
Georgia farmers' crop sales grew 20% from 2020 to 2021. New figures show which crop is now the most valuable.
The state Senate has passed a bill that would allow Georgians to carry concealed firearms without a permit.
And transportation workers have once again cleaned Atlanta's "Rainbow Crosswalk," after street racers damaged the intersection for a second weekend in row.