Friday on Political Rewind: Our panel of Georgia mayors on the top issues facing their constituents, including school safety following the Uvalde shooting, policing, and a post-pandemic economy.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: Georgians set a new early voting turnout record. Plus, details of the state's $1.5B Rivian deal come to light. And candidates react to a leak of a draft opinion from the Supreme Court suggesting Roe v. Wade will be overturned.
The state of Georgia and local governments will give Rivian Automotive $1.5 billion of incentives to build a 7,500-job, $5 billion electric vehicle plant. That's according to documents the company and state signed Monday.
Thursday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp will sign seven education bills into law today. Then this evening he and David Perdue take the debate stage in Savannah. Meanwhile, Perdue is trying to gain ground in a new ad attaching him to Herschel Walker. Meanwhile, Walker's campaign is looking past the GOP primary, to focus on beating Sen. Raphael Warnock.
Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue is building his campaign around Donald Trump and veering to the right as he tries to unseat Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in a May 24 GOP primary.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: Gov. Brian Kemp joins a group of GOP governors looking to stop illegal activity at the U.S.-Mexican border. Plus, mask mandates were dropped — in midair, on some flights — after a judge rules against the CDC's order. But first, we talk to Axios' Emma Hurt about her sit-down with Herschel Walker.
Foes trying to derail a $5 billion electric truck plant east of Atlanta are dominating a state process to gather input on environmental concerns. Georgia state officials took oversight of plans for Rivian Automotive's proposed 7,500-job plant after opponents overwhelmed Morgan County planning officials.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: A federal judge in Atlanta ruled a lawsuit could continue that challenges congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's spot on the 2022 ballot. Plus, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said she will wait until after the primary to present information to a grand jury about whether Trump interfered in the 2020 elections.
Monday on Political Rewind: Confirmation hearings begin for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as she closes in on the country's highest court. Meanwhile, Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan launches his first TV ads zeroing in on Abrams and calling for a new Republican party. Plus, Koch Industries and Rivian make headlines.
Wednesday on Political Rewind: A federal judge is letting new maps move forward through the 2022 election. Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene makes headlines for interrupting President Biden's State of the Union address. Also: Sonny Perdue is now chancellor, while David Perdue rails against Rivian.
A planned $5 billion electric vehicle plant that has been billed as the largest economic development project in Georgia's history is drawing opposition from an unusual source: former Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue.
Tuesday on Political Rewind: Georgia companies and state government are responding forcefully to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Plus, Republican challenger for governor David Perdue is attacking what Gov. Kemp touts as a crowning business achievement: the deal that will bring a huge auto assembly plant to rural Georgia.
Georgia is preparing to build one of the state’s largest economic development projects of all time starting this summer: a 2,200-acre electric vehicle manufacturing plant an hour east of Atlanta in Morgan and Walton counties. But the announcement came as a shock to residents there, and some are mobilizing to voice their concerns — or halt it altogether.
Residents near the site of the proposed $5 billion Rivian Automotive electric vehicle factory want answers about the facility’s potential impacts on their rural community. The plant is slated to be built on a 2,000-acre site that straddles Morgan and Walton counties.
