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To our readers,
State Affairs is a new kind of local news organization.
Our goal is to inform citizens about the actions of their state government so that they can build better lives and improve their communities. We’re at a critical moment in history where the U.S. suffers from a lack of local journalism, and yet the work of state governments often affects our lives more than the heated rhetoric of Washington, D.C., politics.
At State Affairs, we’re laser-focused on original, in-depth reporting on state and local governments. Our goal is to root out hypocrisy and corruption in the states we cover while showing what’s actually working. We are not going to rush to do the most stories or leap to write about everything “trending” online. We believe in plain-spoken, well-reported journalism that tells powerful stories without partisan bias. Our objective is to illuminate what is hidden in plain sight.
What you are getting: two to three longer investigative stories each month, shorter explanatory pieces on government functions and current issues, profiles of influential figures in and out of government as well as fact-checked opinion pieces from local thought-leaders.
We invite your questions on how things work, ideas on what we should investigate and suggestions on ways to do things better, by emailing [email protected].
– The State Affairs team
Election administrators ‘in limbo’ over new voting rules, top official says
If you plan to hand-deliver your absentee ballot to your local election office this year, you’ll have to show identification and sign a form stating whose ballot you’re dropping off, under a new rule recently passed by the State Election Board. If you fail to show your ID or don’t complete the form, your ballot …
Weekend Read: State Election Board marks its 60th year mired in controversy. Here’s what happened.
In 1964, Georgia lawmakers retooled the state’s election process to create a “one person, one vote” system after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the “county unit system” that held sway over Peach State politics for nearly half a century. Until then, politicians hoping to win primaries in Georgia had to capture entire counties, not just …
State lawmakers: Atlanta, give detention center to Fulton to fix problem-plagued jail
Atlanta city officials need to give the Atlanta Detention Center to Fulton County to ease overcrowding in the county’s violence-prone jail, a bipartisan panel of state lawmakers said in its final report, released Friday. “A big part of the solution is that the City of Atlanta needs to turn over the Atlanta Detention Center to …
Georgia plays a prominent, although louder, role at this convention, too
As the second of the two biggest political party events wraps up this evening in Chicago with Vice President Kamala Harris accepting the Democratic presidential nomination, all eyes in Georgia are turning to the grand finale — the Nov. 5 election. “We are all energized because we know we are bringing back hope for our …