House Select Committee’s ‘Georgia Day’ focuses on the pressure Trump put on state officials
- Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy Gabriel Sterling testified before the January 6 select committee.
- Fulton County election worker Wandrea ArShaye Moss and her mother Ruby Sterling also testified.
- Trump's pressure on officials resulted in death threats and other harassment.
State’s ‘Pathways’ Medicaid program set to begin July 1 amid continued controversy
The Gist Gov. Brian Kemp is holding firm to his pledge not to expand Medicaid to hundreds of thousands of low-income Georgians. Instead, the second-term governor is touting a work-for-Medicaid plan that will require low-income individuals to complete 80 hours a month of work, school or volunteering to qualify for the benefit. The plan is …
Can legislation to reduce risks posed by dangerous sexual offenders succeed this time?
ATLANTA — Two state legislators are planning to introduce bills that would affect how people convicted of sexual offenses in Georgia are sentenced and monitored. One bill focuses on the highest-risk class of “sexually dangerous predators” who are repeat offenders, and the other attempts to address the staggering backlog of cases at the Sexual Offender …
Are your French fries safe? Georgia senators move to regulate third party deliveries
Third-party delivery services — those folks who deliver your favorite restaurant takeout to your home — could face greater regulatory scrutiny under a bill set to be introduced in the state Senate on Monday. The bipartisan Senate Bill 34 would require food delivery services such as DoorDash, GrubHub and Uber Eats to have contract agreements …
How to watch Kemp’s State of the State address
Gov. Brian Kemp will give his annual State of the State speech Wednesday at 11 a.m. under the Gold Dome of the Georgia Statehouse. Kemp will deliver the address at a time when the state has $6.6 billion in surplus cash to spend, so expect the governor to talk about how that surplus will benefit …