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GOP wants Fulton County to use Atlanta jail
Republicans in the Georgia Senate have advanced a proposal that would force the city of Atlanta to house Fulton County inmates at the city's jail. The Fulton County Commission has floated the idea ...
Former GOP leader McConnell falls while exiting Senate chamber after Turner confirmation vote
WASHINGTON - Former Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., fell on a small set of stairs on Wednesday as he was ...
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Lawmakers, mostly but not all Democrats, seek extra funding for impoverished students
Sen. Nikki Merritt, D-Grayson, chair of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, said the state should use some of its $16 billon budget surplus to help schools with students living in poverty. But ...
Georgia Republicans advance bill to make Atlanta let the Fulton County sheriff use its jail
Republicans in a Georgia Senate committee have advanced a bill that would force the city of Atlanta to let the Fulton County ...
GOP pitches hardline Georgia election laws
The presence of Donald Trump in the White House is the inspiration for at least some of the measures that Republicans had ...
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Medicaid expansion in Georgia drawing interest from long-opposed Republicans
Advocates seeking health insurance for more low-income Georgians are encouraged that Medicaid expansion is starting to draw ...
No Second Amendment curbs in Speaker's school safety bill
Burns’ measure includes no new requirements for gun owners. "We believe, to be responsible and respectful of our Second ...
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Congress wants 4 Fulton DA officials to testify before Judiciary Committee
The letters were sent to Trina Swanson-Lucas, assistant chief investigator; Will Wooten, deputy district attorney in the major crimes division; Donald Wakeford, chief senior district attorney in the ...