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6 days ago · ATLANTA - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will move forward with a plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge the swamp's supporters hope will help sink a proposed titanium mine, the federal agency announced Friday.
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2 days ago · State lawmakers to explore industrial energy usage in Georgia. by Dave Williams | Jan 8, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service. ATLANTA – The Georgia House will form a special committee this year to try to get a handle on the growing demand for energy among power-dependent industries moving into the state, House Speaker Jon Burns said Wednesday.
U.S. House passes Laken Riley Act - capitol-beat.org
1 day ago · ATLANTA – The U.S. House of Representatives has passed Republican-backed legislation named in honor of Georgia murder victim Laken Riley as the first act of the new Congress. The Laken Riley Act requires detention of illegal immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes including theft and burglary ...
Georgia man arrested in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol
Oct 21, 2024 · ATLANTA – A Georgia man has been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol that disrupted the counting of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.
2024: Trump turns the tables on Georgia Democrats
Dec 20, 2024 · ATLANTA – Politics dominated 2024 in Georgia, a presidential election year that saw former President Donald Trump turn the tables on Democrats in the Peach State. But Republican Trump’s victory four years after President Joe Biden became the first Democrat to capture Georgia’s 16 electoral ...
Ossoff, Warnock pick up new Senate committee assignments
Jan 2, 2025 · ATLANTA – Georgia’s two U.S. senators have landed plum committee assignments as the 119th Congress prepares to convene on Friday. Democrat Jon Ossoff will serve on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, which has jurisdiction over the federal budget.
Good problem for General Assembly – what to do with surplus
Jan 5, 2024 · ATLANTA – The 2024 session of the General Assembly starting Monday is expected to feature renewed debate over issues lawmakers have wrestled with for years, including private school vouchers, legalized gambling, and tort reform.
Georgia hits 1 million mark in early voting - capitol-beat.org
Oct 18, 2024 · ATLANTA – More than 1 million Georgians have cast their ballots during the first four days of the early voting period, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office reported Friday.
Georgia Republican electors formally certify Trump’s victory
Dec 17, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia’s Republican presidential electors formally cast their votes for former President Donald Trump Tuesday in a ceremony at the state Capitol. The 16 electors, consistently largely of local GOP leaders, met on the same day electors in every state cast their votes either for Trump ...