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3 days ago · ATLANTA - Most new laws the General Assembly enacted this year took effect in July. But some significant legislation or portions of legislation lawmakers passed pertaining to elections, taxes, and health care don't become operative until New Year's Day.
Jimmy Carter, longest living ex-president, dies at 100
22 hours ago · ATLANTA – Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died Sunday afternoon at the age of 100 at his home in Plains. Carter, a Democrat and the only Georgian to serve as the nation’s chief executive, served a single term in the White House from 1977 until 1981, losing to Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980 after a presidency marred by high inflation, an oil crisis, and the ...
New laws will affect elections, taxes, health care
3 days ago · ATLANTA – Most new laws the General Assembly enacted this year took effect in July. But some significant legislation or portions of legislation lawmakers passed pertaining to elections, taxes, and health care don’t become operative until New Year’s Day. The list includes Senate Bill 189, a ...
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4 days ago · Brunswick tech startup spreading its wings. by Dave Williams | Dec 26, 2024 | Capitol Beat News Service. ATLANTA – A tech startup business launched in Coastal Georgia is about to expand to Atlanta and Dallas.
Audit confirms Trump carried Georgia - capitol-beat.org
Nov 21, 2024 · Recent Posts. 2024: Trump turns the tables on Georgia Democrats; Appellate court disqualifies Willis from Trump election interference case; Georgia unemployment rate up slightly in November
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 ...
Trump rallies his troops at Georgia Tech
Oct 28, 2024 · ATLANTA – Former President Donald Trump brought his 2024 presidential campaign to the campus of Georgia Tech in Midtown Atlanta Monday night.
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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 ...
Trump carries Georgia four years after losing Peach State
Nov 5, 2024 · ATLANTA – Former President Donald Trump won Georgia’s 16 electoral votes Tuesday, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris by a narrow margin, several national news outlets projected before 1 a.m. Wednesday.