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6 days ago · Georgia high school Class of 2024 posts record graduation rate. by Dave Williams | Oct 8, 2024. ATLANTA - Georgia's high-school seniors posted a record graduation rate of 85.4% this year, up from 84.4% in 2023, the state Department of Education reported Tuesday. The statewide graduation rate has increased by 18 percentage points since the state ...
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3rd Congressional District hopefuls debate immigration, abortion
1 day ago · ATLANTA – Illegal immigration and abortion dominated a debate Sunday between the two candidates for Georgia’s open 3rd Congressional District seat. Republican Brian Jack and Democrat Maura Keller each focused on the issue that has most galvanized their respective bases, immigration for Jack and abortion for Keller. Jack, a former White ...
Judge tosses Georgia abortion ban - capitol-beat.org
Sep 30, 2024 · ATLANTA – A Fulton County Superior Court judge Monday overturned Georgia’s “heartbeat” law banning abortion essentially after six weeks of pregnancy. In a 26-page ruling, Judge Robert McBurney declared the law an unconstitutional violation of women’s privacy and equal protection rights. her body,” McBurney wrote.
Georgia lands $1.3 billion to expand broadband - capitol-beat.org
Sep 26, 2024 · ATLANTA – The U.S. Commerce Department Thursday gave initial approval to more than $1.3 billion in federal funding to expand broadband connectivity in Georgia. The money is part of a federal investment of more than $2.9 billion to deploy broadband infrastructure in Georgia, South Carolina, Minnesota, and Iowa. The funding will come through ...
Georgia abortion ban comes under fire at Senate hearing
Sep 16, 2024 · That’s all the doctor could do under Georgia’s restrictive abortion law that essentially bans the procedure after six weeks, Mackenzie Kulik testified during a field hearing of the Senate Human Rights Subcommittee at the Fulton County Government Center chaired by Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. “Instead of giving me the science, my doctors told me ...
Southeastern senators urge passage of disaster relief for Helene …
Oct 4, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia’s two U.S. senators have joined colleagues in five other Southeastern states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to ask for quick passage of a federal disaster relief package. Congress went into recess last week after passing a stopgap federal funding bill to cover three months of spending. While some Republicans – including U.S ...
Kemp signs $36.1 billion state budget - Marietta Daily Journal
May 7, 2024 · ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed what he called an “historic” $36.1 billion state budget Tuesday containing healthy raises for state employees and public school teachers. The fiscal 2025 budget, which takes effect July 1, represents an increase of $3.7 billion over the fiscal 2024 budget the General Assembly adopted last spring, including ...
Raffensperger: Georgia is prepared for smooth elections
Sep 9, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Monday predicted smooth elections in the Peach State this year despite rules changes being imposed by a State Election Board he called “a mess.”. Raffensperger told members of the Atlanta Rotary Club reforms his office and the General Assembly have made since the last presidential ...
Doug Collins to lead Georgia chapter of national think tank
Nov 20, 2023 · Doug Collins (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA – Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins will head the new Georgia chapter of the America First Policy Institute, a national think tank, the organization announced Monday. Collins, a Republican from Gainesville, represented Georgia’s 9th Congressional District from 2013 until 2021. Before that, he served ...