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Abrams, Kemp pitch vastly different visions for state in first debate of 2022 rematch
Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams met on the debate stage Monday night for the first time in their closely watched rematch as a record number of voters turned out for the first day of early voting. The Republican incumbent touted his record and emphasized the strength of the state’s economy coming out of the pandemic. […]
Republican allies want to change subject after Herschel Walker abortion story bombshell
Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker faced the toughest challenge of his candidacy so far Tuesday as twin scandals rocked his bid to unseat freshman Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. Late Monday night, the Daily Beast published a report alleging that Walker encouraged a former girlfriend to get an abortion and wrote a check to pay for the procedure. […]
Yes, expecting parents in Georgia can now claim their embryo as a dependent
Even with a wave of new state-level abortion restrictions passing or taking effect this summer, Georgia’s law stood out because of its so-called personhood provisions that accompanied the better known six-week ban on the procedure. One particular change that drew national attention was a new tax break for expecting parents. The state Department of Revenue […]
Superior court judge declines to immediately block Georgia’s abortion ban
The state’s six-week abortion ban will remain in affect while a judge hears arguments that the law violates the state constitutional right to privacy. Health care providers and advocates who filed the constitutional challenge had asked Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C.I. McBurney to block the law while their legal challenge was being resolved. Georgia’s new […]
Georgia abortion law’s ‘personhood’ clause debated in the wake of abortion ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court may have cleared the way for Georgia’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks, but the debate over the state law’s far-reaching “personhood” provisions remains unsettled. The state’s anti-abortion law was ruled unconstitutional by a federal court judge in 2020, and the state’s appeal of that decision was paused last year while the Supreme […]
Klobuchar to Georgia Dems: ‘Get mad and vote’ in response to potential overturn of Roe v. Wade
Georgia Democrats face major headwinds going into this year’s midterm elections, but they are looking to the not-so-distant past for inspiration: the 2020 election when Georgia voters flipped control of the U.S. Senate and helped elect Joe Biden as president. “Do you know how many Republicans voted for the American Rescue Plan? Zero, zilch, zippo, […]
Georgia’s strict anti-abortion law remains on hold after federal court order
A federal court has postponed a decision on Georgia’s stalled anti-abortion law until after the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on a Mississippi ban on procedures after 15 weeks into a pregnancy. The decision was not unexpected. Chief Judge William Pryor suggested several times during a hearing Friday that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit […]
U.S. Senate runoffs poised to hand Georgia Democrats historic win
Update: AP calls election for Jon Ossoff. The nation watched as voters in Georgia narrowly elected Democrat Raphael Warnock, making him the first Black senator in the state’s history. Warnock declared victory shortly after midnight and The Associated Press called the race for him at 2 a.m. Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler has not conceded. As of […]
Presidents, coming and going, try to fire up party faithful for Georgia U.S. Senate runoff
President Donald Trump continued to fuel doubt in the state’s election results during an election-eve rally held in conservative north Georgia for Republican senators who are locked in close election battles that will decide which party controls the U.S. Senate. Trump took the stage at a Dalton airfield just hours after President-elect Joe Biden – […]
Ossoff aims to connect John Lewis legacy with a new generation
AMERICUS — When 15-year-old Georgia Blue found out Democrat Jon Ossoff would be in Americus, she and a friend decided to shiver together at an outside campaign event to see someone they have come to know through social media. “I stalk his account,” Blue said, referring to Ossoff’s presence on the video-sharing network TikTok. She […]
In Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff, Loeffler and Warnoff exchange barbs in fiery debate; Ossoff goes it alone
President Donald Trump’s unacknowledged loss in Georgia continues to complicate U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s argument for voters to back her in the Jan. 5 runoff. Loeffler, fresh off a Saturday rally with the president in Valdosta, voiced her support for Trump’s post-election legal campaign during Sunday night’s Atlanta Press Club Loudermilk-Young Debate at Georgia Public […]
U.S. Senate runoffs: Was Biden win a fluke or has Georgia flipped to blue?
Democrat Joe Biden flipped Georgia with a slim 13,000 vote lead, buoying the spirit of Democrats who have dubbed the state “Joe’gia” and angering President Donald Trump who continues to pursue legal challenges meant to overturn the results. But whether Biden’s win here represents anything more than a fluke fueled by Trump-weary voters is one […]