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Jan 24, 2025 · ATLANTA - The Georgia Board of Education has adopted a requirement aimed at ensuring cooperation between local school systems and public safety experts in the design of …
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3 days ago · Georgia student scores mostly unchanged in national test. by Ty Tagami | Jan 29, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service. ATLANTA – Scores on a biennial federal test for Georgia …
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Carter eulogized inside U.S. Capitol Rotunda
Jan 7, 2025 · ATLANTA – The celebration of the life of former President Jimmy Carter moved from Atlanta to the nation’s capitol Tuesday, with a day full of pageantry capped by a memorial …
Georgia Chief Justice Boggs pitches judicial pay raises
3 days ago · ATLANTA – Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs used his annual State of the Judiciary address to members of the General Assembly Tuesday to plug two bills raising the …
Trump win puts Georgia squarely back in red column
Nov 8, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia voters have reasserted the Peach State’s bona fides as a Republican stronghold. Four years after losing to Democrat Joe Biden by fewer than 12,000 …
General Assembly starts slowly but likely to pick up soon
Jan 8, 2024 · ATLANTA – The 2024 General Assembly session got off to a slow start under the Gold Dome Monday. With Democratic and Republican leaders already have been chosen last …
State Supreme Court upholds creation of Mableton
3 days ago · ATLANTA – The Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging the creation of the city of Mableton inside the borders of Cobb County. In a unanimous ruling, …
Harris draws sharp contrasts with Trump at Atlanta rally
Nov 2, 2024 · ATLANTA – Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the closing arguments in her presidential campaign in Georgia Saturday afternoon, likely her last appearance in the Peach …
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.