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Georgia Considers Extending Gas Tax Relief
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones says he is open to extending the state’s temporary suspension of the gas tax as fuel prices remain elevated. “I think the logical thing for us to do when it comes up on May 31 would be for us to extend it,” Jones told NBC41. “Gas prices can fluctuate literally… -
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Georgia GOP Could Move Toward Redistricting, Top Officials Say
After the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down Louisiana’s proposed congressional map for relying too heavily on race, Georgia Republican leaders signaled renewed interest in redrawing the state’s own congressional districts—raising the prospect of expanding the GOP’s delegation. “These new maps must prioritize traditional redistricting principles—contiguity, compactness, respect for political subdivisions, and communities of… -
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Georgia Gubernatorial Hopeful Pressed on Illegal Alien Labor
Rick Jackson, the Republican front-runner in Georgia’s gubernatorial race, was pressed by his primary opponents this week on his history of hiring illegal alien labor. “You claim to be tough on illegal deportation, but you’ve got illegals working in your backyard as we speak,” Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a fellow Republican candidate, said Monday night…. -
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May Day Organizers Urge Georgia Residents to Skip Work, School, and Shopping
Labor activists in Savannah, Georgia, are organizing a May Day protest encouraging community members to step away from work, school, and shopping for a day as part of a broader national demonstration tied to International Workers’ Day. Organizers are calling on residents to close businesses, skip school, and avoid shopping on May 1 as a… -
Georgia Politicos Accuse Ossoff of Hiding His ‘Socialism’ on the Campaign Trail
Republican leaders in Georgia told The Daily Signal that Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff, who is campaigning for reelection, is presenting himself as a moderate by emphasizing broadly popular issues rather than embracing what they describe as a sharply partisan voting record. “He’s a great politician,” Rep. Rich McCormick, R‑Ga., said. “When he sees me at… -
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Transitioning Socialist Candidate Seeks to Transform Georgia Legislature
A newly transitioning candidate who posted on social media about his genital surgery wants to bring change to the Georgia Legislature—but some state officials think it’s the wrong kind of change. Aaron Baker, a biological man who identifies as a woman, announced his candidacy for state House in November after previously posting about gender-transition surgeries… -
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Transparency Watch: Atlanta Puts a Hefty Price Tag on Muslim Activists’ Pay Records
THE CENTER SQUARE—In the last year of the Biden administration, millions of dollars flowed from the city of Atlanta to nonprofits so they could aid migrants pouring through U.S. borders. A quarter-million dollars went to a Chicago-based Islamic activist organization that was raising money for Gaza at the time. The Center Square wanted to know what, specifically,… -
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Georgia Official Charged With COVID-19 Fraud Runs for State Senate, While 2 Others Plead Guilty
A suspended member of the Georgia House of Representatives announced she will run for the state Senate despite being charged by the U.S. Department of Justice with COVID-19 unemployment fraud, while two of her former colleagues have already pleaded guilty to similar offenses. Former state Reps. Dexter L. Sharper and Karen L. Bennett, along with… -
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Georgia’s Runoff Leaves GOP Seat Open
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s House seat remains open after a special election to fill the vacancy moved to a runoff on Tuesday. The GOP has a razor-thin House majority of just four seats, and the Democrats could narrow that further by flipping this typically Republican seat. The crowded Tuesday night ballot featured 17 candidates, with 12 Republicans and five Democrats. Since no candidate won a majority of the vote outright, the two top candidates will… -
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Small Georgia Town Is at the Center of Latest ICE Fight
Democrat lawmakers in Georgia have proposed legislation to prevent taxpayer money from being used to build U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities in the state. Georgia state Sen. Jaha Howard introduced the bill in response to ICE’s reported plans to build facilities in Social Circle and Oakwood. He was joined by state Sen. RaShaun Kemp and South Fulton City Councilwoman Helen Zenobia Willis to announce the legislation. “We are here because of a proposal of a 10,000-bed detention facility… -
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Georgia Voters Support SAVE America Act—Even as State’s Democrat Senators Oppose It
A larger number of Georgia voters support stricter voter registration requirements and voter ID at polling places, two of the policy proposals contained in the SAVE America Act. The results from the Georgia survey show the popularity of the measure, even though most Democrats—including Georgia’s two senators—oppose it. Nearly 70% of Georgians said voters should… -
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What the FBI Confirmed About Georgia 2020 Vote Counting Before the Raid
Ahead of the FBI raid at the Fulton County election headquarters, an agent detailed the probe’s focus on “deficiencies or defects” from the Georgia count in the 2020 election. “Fulton County has admitted that it does not have scanned images of all the 528,777 ballots counted during the original count or the 527,925 ballots counted… -
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3 Keys to Understanding FBI Election Raid in Georgia
The FBI raid of the election office in Georgia’s largest county may have surprised many Americans. But it was building for more than a year. It began as a state-county standoff regarding 2020 election data and escalated last fall to include the U.S. Justice Department. Here are three keys to understanding what led to the FBI raid. 1. What’s… -
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Before FBI Raid, Georgia Elections Board Questioned Fulton County Over Voter Rolls
One week before the FBI raid of the Fulton County elections office to gather information on the 2020 election, members of the Georgia State Election Board questioned the county for alleged mismanagement of voter registration rolls. State officials have been demanding answers from Fulton County election staff about ongoing matters such as double voter registrants… -
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Georgia Senate Candidate Enlists Cross-Dressing Actor in Madcap Ad
In one of the most madcap political ads in recent memory, Georgia Republican Rep. Buddy Carter is hitting the issue of transgender athletes head-on in his bid to unseat Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff in 2026. He is “banning people like me from competing in women’s sports!” says a crossdressing male actor in a new Carter… -
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Georgia Democrat Senator Lives Rent-Free in $1M Home: Report
Sen. Raphael Warnock lives rent-free in a tax-exempt $1 million home, the Free Beacon reported Monday. The article raises ethical questions about Warnock, as a senator, receiving numerous benefits from an outside organization. Warnock, D-Ga., who serves as pastor at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church—where Martin Luther King Jr. served in the 1960s—has often backed left-wing causes… -
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‘BIBLICAL TERRORIST’: Georgia Realtor Shares How Trans Activists Hounded Her Out of Her Job
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Transgender activists tried to hound a Georgia real estate agent out of business because the realtor urged a public library to move a sexually explicit book out of the children's section. When she sued, the judge dismissed her case. Now, the Georgia Court of Appeals has taken up her case and… -
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After Letter, Georgia State to Allow Pastor to Share Faith on Campus
THE CENTER SQUARE—Georgia State University reversed its decision to prohibit a local Christian man from sharing his faith on campus after receiving a letter from religious liberty defense group First Liberty Institute. “Georgia State University (‘GSU’) will allow Stephen Atkerson to speak with students on campus about his Christian faith when invited by students to… -
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How the Justice Department Conspired to Legalize Racist Hiring in Cobb County, Georgia, Before Trump Came In
If you want to see a prime example of the lawlessness of the Civil Rights Division under the Merrick Garland-run Justice Department, look no further than the “Consent Decree” with Cobb County, Georgia, that DOJ tried to sneak through before the Trump administration took over. The consent decree aimed to institutionalize racial discrimination in the… -
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Georgia Asks AG Bondi to Drop Biden Admin Lawsuit Over Election Law
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has asked the U.S. attorney general to drop the federal lawsuit against the state’s election-reform law, litigation that commenced during the Biden administration. In Raffensperger’s letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, sent late Wednesday, Georgia’s secretary of state said that voting in the state increased to record levels after…