Politics

The Senate Judiciary Committee met with a former U.S. attorney in Georgia who resigned in January and was replaced by Augusta-based U.S. Attorney Bobby Christine.

Georgia’s top elections official wants to amend the state Constitution to say only U.S. citizens can vote in the state’s elections.

The wife of potential U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker voted in Georgia in November, although she doesn’t identify her Atlanta house as her primary residence for taxes.

In an address, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp urged state and local business leaders to engage on the issue of crime in their communities.

The Senate approved a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan, rare coalition of Democrats and Republicans joining to overcome skeptics.

Georgia state legislators have announced the new date and time for a redistricting town hall hearing in the Augusta area.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp stressed again that there will be no statewide shutdown as the state endures another wave of COVID-19 infections, this time fueled by the delta variant.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said the current wave of COVID-19 isn’t at the point of the previous surges and that we now know more about the virus and how to deal with it.

A hearing is scheduled for this week in Horry County.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Friday that he sees a city-enforced school mask mandate - intended to cover children not eligible for the coronavirus vaccine - as a violation of state law.

A funding bill includes over $165 million in investments for Georgia’s bases, and a good chunk of that would go to Fort Gordon.

With senators struggling to wrap up work on the bipartisan infrastructure plan, here's a look at how the measure would affect two-state residents.

Georgia election officials are sending 185,666 notifications this week to voter files that have registered no contact with the election system for at least five calendar years.

Biden told Republican governors blocking mask mandates and vaccine requirements to “get out of the way.”

Georgia state legislators have announced the new date and time for a redistricting town hall hearing in the Augusta area.

Augusta’s Paine College is getting part of more than $175 million in new funding for Georgia’s historically Black colleges and universities through the American Rescue Plan.

Republican Georgia lawmakers have started a process that could lead to a takeover of elections in the state’s most populous county.

On Thursday, Ossoff sent a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services calling for swift action.

Statistics tell the story of how the super-contagious delta variant is sweeping the two-state region.

Georgian Rondedrick Robinson was caught in an Aiken County traffic stop in a vehicle where authorities found nearly 10 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is spending $2 million from his emergency fund to bolster spending on state efforts to track down fugitives and stop street racing in Atlanta.

Gov. Brian Kemp came to Augusta today for a news conference about a long-term gang investigation with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

After a tumultuous school year and just weeks before the start of another year of learning during a pandemic, Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill Thursday he hopes will destigmatize mental health issues.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is fighting back in fiery style after a 12-hour suspension from Twitter because some of her tweets violated its policy.

Led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the Senate Rules Committee met in Atlanta to hear testimony about Georgia's recently enacted voting law.

People who worked with the late civil rights leader John Lewis say his impact on our country will continue to be felt for generations.

The committee is made up of House and senators and people in the equestrian and horse industry.

Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock raised money at a brisk pace from April through June, outstripping his currently announced Republican rivals.

Former President Donald Trump is declaring his opposition to a high-ranking Georgia Republican Butch Miller’s bid for lieutenant governor.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff will return to Fort Gordon on Friday to meet with senior leadership and junior enlisted personnel and receive briefings on ongoing projects.