Politics

Max Cleland, a former U.S. senator from Georgia and Veterans Administration leader, died of heart failure at his Atlanta home.

Georgia and South Carolina lawmakers this weeks are working on plans to draw new legislative districts as required after each census.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has filed his second lawsuit in a week challenging a Biden administration COVID vaccine mandate.

Georgia lawmakers have begun a special legislative session to redraw congressional, state Senate and state House districts in response to census results.

With Fulton County under intense scrutiny, its Registration & Elections Director Rick Barron submitted his resignation, effective Dec. 31.

A day after voters turned down a bond of up to $240 million to help build a new James Brown Arena, the Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority met.

Georgia lawmakers have begun a special legislative session to redraw congressional, state Senate and state House districts in response to census results.

Gov. Brian Kemp and other officials explain why they filed a lawsuit against a presidential move they say cost cost Augusta University millions in federal contracts.

Augusta University plays a prominent part in a lawsuit Georgia filed to stop the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

Voting concludes Tuesday in Atlanta’s mayoral race. Former Mayor Kasim Reed wants a third term, while 13 others also seek the top spot.

Advance voting has ended in the special election for the new James Brown Arena, but in-person Election Day voting will take place Tuesday.

Gov. Brian P. Kemp and state Attorney General Chris Carr announced plans to file a complaint against President Joe Biden and federal agencies.

Another Republican candidate says Herschel Walker’s history of violence against women should disqualify him from being a U.S. senator from Georgia.

Major League Baseball moved the All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver over the summer in protest of Georgia’s more restrictive new voting law.

Some Republicans have been itching for a state takeover of the election-running process in Fulton County, which includes most of Atlanta.

“Keeping Georgia communities safe is my top priority,” Brian Kemp said, “and we look forward to the positive impact this will have on our justice system.”

Senate minority leader's endorsement lends the clout of the highest-ranking elected GOP official in the country to the candidacy of a former football star.

State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman will not be seeking re-election in 2022.

Georgia’s majority Republicans may have to sacrifice some rural GOP incumbents as they work to redraw House and Senate districts to account for population growth.

A Kentucky woman is accused of threatening a Georgia judge and his family after he dismissed a lawsuit that sought to review absentee ballots from the 2020 election.

A video shows the encounter that that got a Washington City Council member arrested and charged with battery for pushing the mayor in the chest with his fingers.

Advance voting continues this week in Richmond County’s referendum question on whether to issue general obligation bonds for the New James Brown Arena project.

The Georgia General Assembly will return to the state Capitol in a couple of weeks for a special session called by Gov. Brian Kemp.

U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker called off a fundraiser in Texas because an organizer was displaying a swastika made of syringes in her social media profile.

The lawsuit’s plaintiffs argued they had suffered hardships after McMaster ordered pandemic-related unemployment benefits from the federal government in June.

Two civil rights groups are suing South Carolina, saying state lawmakers are taking too long to draw new maps for U.S. and state House districts.

Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker has raised $3.7 million in the 37 days since launching bid for U.S. Senate, according to his campaign.

Officials in Georgia’s most populous county have fired two workers accused of shredding paper voter registration applications.

Advance voting begins Tuesday in Richmond County’s referendum question on whether to issue general obligation bonds for the New James Brown Arena project.

President Joe Biden delivers an address on COVID-19 vaccinations during an appearance Thursday in Chicago. Watch the stream here.