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Kemp asks Georgians to do their part to prevent a possible twindemic

Governor Brian Kemp is urging Georgians to take precautions over the holidays to curb the spread of COVID-19. During a press conference Tuesday at the...

Immigration advocates push Biden to reinstate DACA for starters

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is promising to reinstate an Obama-era program that shields deportation for some undocumented people who were brought to the...

Car caravan circles Georgia Capitol as demonstrators mourn COVID dead

The COVID-19 pandemic is particularly hard on 65-year-old Jarvis Jenkins, who says he’s dealt with constant panic attacks after losing five of his Albany...

Trump campaign requests another recount in Georgia

Election workers in Georgia will soon be recounting votes in the state's presidential election. President Donald Trump’s campaign Saturday requested a recount, a day...

Single-day record for new COVID infections reached in Georgia

If you count positive COVID-19 results from antigen tests along with those from PCR screenings — something that most states do — Saturday’s increase...

Georgia secretary of state certifies election results for Biden win

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified Friday afternoon the presidential election results confirming President-elect Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump. The official results...

Kemp addresses Georgians about 2020 election

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp held a press conference Friday to talk about the results of the 2020 election. He spoke about an hour after...

Georgia Election Results

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger today certified the results of the state's November 3 General Election. Raffensperger certified the vote tallies in all 159...

Georgia’s exhausting election recount reaffirms Biden’s track to electoral win

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger plans to certify the presidential election Friday after a recount of Georgia’s 5 million votes confirmed that President-elect Joe...

State school board reverses course, backs deflating high-stakes tests

After a large majority of Georgians surveyed supported a proposal to make high-stakes standardized tests essentially meaningless for public school students this year, the...

Georgia’s election audit shrinks Biden lead, outcome remains same

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is set to release Thursday the results of a closely watched statewide audit of the 5 million ballots...

Recount of votes finds 2,775 missed, Biden lead holds as audit nears end

A memory card found Tuesday in a Fayette County counting room during a statewide presidential election audit contained 2,755 votes poll workers missed earlier,...