($) Judge denies bid to block Georgia voting law, including drop box limits
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
A Gwinnett County resident places his mail-in ballot inside an official drop box on the second day of early voting at the Gwinnett County Voter Registration and Elections building in Lawrenceville, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. (Alyssa Pointer / [email protected])
($) Opinion: Republicans in Congress search for a way forward
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., leaves after a closed-door meeting of House Republicans during which he was nominated as their candidate for Speaker of the House, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
($) The Jolt: Georgia GOP lawmakers split on House speaker choice
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
The chaos and uncertainty in the U.S. House continued Thursday as U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise (pictured) cobbled together just enough votes to be designated as his party’s choice as the next speaker — but not enough in a divided Republican caucus to be formally elected to the post. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
($) Georgia leaders leverage 50-year history of Japanese business ties
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
President Jimmy Carter (left) shook hands with Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira in 1979. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (right) posed for a photo with Kazuyuki Takeuchi, the consul general of Japan in Atlanta, in 2019.
($) Marjorie Taylor Greene among House Republicans not ready to make Scalise speaker
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome, arrives for a meeting of House Republicans to vote Wednesday on candidates for speaker of the House. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise won the party's nomination, with 113 votes to 99 for U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio. But it's unclear whether Scalise can get the 217 votes needed in a floor vote before the whole House. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
($) Georgia ACT scores fall, but remain above U.S. average
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Georgia high school students' scores on the ACT college admissions test for 2023 remained above the U.S. average, which dropped to its lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, the nonprofit organization that administers the test said. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
($) Warnock seeks to expand high-tech agriculture through farm bill
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock talks with Lee Nunn while touring his farm in Madison on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.ÊÊÊ(Ben Gray / [email protected])
($) Sunita to reopen solar plant in Georgia, citing Biden climate law
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Suniva already manufactures solar energy components at is plant in Norcross on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, the site of the companys’ headquarters. Its solar panels are used by businesses and by homeowners.
($) BREAKING: Georgia Ports seeks study on deepening the Savannah River again
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
FILE- In this Sept. 14, 2015, file photo, the container ship Maersk Karlskrona, right, sails up river past the 300-foot dredge Alaska as it deepens the shipping channel to the port of Savannah off the coast of Tybee Island, Ga. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued an Oct. 21, 2016 public notice announcing it was beginning permitting studies on the massive $4.5 billion container ship terminal on the Savannah River to be jointly built by Georgia and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
($) LISTEN: Georgia lawmakers are in the middle of House speaker battle
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters following a meeting with House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Today members of the 118th Congress will be sworn in and the House of Representatives will hold votes on a new Speaker of the House. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/TNS)
($) The Jolt: At rally, Georgians call on congressional leaders to aid Israel
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Thousands of Israel supporters, including Rachel Domba, left, and Shiri Tzuk, right, with her children Naama Tzuk and Nora Tzuk, gather inside and outside of City Springs in Sandy Springs on Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023 for a rally for Israel. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
($) OPINION: The House needs a leader, not just a speaker
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) arrives to make his pitch for House speaker to Republican representatives from Florida on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 10, 2023. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)
($) LISTEN: How the crisis in Israel jolts Georgia politics
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Shara Hymowitz and her husband Eric stand during an event organized to support Israel in its fighting with Hamas on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston. Their daughter is a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces. "I was pretty stoic until tonight," Eric said. "It's overwhelming, it's real." ( Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via AP)
($) Georgia’s high school seniors graduate at a slightly higher rate
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
A slightly higher proportion of students graduated on time last spring, according to the Georgia Department of Education. Families and students gather at Kennesaw State University Convocation Center for Campbell High School graduation on Wednesday, May 24, 2023. (Natrice Miller/[email protected])
($) The Jolt: Athens DA targeted by oversight law to face election challenge
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
But Gov. Brian Kemp and his allies repeatedly said during the legislative debate over Senate Bill 92 earlier this year that the real impetus is Deborah Gonzalez, the top prosecutor in Athens-Clarke County accused of flouting her duties.
($) Top Senate Republicans seek to reprimand Willis over Trump charges
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
A complaint that eight Republican state senators filed with Georgia's new Prosecuting Attorneys Qualification Commission seeks to sanction Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis over her decision to “empanel a special grand jury to investigate her political adversaries” amid a yearslong backlog of cases. The complaint does not specifically mention Donald Trump, but the special grand jury conducted an investigation into charges against him and 18 of his allies on charges involving election interference. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
($) Ga. agencies seek more health spending, raises and reversal of cuts by lawmakers
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
When legislators return to the Georgia Capitol in January, they will begin work on a midyear budget for fiscal 2024 and a spending plan for fiscal 2025. Gov. Brian Kemp, in preparation for the budgets he will submit, has told state agencies that they can request up to 3% in spending increases. Miguel Martinez / [email protected]
($) The Jolt: Middle East crisis roils Georgia politics
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
State Sen. Josh McKoon, R-Columbus, has spoken out about the attack on Israel. (Bob Andres/AJC)
($) Election 2023: Voter registration deadline is Oct. 10
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Many metro Atlanta cities hold local elections in 2023. (John Spink / [email protected])
($) Georgia leaders condemn surprise Hamas assault on Israel
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution Politics News:
Palestinian youth chant and celebrate atop a car that was burned after it had been seized in Israeli territory and brought back to Jabalia, one of the northernmost settlements in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Israel and Gaza were at war on Saturday after Palestinian militants launched an early morning assault on southern Israel that had few precedents in its complexity and scale, invading several Israeli towns and firing thousands of rockets toward cities as far away as Jerusalem. (Samar Abu Elouf/The New York Times)