Georgia governor signs school voucher bill to provide $6,500 toward private tuition
File photo: Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill, February 29, 2024. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Gov. Brian Kemp signed a suite of education-related bills into law Tuesday, including a controversial measure that will allow parents of children in low-performing schools to claim $6,500 in state education funds to pull their children out of the public system…
Foreign aid bill advances in U.S. Senate as McConnell chides GOP ‘isolationist movement’
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, speaks during a press conference inside the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — An additional $95 billion in military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is on a glide path to passage in the U.S. Senate after a…
Bill to regulate hemp products in Georgia awaits governor’s signature while some hope for veto
A hemp store in Acworth. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder A bill regulating hemp products, licensing and restricting their purchase to customers 21 and older awaits its fate on Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk after state lawmakers successfully passed it during this year’s legislative session. The bill, related to “The Georgia Hemp Farming Act” and sponsored by Republican…
Earth Day report card: Georgians battle threats to state’s natural wonders year round
From top to bottom: The Okefenokee Swamp attracts 650,000 visitors annually. Joe Cook/Georgia River Network; Biomass power plants in northeast Georgia prompted a 2020 statewide ban on burning railroad ties for electricity. File; A sewage spill shut down a stretch of the Chattahoochee River in metro Atlanta for July 4, 2023 holiday. GPB / File;…
Eying Georgia’s November election and beyond, Dems’ Atlanta conference schools operatives
Political organizers chat during a break at the 2024 Arena Summit in Atlanta. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder More than 400 left-leaning campaign managers, political staffers, fundraisers, organizers and data managers came to Atlanta over the weekend to update their skills ahead of the 2024 Joe Biden-Donald Trump presidential rematch. “We start from the premise that it…
Aid to Ukraine, Israel overwhelmingly approved by U.S. House in bipartisan vote
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — Military and humanitarian aid could be on its way to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan within weeks after the U.S. House took a series of overwhelmingly bipartisan votes Saturday to approve $95 billion in emergency assistance — and the Senate…