More Georgia locations to offer medical cannabis after state commission awards more licenses to producers
More companies will be able to grow medical cannabis in Georgia after a commission approved licenses for new facilities. Uriel Sinai/Getty Images The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously granted provisional licenses to four more companies to produce low-THC oil to help Georgians with a list of severe ailments. The licenses will go to…
VA secretary says agency will cooperate with investigation into veterans crisis line
veterans crisis WASHINGTON — Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough sought to defend the veterans crisis line Wednesday in a letter to the Kansas senator who has raised concerns with how some veterans are treated after calling it. McDonough wrote in the three-page letter to Republican U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran that the VA “takes…
VA veterans crisis line to face new investigation by congressional watchdog agency
Several whistleblowers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have told U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, and his staff on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee about problems with the veterans crisis line. Seth Tupper/South Dakota Searchlight WASHINGTON — The Government Accountability Office plans to investigate multiple whistleblower allegations of “gross mismanagement” at the…
Fulton prosecutors ask for protective order after leaked videos in 2020 election racketeering case
Jenna Ellis reacts after reading a statement October 24 while pleading guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings inside Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s courtroom. John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images On Wednesday, a Fulton County Superior Court judge is set to consider District Attorney Fani Willis’ request for a court…
Tuberville blockade of military nominees could be evaded after move by U.S. Senate panel
Marine Corps Base Quantico sword detail members march in formation during a ceremony honoring the 248th Marine Corps birthday in Virginia, Nov. 7, 2023. (Marine Corps Cpl. Mitchell Johnson/Department of Defense photo). WASHINGTON — The Democratic-led Senate Committee on Rules and Administration approved a resolution meant to bypass Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade of hundreds of U.S.…
U.S. House passes stopgap spending bill in bipartisan vote, in crucial test for new speaker
U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference after a weekly Republican conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol Building on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images WASHINGTON — The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to fund the government into the new year, though the…