Utility Fraud and Corruption Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition
Mother Jones; El Nuevo Herald, Roberto Koltun/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. At a press conference last month, flanked by sheriffs and attorneys, Ohio Attorney General David…
Jill Biden makes pitch for the president’s reelection, highlighting his record on issues important to women
Former Second Lady Jill Biden calls on Georgians to get to the polls and cast their votes. File photo. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Campaign season is officially in full swing in Georgia, where President Joe Biden is expected to pay a visit to the Atlanta area March 9, just over a week after first lady Jill…
Crossover Day wrap-up: new immigration laws, power company rules and state white shrimp homage
Georgia lawmakers voted on dozens of bills Thursday as a key legislative deadline came and went. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Georgia lawmakers voted on dozens of bills Thursday as a key legislative deadline came and went. They dubbed the white shrimp as the state’s official crustacean and moved forward a GOP bill creating an “America first”…
Bill to ban noncitizens from voting in Georgia elections stalls at key legislative deadline
Georgia House Democrats were able to defeat on March 29 a measure that Republican lawmakers said would clarify that only U.S. citizens could vote in Georgia elections. File photo Georgia Recorder Staff A bill that proposed to let Georgians vote in November on a constitutional amendment banning noncitizens from casting ballots in local elections failed…
‘Religious freedom’ advances on Legislature’s deadline day as Georgia culture wars rage on
Sen. Ed Setzler. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Thursday was Crossover Day in the Georgia Legislature, the deadline for bills to easily pass from either the House or the Senate, and culture war partisans had a few reasons to celebrate, or mourn, depending on point of view. After years of trying, the Senate passed the Georgia Religious…
Georgia House OKs bill to require jailers to work with ICE in wake of killing of Athens student
Savannah GOP Rep. Jesse Petrea filed the bill in January, but the recent killing of Laken Riley who was allegedly killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra, who entered the country illegally, gave the bill and the larger conversations around immigration new momentum. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Legislation that gained momentum in the wake of last week’s killing…