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Fulton County officials estimate it will cost $1.7 billion to replace the overcrowded Fulton County Jail that opened in 1989. Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder A severely overcrowded Fulton County jail has become so dilapidated that inmates are able to fashion makeshift weapons by reaching into the walls, removing broken flooring, electrical coverings, and broken pipes, according…

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., center, holds his first press conference as speaker at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. Left, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., right, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and far right, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Thursday approved…

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing for Monica Bertagnolli to be the next director of the National Institutes of Health, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 18, 2023. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are pushing back on Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s blockade…

Sen. John Kennedy, who chaired the Senate Redistricting Committee, argued during a 2021 special session that the GOP-drawn maps are fair to all Georgians. State lawmakers have been directed by a federal judge to draw new maps. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder State officials will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that struck down Georgia’s 2021 political maps…

Rep. Ruwa Romman calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder As the conflict in Gaza continues to roil, Georgians representing more than 30 faith-based groups met at the King Center in Atlanta Thursday morning to call for a ceasefire, an end to restrictions on aid convoys and a dismantling of what they called…