Kemp spurns calls for special session to discipline Fulton DA over election 2020 indictments
On Thursday, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp rejected calls for a special legislative session to punish Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for prosecuting the 2020 election interference case. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Gov. Brian Kemp chastised a lawmaker on Thursday for demanding a special state legislative session in order to impeach the Fulton County prosecutor leading…
Georgia Power, state regulators agree to division of Vogtle nuclear plant costs
Georgia Power customers will be paying higher electricity rates over the next two years as well as more taking on more costs for nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle and reimbursement for fuel costs. John McCosh/ Georgia Recorder A settlement agreement among Georgia Power, clean energy advocates, and state regulators’ staff could result in several billion…
Not just Ohio: Biased language is the hot new tactic to thwart ballot measures
Hundreds of protesters against a measure that would make it more difficult to change the Ohio constitution fill the rotunda before an Ohio House session in May. Graham Stokes/Ohio Capital Journal Abortion-rights supporters filed a lawsuit Monday against what they call “deceptive” ballot language produced by Ohio officials for the state’s closely-watched upcoming referendum on the issue.…
DeSantis’ New Insurance Law Could Make It Harder to Rebuild After Hurricane Idalia
Zach Bunkley, a 22-year-old charter captain, left, and maintenance worker Oscar Garcia, 52, inspect Hurricane Idalia damage to a rental cottage at the Sea Hag Marina on Wednesday, Aug 30, 2023, at the Steinhatchee River.Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Press/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that…
A Judge Just Halted Efforts to End Immigration Detention in New Jersey
Mother Jones; Aaron M. Sprecher/AP; Detention Watch Network Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Yanet Candelario could feel her body grow tense as she remembered some of her experiences during the 13 months she spent at the Elizabeth Detention Center in New Jersey. A dual…
How the Right Retired “Negrophile”—and Substituted “Woke”
Mother Jones illustration Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On June 14, 1862, the New York Times published an editorial titled “The Mystery of Negrophilism.” The essay questioned the origins of white Americans’ “extraordinary interest in the negro” and called the “passion for the American…