House panel approves bill intended to clarify when landowners can restrict access to streams
Paddling groups have raised concerns that a new proposal could greatly curtail Georgians’ ability to paddle and explore some of the state’s premiere paddling destinations like South Chickamauga Creek in North Georgia. Photo courtesy of Georgia River Network Lawmakers rushed to respond late in last year’s legislative session when a landowner along the Flint River…
Worried Biden and Trump are too old to be president? Calm down, experts on aging say
President Donald Trump answers a question as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden listens during the second and final presidential debate at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Morry Gash-Pool/Getty Images Age should not preclude either Joe Biden or Donald Trump from serving another four years as president, a group…
Georgia House gives overwhelming support for more parental leave for state workers
Georgia state workers could be spending more time with their babies if a bill that passed the House Thursday also passes the Senate. Roberto Westbrook/Getty Images Georgia state workers who grow their families could have more time off to spend with their bundles of joy thanks to a bill sponsored by the powerful House speaker…
Expanded child tax credit could be in place quickly if passed by Congress, IRS chief says
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel testifies before the House Ways and Means Committee on Feb. 15, 2024. (Screenshot from committee webcast) WASHINGTON — Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Danny Werfel told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Thursday that his agency is “poised to move quickly” on a bipartisan tax bill that would temporarily expand the child tax credit…
Former Willis friend testifies DA’s relationship with Wade started earlier than claimed
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced indictments against former President Donald Trump and his allies at a press conference with Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade standing to her left. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade on Thursday disputed the claim made by a former friend of the district attorney, Fani Willis, that…
What happens next in the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas?
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the fentanyl crisis on March 28, 2023. (Screenshot from Senate webcast) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is expected to head to trial later this month after House Republicans impeached Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Tuesday in a historic move against…