Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty to felony in Fulton 2020 election case
Jenna Ellis reacts after reading a statement 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 This post was updated at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023. Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for the Trump campaign in…
Georgia Supreme Court upholds state’s six-week abortion ban, returns challenge to lower court
Justice Verda M. Colvin, who penned Tuesday’s opinion for the majority, listens to oral arguments back in March. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Attention has shifted back to the Fulton County courthouse after the Georgia Supreme Court rejected an argument that state lawmakers should have…
U.S. House Republicans mull eight new candidates for speaker in advance of votes
U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican who unsuccessfully sought the nomination for speaker of the House, talks to reporters on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans Monday night gathered behind closed doors to hear the pitches of eight candidates for the speaker’s gavel, as the chamber approaches three…
Nine Republicans are running for U.S. House speaker. Here’s your guide to the field.
U.S. House Republicans were meeting Monday night to hear from their latest candidates for speaker. Shown is the U.S. Capitol at night. Bill Dickinson/Getty Images WASHINGTON –– The nine Republican candidates to be speaker of the U.S. House were set to make their cases to their colleagues Monday evening, as the House Republican Conference restarted…
Georgia Supreme Court to issue ruling on state’s six-week abortion ban
Georgia Supreme Court justices listen to arguments in a case over whether the state’s six-week abortion ban should be considered void from the start since it was passed before Roe v. Wade was overturned. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder (file photo) Will the Georgia Supreme Court agree with a lower court’s ruling that said the state’s six-week…
In Coffee County, a push to move on from a 2020 election scandal
Coffee County’s election office has seen new voting equipment, new staff and even new office space since allies of former President Trump organized and carried out a plot to illegally copy the county’s voting data. Stephen Fowler/GPB It’s the middle of the afternoon on a Wednesday, and Coffee County elections supervisor Christy Nipper is calm…