Jeff Amy
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Associated Press reporter covering Georgia politics and government.
Republican Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger runs for governor
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Republican Brad Raffensperger to run for Georgia governor after defying Trump over 2020 election
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he’s running for governor in 2026. The Republican made the announcement Wednesday.
https://apnews.com/article/secretary-brad-raffensperger-georgia-republican-governor-2026-7c19e8f80d90d0fb7aad0e30b42a97a1
10 days ago
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Donald Trump says he is removing Milledgeville native Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Bank.
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Live updates: Trump fires Federal Reserve board member Lisa Cook amid mortgage fraud allegations
President Donald Trump says he’s firing Lisa Cook, a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, amid mortgage fraud allegations.
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-8-25-2025#00000198-e3c7-d809-a3bb-e7f73ba40000
about 1 month ago
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The best part about this week’s
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are the persistent attempts by
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to hijack the game, because he is the true saw puppet game master.
about 2 months ago
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The fallout from an alleged Georgia Ponzi scheme doesn't just include small investors but goes right to the top of Republican politics in Georgia and Alabama
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How an alleged Ponzi scheme targeting Republicans left investors and politicians reeling
The fallout from a failed Georgia lender doesn't just include small investors but goes right to the top of Republican politics in Georgia and Alabama. The U.S.
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-republican-ponzi-brant-frost-first-liberty-9bf6f9992d5a5d9cdedb8ffb61572467
about 2 months ago
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Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King drops out of 2026 Republican race for US Senate
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Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King drops out of 2026 Republican race for US Senate
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King has dropped out of the 2026 Republican race for the U.S. Senate.
https://apnews.com/article/insurance-commissioner-john-king-georgia-senate-06101b88b7903ab53bcefbeb0c0deb0a?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Georgia
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Republican Chris Carr raises $1.25M more for 2026 Georgia governor bid.
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Republican Chris Carr raises $1.25M more for 2026 Georgia governor bid
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr says he raised $1.25 million for his 2026 gubernatorial campaign from February 1 to June 30.
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-2026-governor-republican-chris-carr-fundraising-9833663c4229380a8946540c28cc2957?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>Republican
3 months ago
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Keri Blakinger
5 months ago
NEW: Sources says several federal prosecutors have resigned after Trump's new U.S. Atty in Los Angeles offered a misdemeanor plea deal to a sheriff's deputy -- after a jury had already convicted him of a felony:
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L.A. federal prosecutors resign over plea deal for convicted sheriff's deputy, sources say
Multiple federal prosecutors in Los Angeles submitted resignations after U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli offered a plea agreement to an L.A. County sheriff's deputy who had already been convicted of using ...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-05-03/los-angeles-federal-prosecutors-resign-deputy-plea
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Nice work here by Meg Coker looking into the troubles of Brian Kemp's Pathways Medicaid program.
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thecurrentga.org/2025/02/19/g...
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Georgia publicly touts its Medicaid experiment as a success. Numbers tell a different story. - The Current
In January, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp boasted that his experiment in Medicaid reform was a success, despite low enrollment numbers. Yet a report commissioned by the state and not yet publicly released s...
https://thecurrentga.org/2025/02/19/georgia-publicly-touts-its-medicaid-experiment-as-a-success-numbers-tell-a-different-story/
7 months ago
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Georgia school voucher list makes more than 400,000 students eligible
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Georgia school voucher list makes more than 400,000 students eligible
Two months of recalculating has made little difference in a list of Georgia’s lowest performing schools.
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-private-school-vouchers-promise-scholarships-7588e93cccc1979206b41dd036caa2c5?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=share
7 months ago
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Georgians voted to limit property taxes on homes, but many school districts are opting out of the assessment caps.
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Georgians voted to limit property taxes on homes. Many school districts are opting out
Georgians voted in November to limit how much of a home’s increasing value can be taxed, but many school districts across the state are opting out of the cap.
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-education-schools-property-tax-homeowners-value-f4eb31ec222bd5f62fed8716dca63c5e
8 months ago
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It’s slick out there in north DeKalb County
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8 months ago
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Snowing in downtown Atlanta.
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8 months ago
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Notre Dame going full Army on ‘em. 10-minute drive? Sure.
8 months ago
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BREAKING: Pro-Stacey Abrams groups fined $300,000 after admitting they broke Georgia campaign finance law.
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Pro-Stacey Abrams groups fined $300,000 after admitting they broke Georgia campaign finance law
Two Georgia voter advocacy groups founded by Democrat Stacey Abrams and led by Raphael Warnock before he was elected to the U.S.
https://apnews.com/article/ethics-campaign-finance-georgia-stacey-abrams-warnock-8f243dc14fe40108ae937507719a776b
8 months ago
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp proposes a one-time $50 million boost for school security after Apalachee shooting.
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Georgia's governor proposes a one-time $50 million boost for school security
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp wants to give public schools a one-time boost of $50 million for school safety and security.
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-apalachee-school-shooting-brian-kemp-lawmakers-ff4173fe1d4ead705d704c18d7120992
9 months ago
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Jon Burns elected for another term as speaker, 153-21. Most Democrats voted for Burns.
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9 months ago
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Georgia House sworn in for 2025-2026 term
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9 months ago
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After Apalachee school shooting, Georgia lawmakers may seek to share more information on students
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After Apalachee school shooting, Georgia lawmakers may seek to share more information on students
Georgia lawmakers could order agencies to broadly share education, child welfare and juvenile court records after four people were shot and killed at Apalachee High School in September.
https://apnews.com/article/apalachee-school-shooting-georgia-lawmakers-9f3659d0187a5c6152d57b54aa8bd7a3
9 months ago
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A thing I am told is likely to happen.
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9 months ago
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Jimmy Carter's interment has been completed at his residence in Plains.
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9 months ago
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is having dinner with Donald Trump tonight at Mar-a-Lago along with other Republican governors.
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9 months ago
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Watch
@apnews.com
coverage of Jimmy Carter's state funeral with Carter expert
@billbarrow.bsky.social
here:
youtube.com/watch?v=V4mI...
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9 months ago
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Currently trying to flurry snow, or maybe the mysterious graupel, at I-285 and Lavista in Tucker. Also, the Target there has put out its women’s swimsuits.
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9 months ago
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Jimmy Carter at the Georgia Capitol.
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9 months ago
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
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Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent more than a year in hospice care.
https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-carter-dies-18c198c20352c835bca3eec276020dd7
9 months ago
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After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells
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After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells
For more than a decade, farmers in parts of southwest Georgia haven’t been able to drill new irrigation wells to the Floridian aquifer.
https://apnews.com/article/flint-river-georgia-florida-water-war-wells-8cb8ec3478491e1358a2720fc17d988f
9 months ago
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BREAKING: Georgia’s 16 presidential electors cast their votes for Donald J. Trump for president and JD Vance for vice president.
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9 months ago
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Georgia makes many more students than expected eligible for school vouchers
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Georgia makes many more students than expected eligible for school vouchers
Hundreds of thousands of students in Georgia will be eligible for $6,500 vouchers to pay for private school tuition or home-schooling expenses.
https://apnews.com/article/georgia-education-promise-scholarship-private-school-vouchers-0aebc707ea31f2a4ba2734e6f6e7b312
10 months ago
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Hey, DeKalb County, it’s runoff Election Day for county commission for a lot of us. Don’t forget to vote!
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10 months ago
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Play your damn rivals. Do you hate ‘em? Do you insult them in your fight song? Play ‘em.
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10 months ago
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Jeff Amy
Steven Godfrey
10 months ago
Three fights stemming from flag/prop plantings from winning road teams today and none were the Egg Bowl, I am very proud of you Mississippi
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Liking Brent Key’s chances here.
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10 months ago
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Looking forward to legislation rewriting college overtime rules in the coming General Assembly.
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10 months ago
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This….
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10 months ago
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Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson dies.
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Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson dies after announcing he had cancer
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson has died, eight months after he announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Lt. Gov.
https://apnews.com/article/e4a9e1336213d85e77440c4f38f489c7
10 months ago
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And now for the 1946 flashback. Notre Dame and Army at Yankee Stadium.
10 months ago
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announces 2026 Republican bid for governor
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Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr launches Republican bid in 2026 governor’s race
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr says he’s running for governor in 2026. The Republican's announcement Thursday makes him the first major candidate from either party in the race.
https://apnews.com/article/c81bf517005a5b8351c1c5269eb4a1f1
10 months ago
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ABC announces Bobo vows to run the damn ball. Georgia throws deep on two of first three plays.
10 months ago
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A federal judge declines to issue injunction while lawsuit pends to block Georgia's shortened 4-week runoff election period
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over 1 year ago
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Georgia House Republicans seek to boost spending on preschool by more than $100 million
Top Republicans in the Georgia House want to boost funding for its prekindergarten program by more than $100 million.
https://apnews.com/article/d0a78cf1cae6b2dc1ebe799f58c60fa1
over 1 year ago
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Some Georgia Republican lawmakers who sank an education voucher bill in 2023 haven't changed their minds despite lobbying
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over 1 year ago
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There's a glimmer of hope for broader health coverage under Georgia’s Medicaid program, but also a good chance of a fizzle as lawmakers convene
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There's a glimmer of hope for broader health coverage in Georgia, but also a good chance of a fizzle
Long-held Republican opposition to broader health care coverage may be softening in Georgia and Mississippi.
https://apnews.com/article/e6931d588c12c9cc13532dbd9b1e78b9
over 1 year ago
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Lawsuit says Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones should be disqualified from office for acting as a Trump elector.
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almost 2 years ago
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Analysis by AP, Georgia Public Broadcasting, WABE, Atlanta Journal-Constitution finds it’s uncertain if push to 'Stop Cop City' collected enough valid signers to force Atlanta referendum on public safety training center.
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Analysis: It's uncertain if push to 'Stop Cop City' got enough valid signers for Atlanta referendum
An analysis by news organizations finds it's unclear if enough eligible Atlanta voters signed a petition to force a citywide referendum on a police training center.
https://apnews.com/article/ec829aa341f2e031313149eaefda2705
almost 2 years ago
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The state of play as the Georgia redistricting special session begins: Republicans are trying to cut their party’s losses as they propose Black-majority districts to comply with a court order
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almost 2 years ago
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Georgia case over Sandersville Railroad’s use of eminent domain to build line near Sparta quarry could have property law implications. Public Service Commission hearing over eminent domain begins Monday.
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almost 2 years ago
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