A group trying to energize conservative women visited Atlanta on Thursday as part of a national bus tour ahead of former President Donald Trump’s Atlanta rally set for Saturday.
A newly formed state Senate committee will look to ensure that female athletes have the right to participate on an even basis with their males counterparts.
For the week ending Aug. 2, the senators focused on investigating the abuse pregnant women face in prisons, helping improve military housing conditions, aiding youth substance abuse programs, and tackling the national housing crisis.
During the Civil Rights Movement, young people put their bodies on the line as Freedom Riders, boarding buses to protest segregation. One of those riders spoke to young leaders in Atlanta as Democrats adjust to the entry of Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race.
The Georgia State Election Board will meet Tuesday for the first time since several conservative board members advanced election rules at a meeting on July 12 that has come under fire for allegedly violating Georgia’s Open Meetings Act.
The Democratic National Committee will move forward with the process to formally nominate a presidential candidate Wednesday when one of its committees meets in public amid ongoing efforts to set up a virtual roll call vote ahead of the convention, States Newsroom has been told.
Across the state, GPB reporters asked voters their thoughts and concerns with Biden stopping his bid for reelection. Stay tuned to GPB's blog here for more reactions!
Eight legislative seats will be on the ballot Tuesday to determine the incoming lawmakers for hundreds of thousands of Georgians. Tuesday’s runoffs feature at least two intraparty fights from both sides of the aisle, including a race for a metro Atlanta Senate seat that has opened up for the first time in two decades and a coastal matchup where a GOP House incumbent is fighting to keep his seat
In a flurry of activity before Sine Die on Thursday, the Senate took up the business of passing bills, with 82 pieces of legislation on their rules calendar.
A group trying to energize conservative women visited Atlanta on Thursday as part of a national bus tour ahead of former President Donald Trump’s Atlanta rally set for Saturday.