Government & Politics

Black women politicians: Georgia state Capitol with a gold dome and surrounded by green trees
Georgia’s General Assembly has changed over the last two decades and now boasts of the nation’s largest number of Black female state legislators. Many attribute the increase to the Georgia WIN List, a political action committee that trains and endorses Democratic female candidates.
Georgia Senate chambers with ornate antique furniture and traditional architecture
Republicans pushed a proposal to overhaul the county commission in Georgia's second most-populous county through a state Senate committee on Thursday.
Rep. Calvin Smyre remembering Max cleland: A bald black man in Khaki suit next to a short haired white man in a navy suit with a pink tie behind a wooden podium with mic
Representative Calvin Smyre honors friend and former colleague, Max Cleland.
GA Senate redistricting debate: 4 white men in business attire with 1 white woman with glasses in a burgundy suit standing behind a wooden podium with a American flag and Senate general Assembly seal on the wall
Republican Speaker David Ralston defended his party against accusations of gerrymandering.
GA Senate redistricting debate: Two men in suits one gray and one khaki looking at a packet in a room full of people in business attire
Republicans in both chambers of the General Assembly have now passed their preferred maps, sending them to the other chamber for approval.
Georgia Capitol Senators honor veterans: Over 80 men and women in business attire on the Georgia Capitol lobby steps facing multiple photographers' cameras seen in foregroundgraphers
“Someone in uniform has sacrificed something for all of us,” Gov. Brian Kemp said of veterans.
Gwinnett County highlighted in green located on a yellow map of Georgia.
Republicans are moving to ram through bills changing the composition of the county commission and school board in Georgia's second-largest county after Democrats took control of both bodies.
GA Senate redistricting debate: White man with short gray hair in a navy blue suit standing with a blue tie and white shirt pointing his finger to the left standing behind a podium with a georgia color coded redistricting map in front of him
Georgia Senate Republicans passed map to continue their majority in the chamber, in spite of Democratic cries that the plan denies opportunities for minority voters.
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