Goodman, Hickman and Watson declined comment. Summers told 11Alive News that he has heard from constituents who can be served with Medicaid expansion and is motivated to protect rural hospitals, including Crisp Regional Hospital in his hometown of Cordele.

Changes could reduce liability insurance costs for businesses and commercial property owners. The evidence is mixed on whether it would drive large premium reductions for car and other types of insurance. And some researchers say efforts limiting lawsuits, often called tort reform, fattens insurers' profits more than it cuts the price of policies.

How Democratic lawmakers can build bipartisan support and influence legislation when Republicans control the House, Senate, and governor’s office.

Nearly half of Americans identify as Republicans, a new Gallup poll finds. Groups leaning toward the GOP affiliation was higher among Hispanic Americans, young adults, and lower-income Americans. The poll also revealed that more than 40% of people identify ...

This week on WABE, the 2025 Georgia General Assembly starts, Gov. Brian Kemp delivers his State of the State address, Republican infighting, and federal regulators are rolling back a proposed expansion of ocean speed limits designed to protect right whales.

ExploreGeorgians to watch in the Donald Trump administration The longtime GOP supporter gave an Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter a tour of her Cherokee County home as she and her husband, Brian, prepared for their 10-hour drive to Northern Virginia.

We all learned early in life that the Founding Fathers gave Congress the “Power of the Purse” on spending to act as a check on the executive branch, but it sure hasn’t looked like that in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term in office.

A Democratic candidate won a state Senate special election in Iowa, which wouldn’t be especially notable were it not for the fact that it was a Republican-held seat in a district that Donald Trump won by 21 points.

Bill named for slain Georgia nursing student becomes the first law signed into law by 47th president, who made immigration a central theme of his 2024 campaign.

When President Donald Trump made a measure named for a slain Georgia nursing student the first law he signed in his second term, it crystallized a deepening Democratic divide over immigration that could remake the generations-old debate.

The nation’s cybersecurity agency has played a critical role in helping states shore up the defenses of their voting systems, but its election mission appears uncertain amid sustained criticism from R

The Georgia Council of Developmental Disabilities held one of its three Advocacy Days at the Georgia Capitol on Wednesday.