Senate funding deal stalls as DHS shutdown grinds on

A potential deal to end the DHS shutdown has stalled on Capitol Hill after Senate Democrats made their latest counteroffer.

• Mar 25

Delta suspends special services for lawmakers amid government shutdown

Delta is temporarily halting specialty services for members of Congress, citing strain on its resources during the partial government shutdown.

• Mar 24

Bill that could penalize protesters for blocking streets passed by Georgia House

The bill makes blocking Georgia highway or street and not following police orders to move punishable by fines of up to $5,000 and a year in jail.

• Mar 24

Resolutions regulating ICE operations in Atlanta pass key city council vote

Members of the Atlanta City Council want to do everything in their power to stop ICE from building a detention facility in the city limits.

• Mar 24

Democrats continue push for ICE reforms in emerging DHS shutdown deal

Democrats are pushing for reforms to Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the Senate appeared to be closing in on a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security.

• Mar 24

Travelers frustrated with lines at Atlanta airport despite ICE deployment

Mayor Andre Dickens says that his administration is actively monitoring the situation at the Atlanta airport after ICE agents were deployed to help with major delays at security checkpoints.

• Mar 23

Georgia Senate passes bill that could move end changing clocks every year

Springing forward and falling back may be a thing of the past for Georgia if a plan by lawmakers ends up working out.

• Mar 23

Georgia Senate passes bill banning cellphones in high schools

A bill that would ban Georgia high school students from accessing personal electronic devices during the school day is now heading to Gov. Kemp's desk to become law.

• Mar 23

Supreme Court hears case over mail ballots that arrive after Election Day

The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.

• Mar 23

Supreme Court to consider deadlines for late-arriving mail ballots

The Supreme Court will consider whether states can count mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after.

• Mar 22

Trump says ICE agents will assist TSA at airports as delays worsen

Wait times aren't expected to improve until government funding is restored and TSA officers receive paychecks.

• Mar 22

Georgia Court: Fulton County can reject GOP election board nominees

A Georgia appeals court says Fulton County doesn't have to seat two Republican picks to its election board.

• Mar 22

DeKalb County updates plan to shut down dozens of elementary schools

The DeKalb County School District has made some changes to its plan to shut down or convert dozens of schools as part of the second round of its redistricting plan.

• Mar 20

Gov. Kemp signing 60-day Georgia gas tax suspension

Relief is on the way for Georgia drivers who have been feeling the pain at the gas pump​.

• Mar 20

U.S. sues Harvard, alleging it failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students

The Trump administration argued that Harvard unlawfully discriminated against Jewish and Israeli students, in violation of federal civil rights law.

• Mar 20

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