Sen. Warnock files amendment blocking funds for Georgia ICE facilities
Under Sen. Raphael Warnock's amendment, ICE couldn't use new funding to open immigrant detention centers in Social Circle or Oakwood.
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Under Sen. Raphael Warnock's amendment, ICE couldn't use new funding to open immigrant detention centers in Social Circle or Oakwood.
Officials in the small town of Oakwood, Georgia say they've heard little support to open a immigration detention center in the community, but some residents approve of the plan.
The Georgia Senate has passed a series of bills aimed at reducing personal income taxes for residents. The legislation now heads to the House, where its fate will be decided in the coming weeks.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis argues that a new state law targeting prosecutors, invoked by codefendants in the dismissed Georgia election interference case, is unconstitutional and being misapplied.
The first Atlanta's e-bike rebate program was highly popular in 2024, so officials have approved another round of rebates for those wanting to start pedaling.
Jackson argues Georgia's "leadership committee" law gives Jones an unconstitutional fundraising advantage in the 2026 Republican primary.
Wade's attorney says a court order tied to a separate legal matter prevented him from getting a hearing before an immigration judge, and is now pursuing congressional and legal avenues to bring him home.
A record 67 Black lawmakers are currently serving in Congress. Here in Georgia, new faces are breaking local barriers.
Georgia officials push for transparency after affidavit reveals details of FBI search of Fulton County's election office.
A former Georgia Department of Community Affairs employee is among six people newly indicted in Fulton County in an alleged scheme to steal nearly $230,000 from a COVID-19 rental assistance program meant to help struggling families.
Georgia librarians are currently immune from being charged for giving material deemed "harmful" to minors. A bill in the House could change that.
Plans for a 10,000-bed ICE detention center near an elementary school have united Social Circle residents in opposition, raising concerns about overcrowding, a lack of local infrastructure, and the detention of non-criminal immigrants.
Seven months after an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme collapsed, investors are impatient to recover their money.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff from Georgia energized Atlanta supporters, spotlighting health care as a defining issue for Democrats in the 2026 election cycle.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office.
Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk says he won't seek reelection this year.
Khalid Kamau, former mayor of South Fulton, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal trespass in a 2023 incident, allowing him to avoid a felony charge and resulting in probation, community service, and a fine.
Georgia businessman Rick Jackson is entering the race for governor, pitching himself as a conservative outsider shaped by hardship who says his life story proves results matter more than politics.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has told lawmakers that she attended an FBI search of the election center in Fulton County, Georgia, last week because President Donald Trump asked her to be there.
Spending by undisclosed donors in Georgia's GOP governor primary has soared to $13.5 million, fueling fierce competition as the race heats up.
Fulton County plans to file a motion challenging what local leaders call an unprecedented and improper seizure of 2020 election records, following an FBI search of the county's elections office last week.
Prominent political and business leaders are named in the documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations into Jeffrey Epstein.
Despite proclaiming last February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump's second term has been marked by what critics say are attacks on Black history in the United States.
Organizers say the demonstration is part of a national movement calling for accountability and protections for constitutional rights.
A proposal to rename one of Forsyth County's most well-known landmarks is sparking sharp backlash from local leaders and families tied to its preservation.
The Brookhaven man is accused by police of taking part in a "murder-for-hire" scheme that ended with a man dead in California.
Family and friends gathered over the weekend to honor the life of a Georgia Department of Veterans Affairs employee killed in a shooting at the clinic where he worked earlier.
A massive early morning fire destroyed an apartment building in Union City, displacing multiple families but leaving no reported injuries, officials said.
World-renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés has been awarded the 2026 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage, recognizing his global efforts to feed people in times of crisis.
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.