Kemp traveling to Panama for trade discussion
(The Center Square) - Gov. Brian Kemp said Tuesday that he is traveling to Panama with a state delegation to discuss Georgia's connectivity to the Panama Canal.
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Tourism committee recommends legalized mobile sports betting
(The Center Square) - A committee studying Georgia tourism added a recommendation to legalize mobile sports betting to its final report released Monday.
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Atlantic hurricane season is 8th this century with no landfalls
(The Center Square) - Nothing like Helene, and nothing like three hurricanes making landfall in 66 days.
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Trump’s legal fees could fall on the backs of Fulton County taxpayers
(The Center Square) - A law signed by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in May could put legal fees in the Donald Trump election interference case on the backs of Fulton County taxpayers.
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Georgia prosecutor drops Trump election interference case
(The Center Square) - Election interference charges in Georgia against second-term Republican President Donald Trump have been motioned for dismissal by the Prosecuting Attorney's Council.
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Committee recommends barring chronically absent students from athletics
(The Center Square) - Georgia students chronically absent from school could miss out on participating in school athletic teams and other extracurricular activities, a Senate committee recommends.
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Georgia city’s clash with feds over school buses will cost taxpayers $5 million
(The Center Square) - For decades, the city of Rome ran school buses that looked like public buses, with no stop arms and nothing to stop passing traffic. And the city leaned on the federal government to pay for the fleet.
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From jalapeños to blackberries, suspects find unique ways to hide meth
(The Center Square) - The FBI said Monday that 719 kilograms of methamphetamine were found in a shipment of blackberries.
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Tillery: 2026 session will include bill to eliminate income tax
(The Center Square) - The chairman of a Georgia Senate committee studying how to eliminate the state income tax said he firmly believes a "thorough responsible plan" will be part of the 2026 session of the Georgia General Assembly.
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Republican majority in U.S. House wobbles with MTG resignation
(The Center Square) - The early resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., raises the stakes for U.S. House Republicans in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections - a fact Greene herself acknowledged Monday.
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