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Chip Roy calls for full pause on all U.S. immigration

Thursday, November 20 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is proposing a freeze to legal immigration admissions and visa issuances until the federal government addresses changes to the immigration system. ... Read More.

King says rate filing will reduce State Farm auto rates

Wednesday, November 19 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King said Wednesday he approved a rate filing from State Farm that would decrease the carrier's automobile insurance rates by 3%. ... Read More.

Lawyers call legal immigration crackdown harmful

Wednesday, November 19 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Immigration lawyers are concerned about recent proposals to eliminate work-based visa programs. On Nov. 13, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said she planned to... Read More.

Georgia Senate race headed to a runoff

Wednesday, November 19 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - A former Georgia state representative and a former member of the Cobb County Board of Education, both Democrats, were the top two vote-getters in the race to succeed Georgia state Sen. Jason Esteves. ... Read More.

Panel considers Georgia’s quest to be top destination of sports events

Tuesday, November 18 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Sporting events in Georgia attract millions of people every year, including international visitors, senators heard Tuesday. The Senate Study Committee on Making Georgia the No.... Read More.

Jalapeños boxes hid movement of meth from Mexico to Georgia

Tuesday, November 18 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Agents in the FBI and other law enforcement have shuttered what they say is a major methamphetamine trafficking operation in Georgia. The arrests of 12... Read More.

Laffer: Introduction of income tax collapses before your very eyes

Tuesday, November 18 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Every state that implemented an individual income tax since 1960 had both its gross domestic product and total tax revenue decline, Dr. Arthur B. Laffer of The Laffer Center told Georgia senators Monday. ... Read More.

BREAKING: Skandalakis appoints himself to Trump’s Georgia case

Friday, November 14 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - The executive director of the Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia appointed himself to handle a case involving President Donald Trump after other prosecutors declined to take it. ... Read More.

Committee considers way to close loopholes in election probes

Thursday, November 13 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - The Georgia Ethics Commission levied a record-breaking on the New Georgia Project in January, but was unable to prove any individuals coordinated to skirt campaign laws, the executive director of the commission told a Senate committee on Thursday. ... Read More.

Georgia State Election Board will pay $50,000 for lawsuit settlement

Wednesday, November 12 by The Center Square

(The Center Square) - The Georgia State Election Board will pay $50,000 to a nonprofit organization that sued the board over access to open records. American Oversight said Wednesday... Read More.

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Chip Roy calls for full pause on all U.S. immigration

King says rate filing will reduce State Farm auto rates

Lawyers call legal immigration crackdown harmful

Georgia Senate race headed to a runoff

Panel considers Georgia’s quest to be top destination of sports events

Jalapeños boxes hid movement of meth from Mexico to Georgia

Laffer: Introduction of income tax collapses before your very eyes

BREAKING: Skandalakis appoints himself to Trump’s Georgia case

Committee considers way to close loopholes in election probes

Georgia State Election Board will pay $50,000 for lawsuit settlement

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