Jeff Amy
The Associated Press
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Abrams calls for using budget surplus to invest in Georgians
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is arguing that it’s time for Georgia to use its budget surplus to invest in its residents, accusing Gov. Brian Kemp… → Read More
Some in Ga. GOP want closed primaries after Trump picks lose
ATLANTA (AP) — Some Republican activists are calling for abolishing Georgia’s open primary system, complaining that too many Democrats crossed over to vote in the state’s GOP prim… → Read More
Kemp wins Georgia GOP gov’s race in stinging rebuke of Trump
ATLANTA (AP) — Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia easily dispatched Donald Trump’s hand-picked challenger on Tuesday in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president… → Read More
Abortion rights may rest on governor’s races in some states
HARISBURG, Pa. (AP) — All four leading Republicans in Pennsylvania’s governor’s race have vowed to ban abortion if given the chance. → Read More
GOP works to get out the vote after calling elections rigged
ATLANTA (AP) — Republican David Perdue has made election fraud the centerpiece of his run for Georgia governor. But if he hopes to win in this year’s midterm elections, his supporters w… → Read More
Perdue hugs Trump as he runs to right in Georgia GOP primary
RINGGOLD, Ga. (AP) — As he met with voters recently in a part of northwest Georgia where Donald Trump is still very popular, David Perdue invoked his belief in the lie that elections in 2020 … → Read More
Stacey Abrams reaches millionaire status before 2nd campaign
ATLANTA (AP) — When Democrat Stacey Abrams first ran for Georgia governor in 2018, her lackluster personal finances and a hefty bill from the IRS gave Republicans fodder to question how she c… → Read More
Trump returns to Georgia confronting test of his grip on GOP
ATLANTA (AP) — In Donald Trump’s push to fundamentally reshape the Republican Party, few places are a higher priority than Georgia. → Read More
Trump pick in Georgia governor race not drawing donor flock
ATLANTA (AP) — During his two Senate campaigns, Republican David Perdue had little trouble raking in millions in campaign cash. But as he tries to unseat Georgia’s incumbent governor, f… → Read More
Biden challenges Senate on voting: ‘Tired of being quiet!’
ATLANTA (AP) — Pounding his hand for emphasis, President Joe Biden challenged senators Tuesday to “stand against voter suppression” by changing Senate rules to pass voting rights … → Read More
Abrams seeks national voting rights action before 2022 race
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — Stacey Abrams, who built her national reputation by advocating for voting rights, is calling on Congress to take action on federal voting rules as the Democrat launches a … → Read More
Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies
ATLANTA (AP) — Johnny Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state Legislature to become a U.S. senator known as an effective, behind-the-scenes cons… → Read More
Stacey Abrams launches 2nd campaign for Georgia governor
ATLANTA (AP) — Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation’s first Black woman gove… → Read More
Max Cleland dies; senator and veteran lost limbs in Vietnam
ATLANTA (AP) — Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a groundbreaking Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator from Georgia until an attack ad … → Read More
Georgia rally marks debut of GOP primary ‘Trump ticket’
PERRY, Ga. (AP) — The rewards of an early Donald Trump endorsement were on display Saturday in Georgia when a three-man ticket of candidates he’s backing in 2022 Republican primaries we… → Read More
Hurricane Ida turns spotlight on Louisiana power grid issues
Power out, high voltage lines on the ground, weeks until electricity is restored in some places: The dismal state of power in Hurricane Ida’s wake is a distressingly familiar scenario for Ent… → Read More
Trump-backed Herschel Walker seeks Georgia Senate seat
ATLANTA (AP) — Herschel Walker on Tuesday filed paperwork to run for U.S. Senate in Georgia after months of speculation, joining other Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic Sen. Raphael Wa… → Read More
Nate marches across US East Coast, dumping heavy rains
BILOXI, Miss. >> Nate slogged its way across the U.S. East Coast on Monday, dumping heavy rains and bringing gusty winds to inland states as a tropical depression, a day after Hurricane Nate brought a burst of flooding and power outages to the U → Read More
Nate makes 2nd landfall outside Biloxi, Mississippi
NEW ORLEANS >> Hurricane Nate came ashore along Mississippi’s coast outside Biloxi early Sunday, the first hurricane to make landfall in the state since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. → Read More
Inquiry into crash that killed Marine crew from Stewart unlikely to provide answers soon
JACKSON, Miss. >> Investigators are trying to piece together the cause of a military transport plane crash in July that killed a sailor and 15 Marines, including nine based at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., but it could be a → Read More