Politics

Coming up this Friday, Georgia’s Republican party is kicking off, making its way to the Fountain City for the annual GOP convention. Thousands of Peach State delegates and alternates will be in Columbus... plus a handful of high profile politicians, including former president/ 2024 presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Here are the latest headlines on the nation’s 39th president and former First Lady.

Negotiations between the President & top GOP leaders have progressed but have not yet produced a deal.

Former President Donald Trump is making a visit to the Fountain City next month.

Senator Markey, Rep. Cori Bush call for expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court to 13 justices.

The bill would also expand access to Pre-K and Head Start programs in addition to increasing worker wages.

Columbus City Councilor John House is stepping down from the district 10 at - large position during Tuesday night’s city council meeting...

Another high-energy and emotion-filled evening in Columbus council chambers Tuesday night.

With Georgia having one of the highest numbers of reported fire deaths in the country, Senator Jon Ossoff is taking action to help combat that issue.

ConocoPhillips has said the project will produce an estimated 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak.

Take a look, this is the sample ballot for the special mayoral race in LaGrange. Only two candidates on the ballot so one choice for voters. The two are long time city commissioner Willie Edmundson and Jim Arrington.

Antisemitic flyers have been dropped on doorsteps in Athens. People in the Jewish community are begging lawmakers to give them more protection.

Georgia House budget writers want a $4,000 pay raise for state law enforcement officers, double the $2,000 pay raise proposed by Gov. Brian Kemp for all state employees and teachers.

Gov. Kay Ivey says Executive Order 735 will reduce “red tape” for citizens and businesses.

Gov. Kay Ivey opened her 2023 state of the state address Tuesday night, which coincides with the first day of the regular legislative session, to announce she’s immediately calling a special session.

Senator Tammy Baldwin has reintroduced legislation that would limit what can be labeled as milk to dairy products.

As Former President Jimmy Carter of Plains, Georgia remains in hospice care, we’re learning more about his hometown church’s history, and how Carter’s fight for integration in the 1970′s is making an impact on today’s congregation.

Before the White House and national notoriety, a peanut farmer turned president from the Peach State was once a student at Georgia Southwestern College, now known as Georgia Southwestern State University.

House leaders plan to vote on Alabama’s HB-15 which would remove the state’s grocery tax this upcoming legislative session. Alabama is only one of three states that fully tax groceries.

Lawmakers push changes to federal laws on marijuana, with a special focus on banking regulations.

Senate hearing looks at whether legislation is needed to protect children online.

As expected, there are mixed opinions to President Biden’s State of the Union speech, so we reached out to local leaders from both parties to hear about Tuesday’s address.

Elected officials from all over the state weighed in on the Tuesday evening speech

Georgia senators are advancing a bill that would make prison sentences harsher for gang crimes.

Governor Kay Ivey signed Executive Order 734 Thursday to promote transparency in state government.

The Senators believe there is little difference between the JR-15 and an AR-15.

“It’s an obvious fact," says Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)

Days before the March for Life rally, the House GOP advanced a measure called the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”

House Republican leadership announces new committee and conference chairs.

In 2016, a jury ruled that Mike Hubbard used his position as Alabama Speaker of the House for personal gain. He was convicted on 12 counts and was sentenced to four years in prison.