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Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 11:49 AM EDT
|By Jamie Bittner
Negotiations between the President & top GOP leaders have progressed but have not yet produced a deal.
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Updated: May. 17, 2023 at 5:48 PM EDT
|By Jatavia O'Neal
Former President Donald Trump is making a visit to the Fountain City next month.
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Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 6:18 PM EDT
|By Jamie Bittner
Senator Markey, Rep. Cori Bush call for expansion of the U.S. Supreme Court to 13 justices.
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Updated: Apr. 27, 2023 at 8:20 PM EDT
|By Jamie Bittner
The bill would also expand access to Pre-K and Head Start programs in addition to increasing worker wages.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 4:52 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Columbus City Councilor John House is stepping down from the district 10 at - large position during Tuesday night’s city council meeting...
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By Ashlee Williams
Another high-energy and emotion-filled evening in Columbus council chambers Tuesday night.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:44 PM EDT
|By Gabriela Johnson
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.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:17 PM EDT
|By Jamie Bittner
ConocoPhillips has said the project will produce an estimated 180,000 barrels of oil per day at its peak.
Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 10:25 PM EDT
|By Katrice Nolan
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.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 11:30 AM EDT
|By Tim Darnell
Here are the latest headlines on the nation's 39th president.
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Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 6:47 PM EDT
|By Abby Kousouris
Antisemitic flyers have been dropped on doorsteps in Athens. People in the Jewish community are begging lawmakers to give them more protection.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 8:18 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
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.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2023 at 4:33 PM EST
|By WSFA 12 News Staff
Gov. Kay Ivey says Executive Order 735 will reduce “red tape” for citizens and businesses.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 7:52 PM EST
|By WSFA 12 News Staff
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.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 3:49 PM EST
|By Stetson Miller
Senator Tammy Baldwin has reintroduced legislation that would limit what can be labeled as milk to dairy products.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:22 PM EST
|By Ashlee Williams
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.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 4:23 PM EST
|By James Giles
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.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 12:44 AM EST
|By Romario Gardner
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.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 10:26 AM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
Lawmakers push changes to federal laws on marijuana, with a special focus on banking regulations.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 5:59 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
Senate hearing looks at whether legislation is needed to protect children online.
Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 10:17 AM EST
|By Gabriela Johnson
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.
Updated: Feb. 8, 2023 at 8:25 AM EST
|By Wade Smith
Elected officials from all over the state weighed in on the Tuesday evening speech
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 10:48 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
Georgia senators are advancing a bill that would make prison sentences harsher for gang crimes.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 6:07 PM EST
|By WBRC Staff
Governor Kay Ivey signed Executive Order 734 Thursday to promote transparency in state government.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:32 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
The Senators believe there is little difference between the JR-15 and an AR-15.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 3:56 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
“It’s an obvious fact," says Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.)
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:27 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
Days before the March for Life rally, the House GOP advanced a measure called the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.”
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 6:47 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
House Republican leadership announces new committee and conference chairs.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 1:32 PM EST
|By Jennifer Horton
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.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2022 at 9:47 AM EST
|By Brendan Cullerton
Current Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA, is the frontrunner to become the next speaker of the House, but he is short on the votes required
Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 3:37 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
Legislation to sort out Afghan refugee status remains stalled in Congress.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 5:39 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
Nancy Pelosi is stepping down as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 10:06 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
For the past 48 years Senator Patrick Leahy has served the nation and his home state of Vermont.
Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 8:03 PM EST
|By Erin Davis
The Alabama Legislature is looking for a new home.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 11:17 AM EST
|By Tim Darnell
The Republican secretary of state wants state lawmakers to consider reforms.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2022 at 8:29 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
Journalist Katie Couric joined lawmakers to announce the ‘Find it Early Act' for cancer screenings.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 5:36 PM EST
|By Jamie Bittner
Senator Leahy was first elected in 1974.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 12:53 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
After disappointing results in this year’s elections, Republicans are reevaluating their antipathy to mail voting.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 7:06 AM EST
|By The Associated Press
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is extending the suspension of the state’s motor fuel tax for another month to help families offset the cost of holiday spending.
Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 8:13 PM EST
|By WTVM Staff
WTVM will have full coverage of the results tonight.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 10:30 PM EST
|By Katrice Nolan
“Tomorrow is election day. All precincts will open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.,” says Director of Elections and Voter Registration Nancy Boren.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 5:07 PM EST
|By Rachel Polansky
In a race where a few hundred votes can make a difference, the majority of the 39,000 people held in Georgia County jails can vote but as Atlanta News First Investigates uncovered, few do.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 10:34 AM EST
|By Katrice Nolan
With a dance and an introduction, Hershel Walker greeted supporters at the Piggly Wiggly grocery store on 13th avenue in Columbus.
Updated: Nov. 29, 2022 at 1:02 PM EST
|By Tim Darnell
The race between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker could have national political implications heading into 2024.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 9:56 PM EST
|By Katrice Nolan
Long lines for early voting at the city services center in Columbus Monday as voters only have one race on the ballot.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 7:24 PM EST
|By Erin Davis
Progress toward gender-balanced governance is dangerously slow in the United States, according to the group Represent Women.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 2:59 PM EST
|By Ahniaelyah Spraggs
Voters in Georgia will be able to go to the polls beginning this Saturday for early voting in the runoff election between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker for U.S. Senate.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 9:56 PM EST
|By Jatavia O'Neal
In Muscogee County, voters will now have an additional to cast their ballot in the US Senate race.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 at 12:11 PM EST
|By Tim Darnell
'Disappointed' Atlanta Press Club had scheduled a Senate runoff debate for next Monday.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 3:01 PM EST
|By Tim Darnell
The 14th district Georgia congresswoman is a longtime supporter of the nation's 45th president.