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A Georgia regulator on why finishing Vogtle is a matter of national security
The troubled construction of two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle is now the only commercial nuclear project underway in the nation, and Public Service Commissioner Tim Echols has been one of the most forceful advocates of keeping it alive despite mounting financial questions. In an op-ed in today’s...
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There are no black members of the board of state-owned Stone Mountain. DeKalb County's chief executive wants to change that.
Michael Thurmond lives in the shadows of Stone Mountain, the massive gray monolith honoring a triumvirate of Confederate leaders. To say he has a complicated relationship with the mount, now under renewed scrutiny along with other Rebel symbols, is an understatement. Three of four residents in the t...
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‘They’re all chasing us’ Cagle tunes up campaign for governor
Dahlonega - The breakfast crowd is rolling into The Wagon Wheel, where Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle is busy tuning up his campaign for governor. He’s backslapping supporters, greeting old friends — “the best-looking man in all of Lumpkin County,” he razzes a retiree — and generally trying to present the ima...
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Georgia GOP’s ex-minority engagement guru seeks state Senate gig
The former head of the Georgia GOP’s minority engagement efforts is running for an Atlanta-based state Senate district that Democrats hope to flip next year. Leo Smith said Thursday he’s running as a “conservative bridge builder with a unique set of skills” to serve the district, which stretches acr...
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Abrams calls for removal of Confederate faces off Stone Mountain
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams called for the removal of the giant carving that depicts three Confederate war leaders on the face of state-owned Stone Mountain, saying it "remains a blight on our state and should be removed." "We must never celebrate those who defended slavery and ...
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Why Abrams won’t rebuke the ‘support black women’ protest against her rival
Why Abrams won’t rebuke the ‘support black women’ protest against her rival | Political Insider blog
Stacey Abrams tried to squelch growing criticism Monday over her refusal to rebuke protesters who shouted "support black women" over her white rival's speech at a national progressive conference held this weekend in Atlanta. In a lengthy Facebook post, Abrams said she would "never engage in any form...
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The Stacey Evans speech protesters wouldn’t let her deliver
The speech Stacey Evans tried to deliver to a progressive conference before she was shouted off the stage by supporters of her Democratic primary opponent was a defense of her strategy to grow the party by appealing to moderate whites who have fled to the GOP. Invoking legendary Atlanta Constitution...
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In Atlanta, Gore urges Trump to ‘try again’ with response to Charlottesville attacks
Former Vice President Al Gore urged President Donald Trump to “try again” with his response to the bloody violence that erupted in Charlottesville, Va. on Saturday as white nationalists fought with counter-protesters, saying his remarks gave a “kind of moral equivalence” to a resurgent white suprema...
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Still can't believe how this all played out ...
The Georgia political world is a small one. But here's an instance where it felt especially so: Democratic state Rep. Scott Holcomb was on a recent flight from Washington to Atlanta when a woman next to him was "inappropriately touched" by another man. As Holcomb recounted Thursday on Facebook, when...
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Stacey Evans gets rocky reception at Netroots conference
Democrat Stacey Evans' speech to a conference of progressive activists descended into chaos on Saturday, as protesters interrupted her repeatedly and she struggled to make herself heard over chants of “support black women.” Evans, a Smyrna state legislator who is white, expected a tough audience at ...
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‘Recovering candidate’ Ossoff urges Democrats: Run fearlessly
He opened the panel by calling himself a “recovering candidate," encouraged activists to learn from his campaign's strategy and said nothing about whether he will take another plunge into electoral politics. Democrat Jon Ossoff was given a hero’s welcome at the Netroots Nation panel on Saturday, gre...
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Republican gov candidates stand in lockstep behind ‘religious liberty’ bill
Republican gov candidates stand in lockstep behind ‘religious liberty’ bill | Political Insider blog
Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and his three Republican rivals signed a pledge that they would enact a “religious liberty” measure if they’re elected, taking a united stance on one of the most contentious debates in Georgia. Secretary of State Brian Kemp and state Sens. Hunter Hill and Michael Williams had al...
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Lawmaker pleads at town hall: ‘Yelling at me’ won’t change anything
GAINESVILLE - The seesawing crescendo of boos, cheers, one-liners and comebacks from the crowded pews seemed close to spinning out of control when U.S. Rep. Doug Collins set down his microphone, sat down quietly and asked for a “collective deep breath.” He represents the most conservative congressio...
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An Abrams ‘strike team’ revs up crowd at Netroots progressive bash
It was a tale Stacey Abrams has rarely shared before, a story of the small band of Georgia lawmakers she helped form to stymie the Republican agenda under the Gold Dome – without sanction or support for her own party’s poohbahs. She called that 2008 coalition the “strike team,” and her story Thursda...
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The heart of the Trump resistance movement heads to Atlanta this week
The beating heart of the effort to resist President Donald Trump will descend on Atlanta on Thursday with a four-day conference of the nation’s leading liberal activists and politicians. The mission of the Netroots Nation event is to energize a legion of new activists ahead of next year’s midterms, ...
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