Jeff Amy

January 29, 2024 | Daily Report Online

"The question we should all ask is who will police this commission," said one Atlanta Democrat. "Who will they be accountable to? Certainly not the voters, because they are not elected. This should terrify all of us."

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 26, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The committee can't directly sanction Willis, and Democrats denounced it as a partisan attempt to try to play to former President Donald Trump and his supporters.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 25, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Sponsors say adopting the definition put forward by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance would help prosecutors and other officials identify hate crimes and illegal discrimination targeting Jewish people. Gov. Brian Kemp has said he will sign the legislation.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Charlene McGowan, Raffensperger's general counsel. "Giving a board of unelected bureaucrats unchecked power over the state's executive branch is a dangerous policy proposal."

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

5 minute read

January 24, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Though Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation last year creating the new commission, it was unable to begin operating after the state Supreme Court in November refused to approve rules governing its conduct.

By Sudhin Thanawala and Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 23, 2024 | Daily Report Online

What was already a fraught topic has become downright raw with the Israel-Hamas war. Some protesters chanting "Free Free Palestine!" were dragged from the Judiciary Committee room by police officers after the vote.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 17, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican who has defended the law, said the ruling shows Georgia's electoral processes are fair.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The measure's sponsor, Republican Sen. Bill Cowsert of Athens, argued again Tuesday that a state constitutional amendment is needed because, when Georgia voters approved a lottery in 1992, sports bets could only be placed in person in a Nevada casino.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 10, 2024 | Daily Report Online

The governor says the effort will take more than one legislative session to "level the playing field in our courtrooms."

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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January 08, 2024 | Daily Report Online

Gov. Brian Kemp has said he wants to make it harder for people to file lawsuits and win big legal judgments and has said Georgia's high insurance rates are among the harms of such lawsuits.

By Jeff Amy | The Associated Press

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