Burt Jones enters race for Georgia governor

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Rep. Mike Collins teases Georgia Senate bid

Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., attends a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony to honor the World War II Army Ranger veterans in Emancipation Hall on Thursday, June 26, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Rep. Mike Collins is eying a...

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones enters 2026 Georgia governor’s race

In a video posted on his Youtube account Lt. Gov. of Georgia Burt Jones announced earlier this morning that he is entering the 2026 Georgia governor's race. Jones served in the state Senate from 2013 to 2023 and has been Lieutenant Governor since...

Georgia braces for 'Operation Southern Slow Down' as safety campaign launches

Law enforcement warns Georgia drivers to slow down or risk a ticket during Operation Southern Slow Down. ATLANTA — Georgia drivers are being urged to slow down next week as law enforcement steps up speed patrols in a five-state safety campaign....

What’s next for Congress after passing ‘big, beautiful bill’?

Sotomayor said that the task would be a “super, super heavy heavy lift” for Congress. “But 22 days is not much. They’re gone all of August. They’re going to try and get as much as they can, but it’s likely they’re going to have to piece it all...

Georgia Today: Jones announces governor candidacy; UGA sleep study; Smithsonian voting exhibit

Peter Biello: Welcome to the Georgia Today podcast. Here we bring you the latest reports from the GPB newsroom. On today's episode, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announces his campaign for governor. A new study highlights the importance of sleep on brain...

New book tells about Great Wagon Road, ‘the road that made America’

Once upon a time — actually, based on an event in York in 2017 — a master storyteller began a book chapter with a story about master storytellers. Chapter 11 of James Dodson’s just-published book about the Great Wagon Road explored York County’s...

Wheeler County Drowning Among Holiday Tragedies Across Georgia

A drowning in Wheeler County Friday morning was among the many tragedies marring the July Fourth holiday in Georgia. Darius Jamal Hall, 42, of Alamo was fishing on private property off Georgia Highway 149 when he fell from the boat into a pond,...

Senate Republican PAC surpasses record by raising $85 million in first six months of off-year

The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a top Republican super political action committee (PAC), and an affiliate have broken their record for most money raised in the first six months of a non-election year, by raising $85 million in the first six...

Senate Republicans Smash Fundraising Record by Eye-Popping Margin

Senate Republicans’ main outside groups raised more than $85 million in the first half of 2025, blowing past every previous off-year mark. Axios reported Tuesday that the Senate Leadership Fund and its nonprofit partner, One Nation, more than...

Lessons from the Clotilda, the last known slave ship in America

ExploreMuseum tells story of Africatown, its people and the crime that started it allEllis said their survival strategies offer a blueprint for how we should all be moving through this moment when American history is being rewritten. Building home...

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announces bid for Georgia governor

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announces campaign for Georgia governor

Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones speaks before Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Oct. 15, 2024 in Atlanta. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)...

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones officially enters 2026 Georgia governor’s race

ATLANTA — Georgia Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones has officially launched his campaign for governor in 2026, ending months of speculation about his political future. In a campaign video released Tuesday morning on YouTube, Jones said he’s ready to...

‘April’ Director Dea Kulumbegashvili Says Freedom of Expression Is Under Threat, Claims ‘There Is No Way to Make Films in Georgia at the Moment’

Attending the Karlovy Vary Film Festival this week, the Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili, whose sophomore feature “April” received the Special Jury Prize at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, spoke about no longer being able to make films in her...

‘American Agitators’ to be screened in Vallejo on Sunday

Common Ground IAF Solano-Napa will host a showing of the award-winning filmmaker Raymond Telles’ latest documentary, “American Agitators” on Sunday, July 13th at 1:30 p.m. at the Beaux Arts (Riverbank) building at 332 Georgia St. Doors open at...

America's best city is named in prestige poll... but beautiful spot was recently involved in horrific incident

A New Mexico city was rated the top in the US for its stunning views and good food, but it was recently involved in a horrific tragedy. Santa Fe, the state's capital, was rated number one of Travel and Leisure's 2025 best US travel destinations....

Burt Jones enters Georgia governor’s race with Trump-aligned platform

His announcement coincided with a filing that showed Jones has $14 million in his leadership committee, a Republican-backed fundraising tool that allows the governor, lieutenant governor and legislative leaders to raise unlimited cash. That...

Georgia lawmakers address possible U.S. travel restrictions affecting African-Caribbean nations

El-Mahdi Holly, Democrat 116 | Official U.S. House headshotEl-Mahdi Holly, Democrat 116 | Official U.S. House headshot State Representative El-Mahdi Holly, along with members of the Georgia Africa Legislative Caucus, is set to hold a press...

Georgia Republican Burt Jones enters the 2026 governor's race by lending himself $10 million

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Republican Burt Jones made his long-telegraphed entry into the 2026 governor's race on Tuesday, touting his ties with President Donald Trump and pledging to eliminate Georgia's state income tax in a campaign video. "I don't...