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A crowd gathered at a press release with Gov. Brian Kemp to mark the passage of the recent gun law by Georgia GOP legislators

Georgia April 13, 2022

Georgia law nixes permit requirement for firearms as gun politics gin up GOP base

by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder [First published in the Georgia Recorder republished with permission]April 13, 2022 The first political event 30-year-old Nick Champion ever attended was Tuesday outside a sporting…

Quill pan and ink in article about absentee ballots

Letters to the Editor August 4, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Republican elected officials put politics above safety and well-being of citizens

[Letters to the editor do not necessarily express the views of the Courier. We might agree with them, we might disagree, but they are the opinion of the person submitting…

Opinion July 17, 2025

Dark Money & Baseball: Unregulated Campaign Cash In Cities and Counties

By John A. Tures, Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College Former Kansas City All-Star Second Baseman Frank White, now the Jackson County Executive, seems like an unlikely target for a…

Georgia Power sign at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Cobb County accompanying article about restory power

Government & Politics July 17, 2025

Hubbard wins Democratic PSC primary, setting up showdown with governor-appointed incumbent

by Amber Roldan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 15, 2025 This story was updated at 5:25 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16,…

A schoolhouse with books superimposed on the front

Education July 17, 2025

Trump free to begin gutting Department of Education after Supreme Court ‘shadow’ ruling − 5 essential reads

by Bryan Keogh, The Conversation, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Trump administration was given the green light by the Supreme Court on July 14,…

The outline of a Georgia map with the GOP red white and blue elephant in the center

Government & Politics July 16, 2025

Raffensperger calls for return of donations after Georgia Republican donor accused of Ponzi scheme

by Maya Homan, Georgia Recorder, [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] July 15, 2025 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has joined a growing chorus…

The word "immigration" wrapped around the upper part of a world globe while walking people are on the lower part

Immigration July 16, 2025

A law from the era of Red Scares is supercharging Trump administration’s power over immigrants and noncitizens

by Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Nativism, the idea that government must guard native-born Americans from various threats posed by…

Justice July 15, 2025

Most Pennsylvania voters ignore judicial elections − a political scientist explains why they matter, especially in a battleground state

by Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] This November, there will be no candidate for president, governor, senator or even representative…

Government & Politics July 14, 2025

How citizenship chaos was averted, for now, by a class action injunction against Trump’s birthright citizenship order

by Julie Novkov, University at Albany, State University of New York and Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Legal battles over President…

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Land Use & Zoning July 17, 2025

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