State Rep. Eddie Lumsden says that several bills that were passed last week by the Georgia House would provide Georgia residents with “much-needed tax relief”.
Georgia Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger called for greater election security by asking Georgia’s State Senate to agree to funding for new technology approved by the House that would give election officials the ability to audit the text of every choice on every ballot, in every contest – without the use of QR codes.
The Board of Regents for the University System of Georgia has given approval for the state to establish a second medical college in addition to the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is behind the idea of a new medical college and says that a new medical school is needed because of the shortage of doctors in the state.
The Georgia General Assembly has taken steps towards giving Georgia judges a pay raise. Supporters of the legislation say that the bill is needed to address disparity in judge’s salaries across the state’s 159 counties.
On February 16th, 2024, Agents with the Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit Drug Task Force, The Walker County Sheriff Office, and Officers from The Georgia Department of Community Supervision executed a search warrant at a Clark Court property located off Corinth Road in Walker County.
Here is the latest arrest report from the Chattooga County Sheriff’s Office for Sunday, February 18, 2024:
