Jill Nolin

A GOP lawmaker will continue to represent a conservative state Senate district in a north Atlanta exurb after a Democratic candidate’s first-place finish last month surprised Republicans and left Democrats hopeful that a flip was possible.  Jason Dickerson, a Cherokee County resident who is the president of a private investment firm, had about 61% of […]

MILTON – The national Democratic Party’s top official campaigned in Georgia this weekend with Democrat Debra Shigley in hopes of helping her flip a conservative state Senate district in the north Atlanta suburbs. Ken Martin, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, called Shigley’s surprising first-place finish in last month’s seven-way race “a huge overperformance for […]

A federal judge has stymied a Republican candidate’s attempts to stop his GOP rival from using a special committee to gain a fundraising advantage in next year’s race for governor. But the judge’s ruling may not be the last word on the dispute.   Attorney General Chris Carr, who is running for governor, had challenged Lt. […]

Former House Minority Leader Bob Trammell announced Wednesday that he will run for attorney general in Georgia next year, making him the first Democrat to enter the race for what will be an open seat. Trammell, who is an attorney in his hometown of Luthersville, had previously filed paperwork exploring a campaign but made it […]

Republican John King dropped his U.S. Senate bid Thursday and says he will instead seek another term as Georgia’s insurance commissioner.

Charges against a Spanish-language journalist who was arrested while covering a protest in metro Atlanta earlier this month have been dropped, though he continues to face potential deportation.

Two Democratic candidates for the Georgia Public Service Commission could be headed to a runoff while Republican Commissioner Tim Echols held a strong lead over his GOP challenger Tuesday night, according to unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s Office.  Keisha Sean Waites, a former Atlanta City Councilwoman and ex-state representative, was the top vote-getter […]

Fired workers of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and their supporters are pushing for more public health jobs to be restored after a portion of the center’s terminated workforce was reinstated this week. 

Today, the Georgia Recorder is moving into a new chapter. Our founding editor John McCosh is retiring and handing the reins over to me, and as the Recorder’s new editor, I wanted to take a moment to reintroduce us. 

Even though the bill appears to be designed to chip away at Medicaid’s expansion under the Affordable Care Act, advocates and others say states like Georgia that did not fully expand Medicaid could still feel the effects of the cuts.