Atlanta mayor to announce 'emergency initiative,' Georgia Democrats keep up calls for state action as SNAP cutoff over shutdown looms

ATLANTA — Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is planning Thursday to announce an "emergency initiative" on SNAP, while Georgia ...

Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff gambles on shutdown to save health subsidies as reelection bid looms

There may be no rank-and-file Democratic senator with more at stake from the federal government shutdown than Georgia's Jon ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

AJC poll shows bipartisan discontent with Trump’s handling of Epstein files

About 90% of Democrats more than one-third of Republicans say they are not satisfied with the disclosures about the accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

‘Where does this end?’ Why Kemp opposes state bailout of food stamp program

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rejects calls to tap state funds to keep food assistance flowing as federal government shutdown enters its fourth week.

State and local lawmakers formulate plans, call on Georgia to act with expiration of SNAP money imminent

Another state Republican, state Sen. Larry Walker, sent a letter to Georgia U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff on ...