GBI: Activist fatally shot after wounding state trooper bought gun legally
GBI: Activist fatally shot after wounding state trooper bought gun legally
Capitol Beat News Service - ATLANTA - The 26-year-old activist shot to death by law enforcement in Atlanta last week legally purchased the gun...
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Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland
Kemp to address World Economic Forum in Switzerland
By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News ServiceATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp likes to tout how his smart shepherding of state resources and track record landing...
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Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat
Runoff to decide late state House Speaker David Ralston’s seat
By Dave Williams, Bureau Chief Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA - The widow of the late Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is headed into...
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Jasper needs marble art: Can we get a fountain over here?
By Dan Pool, Editor dpool@pickensprogress.com As the old saying goes, Jasper, you’ve come a long way baby. The business owners downtown have really...
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2023 – From a 1923 perspective
What do you think the world will look like in 2123? No more kitchens? No poverty? Shorter work weeks? One hundred years ago, in...
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When is big too big?
By Angela Reinhardt, Staff Writer areinhardt@pickensprogress.com There he was. Peering at me from across the restaurant waiting room in his buck-toothed, Barney-Fife wonderment. At...
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Robotics manufacturer to build North American headquarters in Canton

Robotics manufacturer to build North American headquarters in Canton

By Submitted Article on December 8, 2022

By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – A German robotic machinery manufacturer specializing in individualized robotic equipment will build a manufacturing plant in…

Kemp to lawmakers: ‘We cannot rest on our laurels’

Kemp to lawmakers: ‘We cannot rest on our laurels’

By Submitted Article on December 7, 2022

By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News Service ATHENS – Gov. Brian Kemp challenged members of the General Assembly Tuesday to build on the successes that…

Georgia lawmakers shelve controversial proposals on electric vehicles

Georgia lawmakers shelve controversial proposals on electric vehicles

By Submitted Article on December 6, 2022

By Dave WilliamsBureau ChiefCapitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – A legislative study committee looking for ways to help accommodate an expected increase in electric…