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Georgia Senate sets aside $409M for new state mental hospital The Georgia Senate allocated $409 million in its amended budget to build a state mental health hospital, which would be the first since the 1960s. State Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, said in a budget hearing Feb. 18 that the state’s police chiefs and sheriffs feel like their jails have become the mental health institutions for the state. “The Senate does […]
Keisha Lance Bottoms joined Ron for a look back at her mayoral era in Atlanta and to make her sales pitch to skeptical Georgia voters ahead of the gubernatorial election in November. Speaking on the race, a curious endorsement bubbled up, last week, drawing notable scrutiny among many black Georgia voters. Trump got whacked by the Supreme Court Friday, but justices may have actually been trying to bail out his […]
Family mourns Atlanta student found dead, hanging in Cobb County park as new report on modern-day lynchings is released New report details modern-day lynchings as family mourns Atlanta man found dead in Cobb County park A new national report is reigniting conversations about racial terror in America, even as a Georgia family grieves the loss of a 21-year-old Atlanta man found dead in a Cobb County park. JULIAN, a civil […]
Lawmakers, advocates introduce Georgia Voting Rights Act Voting rights advocates and Democratic lawmakers are advancing a proposal they say would reinforce ballot protections in Georgia at a moment of renewed federal uncertainty. At a Capitol press conference, supporters rolled out Senate Bill 536, titled the Henry McNeal Turner Georgia Voting Rights Act, as the U.S. Supreme Court reviews another case centered on Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act. […]
Ron caught up with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike Thurmond for a conversation encompassing the state of the seven-candidate race, what led him to decide to come back into the political arena after term-limiting out as Dekalb CEO, how his role in the "Cop City" squabble might relate to his governing Georgia in Trump's last two years and more. In hour two, Democratic congressional candidate Shawn Harris checked in to discuss […]
Georgia lawmakers push insurance reform bills to lower rates and expand accountability Georgia lawmakers are advancing a new round of insurance reform bills aimed at lowering rates and strengthening accountability for insurers, building on last year’s tort reform package. Members of the House Blue-Ribbon Study Committee traveled across the state to gather input from industry leaders, consumer advocates and policy experts before introducing legislation this session. According to Atlanta News […]
Georgia lawmaker introduces sweeping waste reduction bill While many Georgia lawmakers are looking at affordability issues, one has proposed legislation that will address environmental issues. State Rep. Eric Bell, D-Jonesboro, has introduced House Bill 1237, the Pollution Prevention and Producer Responsibility Act of 2026. “If you want cleaner communities, if you want access to more jobs, higher paying jobs, if you want to preserve the environment whether it's the air […]
PLUS: How'd an innocuous Social Circle warehouse somehow improve in value by $100 million in just two years for DHS to have paid that much more for it? Prior to his visit to Rome, GA, today, Donald Trump thought it fitting to take swipes at Atlanta over his perception of the city's crime woes (his Mar A Lago hometown with a higher crime rate per capita, mind you ...) but […]
Georgia bill expands pharmacists’ role in prescribing HIV prevention drugs Pharmacists are getting more power this legislative session as lawmakers look for ways to make medications more accessible. A bipartisan bill would allow pharmacists to order and dispense or inject preventative HIV drugs, such as PrEP or PEP. Senate Bill 195 passed the Georgia House by a wide margin last week, according to The Capitol Beat. Only seven Republicans opposed […]
National morning drive radio and television star Stephanie Miller hosts The Stephanie Miller Show, reaching over six million listeners weekly on satellite and terrestrial radio, simulcast on FreeSpeech TV. A ratings powerhouse who dominated at KABC, KFI, and stations in New York and Chicago, she's been ranked on Talkers Magazine's "Heavy Hundred" for over a decade and won their Woman of the Year Award. Her sold-out Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour became the fastest-selling comedy tour in history, earning three Pollstar nominations and producing America's #1 comedy album. Praised by Rachel Maddow as "the high priestess of excellent liberal talk" and by Carol Burnett as "the Carol Burnett of radio," this Liberal icon—ironically the daughter of Barry Goldwater's 1964 VP running mate—is known as "The Voice of The Resistance."
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