Cancelling Georgia nuclear plant could cost owners billions

The federal government is warning the owners of a troubled nuclear power plant in Georgia that any move to cancel a planned expansion would lead to demands for quick repayment of nearly $6 billion in federal loans. In a letter to the plant's three owners, the Department of Energy said late Friday that if the construction project is cancelled, the government is "prepared to move swiftly to fully enforce its rights under terms of the loan guarantee agreements, including the repayment provisions."

Tailwinds prompt Democrats to compete for more seats

FOR THE first time in six years, Democrats are challenging three of Chatham County's four Republican-held state legislative seats. Seeking to take advantage of what they see as Democratic tailwinds this year, Sandra Workman, Adam Bridges and Alicia Scott are fighting apathy as much as incumbency in suburban districts once thought unwinnable.

Log Cabin Endorses a Homophobe Over a Black Woman in Georgia Gov. Race

The Log Cabin Republicans' Georgia chapter has endorsed Republican Brian Kemp for governor even though he supports anti-LGBT "religious freedom" legislation. Kemp, currently secretary of state in Georgia, won the gubernatorial nomination in a runoff last Tuesday, and he then reiterated his support for a Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The Senate is in session this week. The House is in recess.

The Senate reconvenes today at 3:00 pm to consider the nomination of Britt Grant to serve as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Prior to her nomination to the Eleventh Circuit, Grant served as solicitor general of Georgia and on the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Georgia governor’s matchup sets a battle for the middle

With the Georgia governor's race now set, the contest between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams becomes a question of which candidate can move beyond their partisan bases to capture the electoral middle in this emerging battleground state. Kemp, a two-term secretary of state-backed by President Donald Trump, hardly moderated his approach as he celebrated an overwhelming runoff victory Tuesday.

In Georgia, governor nominees show polar opposite parties Source: AP

Georgia Republicans tapped Brian Kemp to face Democrat Stacey Abrams in the Georgia governor's race, setting a November matchup that will test history and highlight the widening gulf between two major parties moving further apart in style and substance in the era of President Donald Trump. Kemp, a two-term secretary of state, trounced longtime Lt.

Trump-backed candidate Kemp wins Georgia GOP governor runoff

With a damning secret recording of his opponent and a late Trump-Pence endorsement, Secretary of State Brian Kemp on Tuesday won a bruising Republican runoff in the race for Georgia governor. A self-described "unapologetic conservative" whose campaign ran an eyebrow-raising ad that said he could use his own pickup to "round up criminal illegals," Kemp rode a national wave of voter contempt for the establishment in favor of bare-knuckled outsider politics.

Contentious Georgia GOP runoff tests Trump voters’ loyalty

Accompanied by his wife Nita Cagle, left, and political supporters, Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle speaks during a rally in Evans, Ga., Monday, July 23, 2018, as he continues his campaign for Georgia governor, a day before the Republican runoff election against his rival, Brian Kemp, Georgia's secretary of state.

Trump looms over Republican nominating contest for Georgia governor

FILE PHOTO: Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp speaks with visitors to the state capitol about the "SEC primary" involving a group of sou - Republican voters in Georgia on Tuesday will choose their party's nominee for governor in a two-man faceoff that has become a proxy battle between U.S. President Donald Trump and the state's popular Republican governor, Nathan Deal. In May, Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle, who has Deal's endorsement, finished ahead of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

How Trump is shaping Democratic and Republican races in Georgia

Republican gubernatorial candidates Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and Secretary of State Brian Kemp are facing off in a runoff election Tuesday following a crowded seven-person Republican primary in May. In a tweet on Saturday, President Trump endorsed Kemp, which could affect the outcome of the race.

Georgia lawmaker uses racial slur, drops pants in TV series

A Georgia lawmaker is the latest public figure caught with his pants down on provocateur Sacha Baron Cohen's new cable TV series, this time literally, as the state legislator exposes his bottom, speaks with a mock Asian accent and yells a racial slur all in the name of fighting terrorism. In Sunday night's broadcast of Cohen's Showtime series "Who Is America?" Cohen poses as an Israeli military expert who persuades Republican Rep. Jason Spencer to take part in several outlandish exercises.