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JFK’s Thanksgiving wish: Be ‘humbly grateful’ for what brings us together
On Nov. 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed this Thanksgiving proclamation. Little more than two weeks later, on Nov. 22, 1963, he lost his life to an assassin’s bullet during a trip to Dallas, Texas. America is as divided as it has been lately and Kennedy’s wish that the nation unite around its shared ideals […]
Sunshine Week: State AG says huzzah, state Senate not so keen on free speech
We are closing out National Sunshine Week, a time when public officials are reminded to operate openly and transparently and embrace the spirit of the First Amendment. Georgia Republican Attorney General Chris Carr marked the occasion, pledging that his department is dedicated to enforcing the state’s Open Records Act and Open Meetings Act. So, it is […]
Troops at Georgia’s Fort Stewart prepare to aid NATO role in Ukraine conflict
Updated Feb. 28 to reference confirmation troops in the division started leaving for Europe Sunday afternoon. HINESVILLE, Ga. — Anka Hinze was skeptical a couple of weeks ago when her retired military police officer husband said he had a sense of foreboding that an overseas conflict was about to deliver a ripple effect across the […]
JFK’s Thanksgiving wish: Be ‘humbly grateful’ for what brings us together
Fifty-eight years ago, on Nov. 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed this Thanksgiving proclamation. Little more than two weeks later, on Nov. 22, 1963, he lost his life to an assassin’s bullet during a trip to Dallas, Texas. America is as divided as it has been lately and Kennedy’s wish that the nation unite around […]
Jury finds McMichaels, Bryan guilty of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder
A nearly all-white jury in a Glynn County courtroom Wednesday afternoon convicted three white men of murder in the death of Ahmaud Arbery as the 25-year-old Black jogger ran through their neighborhood in February 2020. Travis McMichael, seen all over the world in a viral video that shows him firing a shotgun into Arbery at […]
The Georgia Recorder gets a makeover
Welcome to the revamped Georgia Recorder website. After nearly a year of planning and designing, today we unveil the new-look Georgia Recorder. Our aim is to enhance your experience on the site, and the redesigned Georgia Recorder is more functional and accessible. The site overall has a cleaner look. The flow of news on the […]
Biden rips Georgia election law, says honor late Lewis with voting rights act
PHILADELPHIA — Returning to the state that handed him the White House, President Joe Biden made a passionate plea Tuesday for Americans to rise up and protect their voting rights from a series of restrictive measures pushed by Republicans in Washington and in state capitols nationwide. “It’s up to all of us to protect that right […]
Commentary: All-$tar Game fuzzy math
Why do so many seemingly reasonable people repeat the can’t-be-true claim that Major League Baseball cost Georgia businesses $100 million by moving its 2021 All-Star Game out of Cobb County? On April 3, Cobb Travel & Tourism President and CEO Holly Quinn fired that big number into the heated public debate a day after baseball […]
Warnock makes case for minimum wage hike during King Day service
Days before he is set to be sworn in as Georgia’s first Black U.S. senator, the Rev. Raphael Warnock drew on the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. from a pulpit where they both preached to make the case for policies he plans to make a priority once he takes on his new job in […]
Georgia’s costly U.S. Senate showdowns roil ahead of rally finales
Soon after the Nov. 3 general election it was clear Georgia voters set up two U.S. Senate contests for this week and it seemed unlikely the presidential result would threaten to overshadow the high stakes battle at the ballot for control of the federal government. But when President Donald Trump campaigns for fellow Republicans and […]
JFK’s Thanksgiving wish: Be ‘humbly grateful’ for what brings us together
Fifty-seven years ago, on Nov. 4, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed this Thanksgiving proclamation. Little more than two weeks later, on Nov. 22, 1963, he lost his life to an assassin’s bullet during a trip to Dallas, Texas. America is as divided as it has been lately and Kennedy’s wish that the nation unite around […]
State school board reverses course, backs deflating high-stakes tests
After a large majority of Georgians surveyed supported a proposal to make high-stakes standardized tests essentially meaningless for public school students this year, the State Board of Education voted Thursday to withdraw its recommendation to count the end-of- year exams as 10% of a course grade. Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods pushed to drop the […]