Bob Andres

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Bob Andres

ATLANTA - State Rep. Derrick Jackson will launch his campaign for governor Friday with a focus on his combined experience in politics, the military and corporate America. Jackson, a Democrat who currently represents a district in south metro Atlanta, says his resume sets him apart from candidates in both parties with higher name recognition running for Georgia's top job.

1 month ago | macon.com | Bob Andres

More than two dozen students in Gwinnett County have been disciplined for trying to start a fire with their district-issued laptops, a spokesperson for the school system said. The latest TikTok trend, called the "Chromebook Challenge," encourages students to put small objects like pencils or paper clips in the USB port on their laptops until they see smoke or fire. Students across the country are facing consequences for damaging school property.

1 month ago | macon.com | Bob Andres |Greg Bluestein |Tia Mitchell |Patricia Murphy |Adam Beam

Today's newsletter highlights:Georgia farmers are still waiting on federal disaster aid. Brian Kemp has less than a week to act on about 300 bills. Georgia Democrats want a special session to prepare for tariffs. The Democratic Party of Georgia faced months of internal fissures that led to the ouster of its chair and the installation of a new leader last week. Georgia GOP chair Josh McKoon, by contrast, is consolidating support from the disparate corners of his party.

2 months ago | miamiherald.com | Bob Andres

ATLANTA - Attorneys for a 20-year-old Lumpkin County man argued before the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday that the state's requirement that those seeking to possess and carry handguns in public must be at least 21 years old violates his constitutional rights. A lower-court rulinglast October that held the state has the authority to age-restrict the carrying of handguns, prompted Thomas Stephens to appeal his case to the state's highest court.

2 months ago | macon.com | Bob Andres

A man accused of strangling a Clark Atlanta University student nearly six years ago cannot keep jurors from hearing recorded jail calls in which he might have incriminated himself, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Reversing a Fulton County judge's decision, the court said Barron Brantley can't expect privacy when calling people other than his lawyer from the Fulton jail's recorded line. The justices sided with prosecutors who hope to introduce three of those phone calls at trial.