Doug Richards

2 days ago | 13wmaz.com | Doug Richards

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp has yet to announce whether he’ll sign a bill restricting lawsuits against companies that make agricultural chemicals  – despite an aggressive campaign urging him to veto S.B. 144.   "Foreign pesticide companies like ChemChina — linked to the Chinese Communist Party — are pressuring our elected officials to take away our rights." intones a voice in a TV ad, showing an image of the face of Gov. Kemp during the line. The ad urges viewers to pressure Kemp to veto S.B. 144.

2 days ago | 13wmaz.com | Doug Richards

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law tort reform legislation Monday afternoon. The governor said it was his highest priority of the last legislative session. The governor assembled a crowd of supporters for the public signing ceremony at the Capitol, saying the state’s new tort reform law would soften the impact of costly lawsuits that he said raise insurance rates and drive out business. "The calls for change came from every sector from Georgia’s economy.

1 week ago | 13wmaz.com | Doug Richards

ATLANTA — MARTA is going to spend more than $100 million to upgrade its turnstiles. By doing so, it will help deter turnstile jumpers.   Lawrence Harper said he watches a daily parade of turnstile jumpers when he rides MARTA. "They walk through the gates. I’ve seen old women, young kids, young women," Harper said Monday outside the Lindbergh rail station. They are, he said, undeterred by the law or by police. "Young boys, old women, just walking through (the turnstiles).

1 month ago | 11alive.com | Doug Richards

The survey conducted in mid-November surveyed more than 1,500 people who said they cast a ballot in Georgia for the 2024 presidential election. ATLANTA — Georgia is removing hundreds of thousands of names from its voter rolls. More people voted than ever before in Georgia during the last presidential election.

1 month ago | 11alive.com | Doug Richards

Credit: susanne2688 - stock.adobe.com ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers may start encouraging lawsuits against cities that they say aren’t enforcing federal immigration laws. The measure targets so called sanctuary cities, though no Georgia city has identified itself that way.   When an undocumented immigrant murdered college student Laken Riley in Athens last year, Republicans claimed Athens-Clarke County deserved at least some of the blame – because of liberal immigration policies.