The possibility of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the country’s first Black woman president lifted the spirits of many of Georgia’s Black elected officials in the hours after President Joe Biden bowed out of the 2024 White House race. Top Georgia Democrats, including many in the state’s legislative Black Caucus, had steadfastly backed Biden up […]
James Beverly
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Dems Make Final, Desperate Plea for Medicaid Expansion Ahead of Sine Die
Georgia Democrats clung to hope Wednesday that there was still time to enact desperately needed full Medicaid expansion this year before the latest 40-day legislative session comes to an end Thursday. State Democratic Party leaders, including House Minority Leader James Beverly, D-Macon, and Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain, issued a desperate plea for […]
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The Feds Can’t Save Abortion Rights in Georgia
The U.S. Senate declined Wednesday to advance a federal abortion-rights bill during a procedural vote that could have major implications for Black residents in Georgia if the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on overturning its landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in the coming weeks. U.S. Sens. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff voted in favor […]
