Georgia

The governor of Georgia has thrown a wrench into the drive to get people to don masks against COVID-19 by banning more than a dozen local governments in his state from mandating that they be worn in public.Gov. Brian Kemp issued his executive order Wednesday, the same day the Republican governor of another state that…

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed an executive order Wednesday night explicitly banning cities from enacting their own mask mandates, even as the state experiences a sharp rise in coronavirus cases and other Republican governors are turning to mask orders to try to quell the surge.Kemp’s order voids existing mask mandates in more than a…

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) is prohibiting local municipalities across the state from mandating that masks be worn in public to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus. Kemp’s executive order issued Wednesday prevents local governments from enforcing mandatory face covering orders that are more restrictive than the current statewide order. The move effectively voided orders issued by at least 15 local governments across…

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is banning cities and counties from mandating that masks be worn in public to limit the spread of COVID-19.Kemp's executive order is a revised extension of guidelines put in place during the start of the pandemic, which encouraged, rather than required, residents to wear masks in public. The governor has called implementing such a measure…

Democratic Georgia state Rep. Vernon Jones, who endorsed President Trump for reelection in April, told “Outnumbered Overtime” Tuesday that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden "has a record of failure."Jones added that Biden has had “40-some odd years to do something good … economy-wise and he hasn’t.”Last week, Biden proposed spending $700 billion on American products and research in the hopes of bringing back millions of jobs…