By Jill Nolin | Editor
The Trump administration is making a new attempt at demanding information from Fulton County related to the 2020 election, this time zeroing in on poll workers and election volunteers. And the days are numbered for cell phones in high school classrooms. Let’s jump into it.
A grand jury met in Atlanta Tuesday morning at the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder
COURTS
By Maya Homan
Fulton County officials are trying to stop the U.S. Department of Justice from gaining access to the private information of nearly 3,000 Georgians who served as election workers and volunteers during the 2020 presidential election.
Rep. Scott Hilton jokingly pretends to take a phone call as Gov. Brian Kemp signs his bill banning high schoolers from using personal electronic devices during school hours. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
EDUCATION
By Ross Williams
A major initiative to boost childhood literacy and a ban on cell phones in high school classrooms were among a suite of new Georgia education bills signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Demolition work continued where the East Wing once stood at the White House on Dec. 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
DC BUREAU
By Jennifer Shutt
The legislation also includes $1 billion “to support enhancements by the United States Secret Service relating to the East Wing Modernization Project, including above-ground and below-ground security features.”
A banner showing President Donald Trump hangs from the U.S. Department of Justice on Feb. 20, 2026. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)
DC BUREAU
By David Lightman
The Trump reminders are all over. Walk the tourist walk from the Capitol down and around Pennsylvania Avenue, past the White House and on to the Lincoln Memorial and it’s clear who’s in charge.
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