By Jill Nolin | Editor
Do you remember the last time lawmakers overrode one of Gov. Brian Kemp’s vetoes? If you’re struggling to remember that piece of trivia, it’s because it has never happened. And his floor leader intervened Monday before House lawmakers had a chance to put a proposed veto override to a vote.
Members of the Georgia House Republican and Democratic leadership huddle to discuss state Rep. Stacey Evans’ motion to override a governor’s veto on June 18, 2026 at the state Capitol in Atlanta. Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder
LEGISLATURE
By Alander Rocha
Georgia Republicans on Monday blocked a Democratic attempt to push for what would have been the first vote to override a veto from Gov. Brian Kemp.
Atlanta Democratic state Rep. Stacey Evans called on her colleagues to override one of Kemp’s vetoes on aRepublican-sponsored bill. The bill, which passed unanimously out of both chambers earlier this year, would have required funds appropriated to the Department of Human Services and the Department of Community Health for specific purposes to be kept in separate accounts and prohibit the two agencies from using those funds for other purposes.
The irrigation system at Russ Moon’s family farm near Athens, Ga. Photo courtesy of Russ Moon
ENVIRONMENT
By Emily Jones, WABE/Grist
Russ Moon grows corn, soybeans and strawberries and raises cattle on his family farm in Madison County, Georgia, outside of Athens.
His family has worked that land for four generations, around 100 years. And he said he wants to keep it that way, and pass the farm on to his kids one day.
“Selling the land is really not an option,” he said. “I intend on remaining in agriculture for as long as possible.”
Maine’s Graham Platner is the Democratic candidate for what’s considered one of the nation’s most competitive battles for the U.S. Senate. Platner, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, is shown at a rally at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland on April 18, 2026. (Photo by Jim Neuger/ Maine Morning Star)
2026 ELECTION
By Jacob Fischler and Jonathan Shorman
Democrats are growing hopeful they can recapture the U.S. Senate in this fall’s midterm elections amid President Donald Trump’s plummeting approval ratings.
But they still need nearly everything to break their way against a map that put them at a starting disadvantage, analysts and campaign officials say.
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