By Jill Nolin | Editor
As of now, Georgia voters will get a side-by-side contrast of the candidates running for governor at least once before the November election. Former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms agreed Monday to participate in a town hall-style debate in early October, but then she quickly upped the ante by proposing five more.
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson, both candidates for governor, speak at a Georgia Chamber event in Athens, on Aug. 5, 2026. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Alander Rocha
Months after the campaigns of Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms first issued challenges to the other over when, where and how to debate ahead of the November elections, there’s still little agreement on how voters will hear from each of the two candidates for governor.
So far, both campaigns have agreed to only one town hall-style debate hosted by Atlanta News First and Gray Media on Oct. 6.
The Bottoms campaign first challenged Jackson to three debates in June, to which the Jackson campaign responded by proposing one debate. Nearly two months later, Bottoms agreed Monday to it and is now pushing for five more.
Vegetables and lettuces at a grocery store in Michigan. A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness. (Photo by Jon King/Michigan Advance)
PUBLIC HEALTH
By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline
Jalapenos. Frozen berries. Beef. Alfalfa sprouts.
A summer of food recalls, including the record-shattering cyclosporiasis outbreak tied to iceberg lettuce that has sickened thousands, has raised many Americans’ fears of contracting a foodborne illness.
A ballot drop box in Kitsap County, Washington, pictured Aug. 29, 2026. Washington is one of the eight states that conducts elections entirely by mail. (Photo by Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom)
VOTING
By Jacob Fischler
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday declined the Trump administration’s request to overturn the temporary restraining order she signed last week that blocks the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out a rule placing new restrictions on mail-in voting.
The 14-day order published Aug. 27 was not appealable, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani wrote in a brief order Monday. But even if the order could be appealed, the administration would lose on the merits, Talwani wrote.
“It is likely that the USPS lacked authority to issue the Final Rule and that the Final Rule is substantively unconstitutional and contrary to law,” she wrote.
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