By Jill Nolin | Editor
Happy Saturday! Let’s look back at the week.
Something to watch: Three members of the State Election Board are requesting federal intervention as they push for last-minute changes to the Georgia’s election system. They tasked the board’s executive director with reaching out to the DOJ and he quickly fired off an official request for “intervention” this week.
Competing data center policies: Republican Rick Jackson and Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms are far apart when it comes to data center policies, but we also dug into why advocates and residents from across the state say they are feeling underwhelmed by both gubernatorial candidates’ plans. Here’s that story.
News from elsewhere: Trump kicked off his red-state midterm rally tour this week, starting in Oklahoma. “When I’m not on the ballot, people don’t go and vote so much. Pretend I’m running please, because I’m on the ballot,” Trump told the crowd. Our DC Bureau explored the thinking about this strategy at a time when the president’s approval ratings overall are underwater. No word yet on whether Trump plans to campaign in Georgia ahead of the November election, but he was just here in July.
That’s all for now. Hope you all have the weekend you desire. I’ll be cheering on the Atlanta Dream as they face the New York Liberty in the WNBA semifinals this Sunday (but go Braves too!).
FBI agents were spotted loading boxes of election documents onto trucks at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City on Jan. 28, 2026. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
COMMENTARY
By Jay Bookman
Nine months ago this week, FBI agents raided the Fulton County elections office, seizing hundreds of boxes of ballots cast in the 2020 election.
According to the subpoena authorizing that seizure, federal officials had “probable cause to believe” that Fulton officials had “knowingly and willfully deprived” the people of Georgia of a “fair and impartially conducted election process” in 2020, just as President Trump had claimed.
Conservatives celebrated the news, certain that the truth – their truth – would now be confirmed. “Georgians have waited years for real answers about what happened in 2020,” as Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon put it.
Then six months passed. Nothing.
DeKalb County residents gathered before a county commission meeting on Nov. 20, 2025, to protest a data center proposal in Ellenwood. Alander Rocha/Georgia Recorder
2026 ELECTION
By Alander Rocha
As Georgia becomes a national leader in new data center construction, debate over how to regulate the booming industry has become a hot issue in the race for governor.
The two candidates have proposed contrasting visions for how to deal with the massive, power-hungry facilities that help power and advance artificial intelligence, but voters don’t seem entirely sold on either’s plan.
Stickers on a gas pump in Acworth blame President Donald Trump for high gas prices. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
ECONOMY
By Ross Williams
eorgia drivers may soon see a little temporary relief at the pump after Gov. Brian Kemp suspended the state’s motor fuel tax as gas prices continued to surge.
Kemp issued an executive order Monday declaring a state of emergency for gas supply disruptions. The suspension will take effect Tuesday and run through Oct. 29.
“Global markets remain unstable and are subjecting Georgians to unpredictable price shocks on basic goods and services, including but not limited to gasoline and diesel fuel prices,” Kemp wrote in the order.
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