Month: April 2022

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Georgia’s Kemp signs into law seven law enforcement-related bills

April 25, 2022 The Center Square

(The Center Square) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed seven bills he says will support law enforcement officers throughout Georgia and toughen penalties for criminals. “Every single criminal in Georgia is on notice; they will find nothing but trouble and punishment in our state,” Kemp said during remarks before signing House bills 1134,1188, 1216 and 1441 and Senate bills 84, 358 and 479. HB 1134 paves the way for a gang prosecution unit within the

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Georgia’s Kemp joins more than two dozen other governors in crackdown on border-related crime

April 20, 2022 The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has joined the governors of more than two dozen states to create a task force to crack down on transnational criminal organizations. The American Governors’ Border Strike Force will work to disrupt and dismantle cartels. As part of the effort, states will increase their collaboration, fight human smuggling and work to stop the drug flow. “What happens at our nation’s southern border impacts every single community in

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Study gives New Jersey a failing grade for pandemic response

April 12, 2022 The Center Square

(The Center Square) – New Jersey ranked last for its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new analysis from the Committee To Unleash Prosperity. The group gave the Garden State an F-minus for its pandemic performance, tying New York and the District of Columbia. “Shutting down their economies and schools was by far the biggest mistake governors and state officials made during COVID, particularly in blue states,” CUP co-founder Stephen Moore said in

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Raffensperger says he referred more than 1,600 Georgia election cases for possible prosecution

April 11, 2022 The Center Square

(The Center Square) — Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he referred more than 1,600 cases of potential non-citizens attempting to register to vote in Georgia to local prosecutors and state investigators. The secretary of state referred the cases to the State Election Board, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) and local prosecutors. The announcement comes weeks after Raffensperger said the state completed the first citizenship audit of the state’s voter rolls. According to a