ATLANTA — Moments after Rep. David Clark, R-Buford, was seated in the Georgia Capitol for Tuesday’s legislative session, Speaker of the House David Ralston publicly called on “a member” who had refused to submit to COVID testing to exit the Chamber, then called on Capitol police to escort Clark out. Clark walked out voluntarily without incident
A Buford Republican lawmaker has announced his intent to challenge the Georgia House speaker for leadership in the chamber. State Rep. David Clark said the leadership of House Speaker David Ralston, who’s led the party since 2010, will cause them to lose more seats in the chamber. Democrats flipped 11 House seats in the 2018
Georgia’s hair stylists, tattoo artists and massage therapists are among the people who can go back to work Friday following a new executive order from Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that eases business constraints designed to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. Gyms, restaurants and other indoor businesses that were closed can open under Kemp’s
Georgia state Rep. David Clark asked God for guidance before deciding to call foul on alleged abuses of power by House Speaker David Ralston. After all, Clark tells Atlanta magazine, it’s “definitely intimidating” to challenge a man some consider the state’s most powerful—and certainly popular—politician. A year ago, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found that the
House Speaker David Ralston released a slate of new committee assignments that punished one of his most outspoken critics, who responded to his loss of a leadership post by calling the powerful lawmaker a “real-life Halloween monster.” State Rep. David Clark said he was the victim of political retaliation after Ralston removed him as chairman
ATLANTA — A Georgia lawmaker says new evidence supports his efforts to oust the state House speaker following reports the powerful Republican repeatedly used his position to delay court proceedings for criminal defendants who are clients of his law practice. Republican state Rep. David Clark of Buford held a news conference Wednesday with an independent
A Republican legislator says he will introduce a resolution Friday calling on state House Speaker David Ralston to resign his position, after an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Channel 2 Action News found he frequently delayed criminal court cases by claiming the dates interfered with his legislative duties. The announcement by state Rep. David
ATLANTA — A Georgia lawmaker is trying to oust the state House speaker following reports the powerful Republican repeatedly used his position to delay court proceedings for criminal defendants who are clients of his law practice. A resolution introduced Friday encourages House Speaker David Ralston to resign, accusing him of an “unacceptable abuse of power.”
A Republican in the state house has filed a resolution calling for House Speaker David Ralston (R-Blue Ridge) to step down after a recent news investigation into Ralston’s day job as a lawyer. According to the AJC, Ralston used a Georgia law that he helped write to repeatedly postpone court dates for clients charged with