This change has to do with statues. Under a federal law signed by President Lincoln in 1864, each state gets to send two statues for display at the U.S. Capitol.

A Georgia state senator wants to place a statue of late former President Jimmy Carter at the US Capitol. Sen. Jason Esteves ...

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ATLANTA — Two politicians arrested inside the Georgia State Capitol in separate incidents, one in 2018 and another in 2021, are fighting a statute that lawyers defending them said is ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Georgia lawmakers are again trying to erect a statue of U.S. Supreme Court Justice and Georgia native Clarence Thomas on the state Capitol grounds in Atlanta, in what ...

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas could still be honored with a statue in Georgia as Republicans in the state Senate reopened the topic this week. An effort to erect a statue of ...

ATLANTA – The state Senate on Tuesday approved a proposal to place a statue of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on the grounds of the state Capitol. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Ben ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Georgia lawmakers are again trying to erect a statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice and Georgia native Clarence Thomas on the state capitol grounds in Atlanta, in ...

Georgia lawmakers are set to take up a bill that would have a statue of Justice Clarence Thomas erected at the state Capitol, and the proposal is already drawing fire from the justice’s critics. On ...

The Republican majority in the Georgia state senate voted on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, to build a statue of Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on the state capitol grounds, despite Democratic ...

Georgia lawmakers are flirting with replacing the statue of Confederate leader Alexander Stephens at the U.S. Capitol with a sculpture of Atlanta Braves Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron.