ATLANTA — Georgia's House speaker said Friday that he's lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber, a day after Sen. Colton Moore was arrested after he tried to enter for Gov. Brian Kemp's state of the state speech.

Senator Clint Dixon was appointed as Chairman of the Senate Committee on State and Local Government Operations in Georgia.

A sitting Georgia state senator was shoved to the ground and taken into custody Thursday for flouting orders not to enter the House chamber during Gov. Brian Kemp’s State of the State address. State Sen.

A Georgia state senator and hardline supporter of President-elect Trump appeared to be pushed to the floor before being arrested while trying to enter the state House chamber on Thursday.

A Georgia state senator has had his ban from entering the state House chamber revoked following an ugly incident on Thursday which saw him flung to the floor, arrested and subsequently hospitalized.

Colton Moore, a Trump loyalist, was banned last year over his condemnation of a deceased state senator who was being honored by his colleagues.

The Republican senator was arrested by Georgia state police as he was trying to enter the state House chamber. Moore says he's not backing down.

ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who presides over the Georgia Senate, said Friday that he won't tolerate any future episodes like what happened Thursday when Sen. Colton Moore was arrested for trying to enter the state House chambers.

A right-wing Republican state senator was arrested Thursday morning while attempting to enter the House chambers to attend the State of the State address by GOP Gov. Brian Kemp. Controversial Trenton legislator Colton Moore was handcuffed and removed from the Capitol by state police following an altercation with staff members and law enforcement as Moore

ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator arrested at the Capitol Thursday returned Friday. Hours later, the state House Speaker lifted the banishment that resulted in Sen. Colton Moore's arrest. Moore (R-Trenton) showed off a a bit of a bruise he said he got when a House staffer wrestled him to the ground and state troopers took him into custody Thursday.

Gov. Brian Kemp (R) holds a six-point lead over Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) in a hypothetical matchup for the 2026 Georgia Senate race, according to an internal poll released by the conservative

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