ATLANTA — Georgia House Speaker David Ralston died Wednesday at 68, spokesperson Kaleb McMichen said, less than two weeks after he announced he was stepping down because of health concerns.

Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party and former Georgia State Senate member David Shafer said Ralston was "many things to many people," and went on to say "he was extraordinarily kind." ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Speaker David Ralston died Wednesday at 68, spokesperson Kaleb McMichen said, less than two weeks after he announced he was stepping down because of health concerns.

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.

Georgia State Senator Colton Moore (R) ... Moore was banned from entering the Georgia House chamber after insulting former House Speaker David Ralston as a “tyrant” following his death last March.

A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber was arrested Thursday when he tried to enter the chamber for the governor's state of the state speech and got into a ...

Moore’s ban originated from statements he made in 2024 about former Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, who died in 2022. He called Ralston “corrupt” as the Georgia Senate deliberated ...

Ralston had served as the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives for 13 years. Politicians across Georgia are reacting to the news of House Speaker David Ralston's passing Wednesday.

A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state ... Burns banned Moore from the House chamber last year after Moore denounced late House Speaker David Ralston on a day when ...