One of the D.N.C.’s first official moves with Ken Martin at the helm is joining a lawsuit seeking to block the hand-counting of ballots in Georgia.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) filed an amicus brief in an election lawsuit in Georgia over election rules. The brief, which has seen a long-fought battle in the state, urged a Georgia court to block new rules that required hand-counting of ballots and allowed local boards power to conduct “reasonable inquiry”

Georgia’s state House wants to spend more on Hurricane Helene relief and is cutting some of Gov. Brian Kemp’s prison and construction spending proposals to do so

The Georgia House passed an amended budget on Thursday which includes billions of dollars on everything from storm relief, prisons and even the Super Bowl in 2028. This budget helps get the state through the rest of the fiscal year.

The state House backed a revised $40.5 billion spending plan for this year that sets aside hundreds of millions of dollars for hurricane relief and to close security gaps in the state’s prisons. As of now,