Sen. Moore was banned from entering House chambers after making controversial comments about late House Speaker David Ralston.

A Georgia state senator has been taken into custody after he tried to defy an order banning him from the House chambers during Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State Address.

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.

Police arrested Sen. Colton Moore at Georgia's State Capitol Thursday after he attempted to attend Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address. "I have an obligation to be in that room," he said. "I have a responsibility to 200,000 northwest Georgians who duly elected me to be here today."

Georgia’s House speaker says he’s lifting his ban on a state senator entering the House chamber. The Friday decision came a day after Sen.

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

Jimmy Carter liked to eat at the Pit Stop in Thomaston, Ga. That was where the future president met a boy who would grow up to be a state trooper.

Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens were in attendance at The Carter Center and at the Georgia State Capitol for a brief moment of silence. 4:27 p.m. Jimmy Carter funeral pictures ...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said at his State of the State address Thursday that Georgia is strong and resilient.

It was but a brief stop in the dayslong goodbye to Jimmy Carter. But the funeral procession’s “pause” at the state Capitol on Saturday spoke volumes about the former president’s legacy in Georgia.

LGBTQ+ advocates rallied at the Georgia State Capitol to oppose Senate Bill 1, which aims to ban transgender girls and women from participating in female sports at publicly funded institutions.