Patricia Murphy - political columnist

Instead of instilling “efficiency” at the CDC, the Trump administration seems only to have only injected blind decision-making and incompetence to the critical agency.

On the eve of a pivotal vote, an aide to Gov. Brian Kemp threatened to support primary challenges against Republicans who don't support his top priority at the Capitol.

President Donald Trump promised to "drain the swamp" and eliminate the "Deep State." So far, he's only draining vital programs in Georgia.

Patricia Murphy weighs whether outspoken U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, of Georgia may be toning down her act as she weighs a bid for higher office.

Gwinnett County leaders approached my father to run for the county school board 30 years ago. He said “I’m not the one you want” and suggested they ask my mom.

We’ve learned Donald Trump isn’t in office to change the system. He’s there, by his own description, to destroy it.

Lobbyists are scrambling to get their clients' interests worked into the governor's proposed overhaul of litigation rules in Georgia.

The one thing we know to expect from President Trump's chaotic flurry of orders and directives: Unintended consequences.

President Donald Trump's second inauguration day was a mix of the good, the bad, and the truly obscene, and maybe not in the order you’d assume.

The arrest of state Sen. Colton Moore, and the worldwide publicity that followed, was what he was hoping for all along.