From Plains to Atlanta, mourners in Georgia will pay their respects to Jimmy Carter. The service begins six days of funeral ...

In a single term as governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter propelled the state into a new era. The acronyms for state offices that still populate news stories about Georgia government – DOT ...

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President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.

Like many, my first remembered awareness of Jimmy Carter was when, as Governor of Georgia, he announced his bid for the Presidency. As a senior in college, and a Carter myself, it was my first ...

During Jimmy Carter’s sole term as governor in the early 1970s, he set out to modernize and depoliticize the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, building a legacy of professionalism and ...

In his announcement speech for his presidential run, in 1974, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter said there were things he would not do to become President: "I would not tell a lie. I would not mislead ...

ATLANTA — In 1971, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as Georgia's 76th governor. He spent his term emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government and the removal of racial barriers, according to the ...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and Atlanta Mayor Andre ... to set a standard for what former presidents can accomplish. Jimmy Carter, who delivered the center's annual reports until 2019, won the ...

When former President Jimmy Carter was governor of Georgia, he made preserving the state's natural beauty a priority. Carter created the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and made "Georgia's ...

Meanwhile, in south Georgia, another Democrat was plotting ... all these things that are buzzwords today first came from Jimmy Carter when he was governor of this state. He was very progressive.” ...