House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, banned Moore from the House floor last March after the far-right senator from Northwest Georgia made disparaging remarks about the late Speaker David Ralston, whose memory was being honored in the House and Senate on ...

Burns announced Friday afternoon that he would modify the ban to allow Moore, a Trenton Republican, to attend proceedings in the House when members of both chambers are present, such as when lawmakers heard from the governor Thursday.

There are probably a handful of people in this area who had heard of State Senator Colton Moore before last week. Admittedly I was one of them. However, the number of people who know about him has increased multiple times after his arrest for simply trying to do his job as an elected office from Northwest Georgia.

ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator arrested at the Capitol Thursday returned Friday. Hours later, the state House Speaker lifted the banishment that resulted in Sen. Colton Moore's arrest. Moore (R-Trenton) showed off a a bit of a bruise he said he got when a House staffer wrestled him to the ground and state troopers took him into custody Thursday.

Ahead of Gov. Brian Kemp ’s (R-GA) State of the State address, Moore was arrested after he attempted to enter the state House chamber despite having been banned from the area last year. Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns lifted Moore’s ban hours after his arrest.

Colton Moore (R) was arrested on Thursday for attempting to enter the House chamber from which he was banned last year by Burns for deriding late ex-Georgia Speaker David Ralston, who at the time ...

The state senator had been subject to a ban from the House chamber over previous disparaging remarks about late House speaker David Ralston.

Supporters of state Sen. Colton Moore, who represents Trenton, greeted him as he prepared to enter the House for the first time in more than a year for a joint session of the legislature.

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 House Speaker Jon Burns announced Friday afternoon that with the blessing of former Speaker David Ralston’s family, State Sen. Colton Moore will be allowed back into the House chamber.

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones said the arrest of state Sen. Colton Moore was an embarrassment for the Georgia General Assembly and it shouldn't happen again.

Police pushed state Sen. Colton Moore to the ground and arrested him as he attempted to enter the state House chamber from which he had been banned.