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A Georgia House panel aired out much-debated sweeping legislation that would prevent local governments from regulating many entities.
A watered-down version of a bill opponents called Georgia's version of “Don't Say Gay” legislation appears dead in the water.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot, they say, and idiots, as a rule, aren't interesting. They aren't interesting because of their idiocy.
A new school voucher bill passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday and could be headed for a full Senate vote.
Despite protests from some Democrats, a school safety bill Gov. Brian Kemp named as a top priority passed the House Monday.
A House panel signed off on a bipartisan plan Tuesday to divert some 17-year-old defendants to the state's juvenile court system.
The Georgia House could cast a vote on as early as this week on a bill that would give the Public Service Commission sweeping power.
A new Sierra Club study estimates that coal-fired power Plant Bowen in Bartow County is one of the nation's most out-of-control polluters.
The 10th annual New Americans Celebration drew about 300 case workers, advocates, and allies to the state Capitol to welcome the refugees.
The report indicates that Georgia borrowers "are organized around full student loan debt cancellation."
The Georgia Senate passed a bill recently that would ramp up the number of criminal charges that require bail to get out of jail.
Georgia smokers and vapers could be paying more for their nicotine habit under a pair of bills working their way through the state House.
Georgia college and technical students who participate in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could get a break on tuition.
A Senate committee passed a bill Wednesday that would ban doctors from performing some gender affirming procedures on transgender patients.
Georgia House and Senate committees are lining up in favor of sports bettors this week, as they consider bills that note several options.
A Georgia House committee unanimously passed a plan Wednesday that would mark a major shift in the future of electric vehicles in the state.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers intends to build on last year's major behavioral health bill with another wide-ranging measure.
Georgia senators pressed pause Tuesday on a bill that may have banned the marijuana-adjacent gummies, oils, and vape cartridges now on sale.
PLAINS — The first media caravan arrived here late Saturday after the news Jimmy Carter would forgo any medical intervention.
They say every ballot counts, but when it comes to the Georgia Legislature, most voters had little choice in last year's election.