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Georgia GOP Bets On Limited Medicaid Expansion Despite Fed's Push For More
The sweetened deal, baked into the latest round of coronavirus relief, targets the remaining 12 holdout states like Georgia.
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Kemp Commends Election Overhaul, Braces For Legal Challenges
Following weeks of embittered debate and protests, Georgia Republicans hours earlier passed the expansive Senate Bill 202.
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Biden Slams ‘Un-American' GOP Drive To Curb Voting Rights In The States
Kemp's action, taking Georgia back to a Jim Crow-Era voting atmosphere, were called "sick" and "pernicious" by the President, sources said.
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What's In A Name? For Musical Posers Bill Could Bring Hammer Of Justice
A Senate bill, SB 157, seeks to outlaw the “deceptive practice of musical performance groups" and would bring protection to legacy artists.
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Votes Loom On Bills Designed To Give GOP Appointees Control Of Elections
Local election administrators are critical of this Republican-backed legislation.
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Mass Shootings Spur Calls For State Gun Laws; Limits Face Stiff Headwinds
Eight people were killed in an Atlanta-area shooting spree targeting Asian-owned spas last week, and 10 more lost their lives in Colorado.
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Georgia Lawmakers Set To Hash Out Final Details Of $27.3 Billion Budget
The Senate unanimously backed its version of the budget, setting the stage for both chambers to dispatch negotiators to hash out details.
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Bill To Preempt Local Bans On Natural Gas Hookups Clears Senate
The 34-to-15 vote Monday in the Senate saw some bipartisan support, but a slight change made to the bill will send it back to the House.
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Path Cleared For Georgia House To Take Up Major Voting Bill With Absentee Limits
The restrictions, many reminiscent of Jim Crow-Era voting limitations, are seen as Republicans' retaliation for Biden's decisive victory.
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Senate Revives Bill That Would Make Protests That Block Highways A Felony
The proposed law would increase penalties for protest tactics including blocking a highway after police tell protesters to leave.
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Will Knowing Less About Cyberattacks Really Make Georgians Safer?
Nonetheless, lawmakers from both parties are resoundingly behind the proposals; both bills passed the House with zero nays.
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Resolution To Expel Marjorie Taylor Greene Signed By 73 House Dems
The expulsion resolution was introduced after Greene promulgated violence against President Obama and House Speaker Pelosi.
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Bill To Bypass Fundraising Limits During Session Heads To Kemp's Desk
The House passed a Senate bill along party lines that would allow leaders to create new organizations to raise unlimited funds for races.
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Bookman: Recalling Zell While Geoff Duncan Risks ‘Doing The Right Thing'
I've been asked repeatedly what Duncan is up to with such statements. I keep not having a good answer.
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Shooter Accused Of Murder Could Face Hate Crime Charges In Spa Killings
But the brutal slayings Tuesday afternoon have brought a new focus to the rise in hostility toward Asian Americans during the pandemic.
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Georgia Chief Justice Appeals To State Lawmakers To Avert Speedy Trial ‘Crisis'
Melton announced jury trials can resume in Georgia a year after he first ordered them suspended to avoid spreading the coronavirus.
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Georgia's Gold Dome Has A ‘Death Valley,’ Too
But this time, I'm not talking football, "just look for a big gold dome," the author says.
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Voting Restriction Protesters Draw Georgia’s Big Businesses Into Fray
“If they don’t respect our rights, if they don’t respect our voice, if they don’t respect our votes, they do not get our dollars” -- Jackson
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Debate Over Voting Bills Heats Up, As No-Excuse Absentee Proposal Fades
Georgia Sen. Mike Dugan serves on the Ethics Committee which heard passionate objections to a House counterpart to his voting legislation.
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Children In Low-Income Families Stand To Gain Much From Rescue Act
“As a kid who grew up in poverty, I know personally the struggles that families have,” said Warnock.
