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State Lawmakers Push Bills To Unwind Spring Forward, Fall Back Ritual
Daylight Savings Time occurs Sunday; some state lawmakers are pushing bills to end the "Spring Ahead, Fall Back" ritual, the report states.
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Top Georgia Republicans Rip Strings Attached To Coronavirus Relief Aid
The sweeping relief measure, which includes $1,400 direct checks for many Americans, is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk.
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Time To Take Off The Mule Blinders
Too many people, the report states, are wearing blinders when it comes to today's environmental decisions.
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Bottleneck Of Speedy Trial Demands Expected As Georgia Courts Reopen
Ga., Supreme Court Chief Justice Melton lifted the restrictions on jury trials in his latest statewide judicial emergency order extension.
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No-Excuse Voting Ban Creates GOP Schism As Georgia Senate Presses On
Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan’s bill moved through the chamber after a tense debate over reducing the availability.
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Busy Georgia Legislative Deadline Day Includes Citizen’s Arrest Overhaul
House lawmakers continued to flirt with passing their own version of a bill that would legalize and regulate sports betting.
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Georgia House Votes To Allow Visitors At Long-Term Care Facilities, Hospitals
The bill, authored by Acworth Republican Setzler, applies to essential caregivers, people designated by the patient to offer assistance.
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Georgia House Restores Mental Health Spending In Next Year’s Budget
The increased funding for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is now up to $58 million, the report states.
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Guess Which Legal Gambling Oversight The GBI Wants To Shed? Bingo!
The Smyrna resident said she’s there seven nights a week, hoping to win a big jackpot.
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Senate Advances Coronavirus Relief Aid With Help Of Ossoff And Warnock
The Senate version does not include a federal minimum wage hike and puts limits on the funding for state and local governments.
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Lawmakers Adjust To COVID Limits As Deadline Arrives To Advance Legislation
Last year, lawmakers barely made it through the traditional night, before the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to abruptly suspend the session.
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House Panel OKs Overhaul Of Citizen’s Arrest Law Cited In Arbery Killing
The bipartisan legislation now heads to the House Rules Committee, which can send the repeal of the Civil War-era statute to the full House.
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Second Year’s A Charm, House Panel OKs In-State Tuition For ‘Dreamers’
But the bill’s sponsor didn’t secure as much parity for so-called Dreamers as he initially hoped.
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State Senate Committee Passes Bill To Exclude Transgender Girls From Sports
The bill, called the Save Girls’ Sports Act, passed with a 5-to-3 vote.
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Bookman: Voter Fraud Lie Forces Frenzy Of Voter Suppression Bills
Once told, a lie marches free into the world, with its own agenda, out of control of those who created it.
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Lawmaker’s Horse Racing Play Adds HOPE Scholarship Boost As Incentive
Stephens’ bill would let voters decide whether to amend the state constitution to allow horse racing in Georgia.
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Georgia House Panel Passes Bill To Require Coal Ash Monitoring For Decades
The GOP bill found support at the statehouse; environmentalists and residents living near the coal ash ponds ask additional steps be taken.
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Georgia House OKs Bill Packed With Voting Restrictions To Opponents’ Dismay
The legislation passed largely along party lines with a 97-to-72 vote and is now headed to the state Senate.
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Legislation To Restrict Georgians’ Voting Access Draws Angry Protests
The NAACP, ACLU, and the Southern Poverty Law Center organize a protest against actions attempting to limit voting access to Blacks.
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Okefenokee Lovers Still Hope State, Biden Administration Will Halt Mine
The Twin Pines Minerals’ mining operation lost federal protection under Trump, the report states.