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Loeffler, Perdue Back Senate GOP’s Police Reform Bill; Democrats Block It
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats blocked a GOP police reform bill Wednesday because they said it fails to adequately respond to police brut ...
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Lawmakers’ Bipartisan Push Sends Governor Historic Hate Crimes Law
Georgia lawmakers passed a hate crimes bill Tuesday with bipartisan support, pushed to action by a viral video of the February killing o ...
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McBath, GOP House Colleagues Stake Out Corners In Sweeping Police Reform
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a sweeping police reform package Thursday night in response to massive civil unrest over police bruta ...
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Label Law Aims To Tell Plant-Based Burger Eaters What’s In The Buns
Georgia lawmakers want to require meat alternatives that can often pass as the animal product they are trying to mimic to clearly convey ...
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Slashed State School Funding Plan Recalls Great Recession Austerity
For Haven Yancey of south Georgia’s Berrien County, fifth grade was the first year she didn’t get her own textbooks.
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State Senate Push For Cigarette Tax Hike Aims To Cushion Spending Cuts
A late-session push in the Senate would raise the state’s cigarette tax and stick a tax on vape products, which has so far eluded legisl ...
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Lawmakers OK Ban On Burning Crossties At Northeast Ga., Wood-Fired Plants
The smelly emissions from power plants that sometimes burn chemically treated railroad crossties to generate biomass energy has been a n ...
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Bill To Protect Police Passes, Shifts Bitter Debate From Hate Crimes Effort
Pro-law enforcement legislation that adds more protections for police officers as lawmakers try to take Georgia off the short list of st ...
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Bill Aims To Ban Election Offices From Mailing Absentee Ballots Requests
Georgia’s House Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday voted to ban election officials from mailing absentee ballot applications to vo ...
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Bill To Allow People To Restrict Access To Criminal Records Clears Legislature
The Douglasville offices of nonprofit Justice Advocate Restorative Services are closed for the pandemic, but Kenneth Howell’s phone hasn ...
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Ga. House Nixes Plan For Courts To Make Some Procedures Virtual
Georgia House lawmakers Wednesday rejected a Senate plan to conduct certain court proceedings through video conference.
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State House Committee Pushes For New Tax On Vaping Products
The key House committee approved a 7% tax on vaping products Wednesday but declined to take on a hike in tobacco taxes.
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Democrats Oppose Bills To Single Out Berrien Judgeships As Nonpartisan
A pair of bills making judgeships in rural Berrien County nonpartisan ran into opposition from House Democrats who argue all local judge ...
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Georgia Senate Tosses Revised 'Right To Farm’ Hot Potato To House
A bill that has drawn opposition from some farmers for its allowance of nuisance complaints was passed by the Georgia Senate.
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Senate Committee Passes Hate Crimes Law, But Adds ‘Poison Pill’
A hate crimes bill backed by a bipartisan group of Georgia politicians and the business and religious community emerged from a Senate co ...
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A Cold Beer Or Bottle Of Wine Could Soon Be Just A Click Away In Georgia
The Georgia Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation Tuesday to allow businesses licensed to sell alcohol to deliver beer, wine and sp ...
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Ga. Senate Approves Plan To Boost Broadband Expansion
Georgia’s Public Service Commission is close to taking control of regulating the fees local electric membership co-ops can charge.
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Lawmakers Return During Pandemic, Recession And Historic Calls For Justice
Three months ago, the Georgia General Assembly took a historic hiatus because of concerns about COVID-19. Today, the Georgia Recorder st ...
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Bookman: Georgia In Play As Health Care Worries Meet Tax Cut Squeeze
The Democratic National Committee has added Georgia to its list of states targeted for millions of dollars in spending in the 2020 campa ...
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Ga. Lawmaker Wants To Refresh U.S. History With Juneteenth Recognition
Marietta officials seemed unsure of the local NAACP’s plans for the first Juneteenth celebration now held nearly two decades ago.