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Georgia Hate Crimes Legislation Winds Its Way To State Senate Floor
The proposed hate crimes law sets new penalties for criminals motivated by a bias against a person’s race, sex and other characteristics.
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Georgia Senate Cuts $2.6B From Next Year’s Spending Plan, $1B From K-12
The state Senate passed its version of next year’s shrunken spending plan Friday, with the vote falling along party lines.
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State Lawmakers Put Gambling Back On The Table, Or At Least Online
Online sports betting and casino gambling might still be on the table as state lawmakers wind down Georgia’s 2020 legislative session.
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Georgia Convention Hotels Slash Jobs, Bad Unemployment News Persists
Fayette County’s Kamesha Frazier knew the call announcing she would be furloughed was coming ahead of time.
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Dalton To D.C., Young Immigrants Cheer Supreme Court DACA Ruling
Dalton’s Christian Olvera and Jaime Rangel are among the 21,000 young undocumented immigrants living in Georgia celebrating a U.S. Supre ...
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Proposed State Laws That Aim To De-Escalate Police Conflicts Stacking Up
As protests continue across Georgia and the country over the deaths of African Americans at the hands of law enforcement officers, state ...
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Critics Of Duncan Hate Crimes Plan Say Late Pivot Dooms Efforts This Year
Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan proposed a new version of a hate crimes bill to the Georgia Senate Wednesday, which drew complaints from b ...
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Ga. Senate Says $1 Billion Hole In K-12 Spending Looms In Budget Pain
The across-the-board cuts, which Gov. Brian Kemp ordered when restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19 triggered a drop in reve ...
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House Hate Crimes Bill Aired Out In Senate For First Time Thursday Night
A hate crimes bill backed by a bipartisan group of Georgia politicians and the business and religious community received a long-awaited ...
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Senate GOP Unveils Police Reform Bill That Draws Democratic Rebukes
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans unveiled a police reform bill Wednesday that takes a markedly different approach to parallel efforts bac ...
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Hate Crime Law Top Of Mind As Legislature Returns To Business
Georgia lawmakers issued passionate pleas to get a hate crimes law on the books this year as legislators returned to the Capitol for the ...
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Lawmakers Agree To Let Utility With Vogtle Stake Borrow Without Voter OK
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Arbery Family Meets With Trump, Skips ‘Police Reform’ Rose Garden Event
WASHINGTON — Relatives of Ahmaud Arbery met privately with President Donald Trump Tuesday, but did not attend a later Rose Garden event ...
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Thousands Of Protesters March To Capitol, Demand Law And Order Reform
Eric Hill and his grandson Terrence Davis sat outside the Georgia capitol Monday morning with thousands of others as the state NAACP mar ...
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At Last, Legislation To Curb Surprise Billing Headed To Governor’s Desk
After several years of false starts, state lawmakers Wednesday sent legislation to the governor designed to rein in the unexpected medic ...
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Bill Aims To Let Dalton Utility With Vogtle Stake Borrow Without Voter OK
A controversial measure that frees a north Georgia municipal utility with a stake in the expansion of Plant Vogtle from holding a public ...
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GA Plaintiff Reacts To LGBTQ Discrimination Ruling By Supreme Court
A Georgia man was part of a landmark victory when the U.S. Supreme Court held that people can’t be fired because they are LGBTQ.
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Georgia’s Allen, McBath Split At House Hearing Over School Funding
WASHINGTON — Georgia Rep. Rick Allen suggested Monday that more federal funding to help the nation’s schools as they prepare to reopen t ...
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Forts Benning, Gordon Part Of Push To Rename Bases Honoring Confederates
Forts Benning and Gordon in Georgia are among bases named for Confederate officers who could be renamed.
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Some Georgia Parents Dread Return To Classroom As Pandemic Persists
Gwinnett County mom Sherri Atkinson has cared for a child with a serious illness, and is worried as Georgia schools prep to reopen.
