The bill seeks to double to $150,000 the compensation to loved ones when teachers and other public school employees are killed “in the line of duty.” This would put indemnification for teachers in ...

ATLANTA – A leading safety technology solutions company will invest about $10 million in a new manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. Georgia-based Flock Safety’s new ...

The Georgia House of Representatives on Monday adopted Senate Bill 241 by a vote of 157-4. The Senate had already approved the bill in a near unanimous vote in early March. SB 241 was brought to the ...

ATLANTA – Republican-backed legislation denying coverage of gender-affirming health care though the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) advanced in the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday. The House ...

In Georgia’s other long-running water wars battle with the state of Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court also sided with Georgia, ruling in 2021 that Florida failed to prove its allegations that Georgia’s ...

The lawsuit over Georgia’s voting machines was filed back in 2017 by several individual voters represented by the Coalition for Good Governance, a ballot-security advocacy group. When the state spent ...

The Georgia House of Representatives had already approved House Bill 268 with broad bipartisan support. The measure, a priority for House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, now returns to the House for ...

ATLANTA – U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams is stepping down as chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Georgia. Williams, D-Atlanta, decided to leave the post following a vote during the weekend by the Georgia ...

ATLANTA – U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the Justice Department to drop a lawsuit the Biden administration filed in 2021 challenging an overhaul of state election law passed by the ...

ATLANTA – U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath is pausing her campaign for governor, citing her husband’s health. McBath, D-Marietta, formed an exploratory committee early this month for a potential run for governor ...

The Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act, which now heads to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature, imposes a range of mandatory minimum sentences on convicted traffickers in fentanyl. The smallest ...

ATLANTA – The Georgia legislature threw its support behind legislation that would make it easier for defendants in death penalty cases to avoid execution by proving that they have an intellectual ...