ATLANTA – After lengthy debate that plumbed the depths of racism in American history, Georgia’s Senate Democrats were unable to convince their Republican colleagues to drop legislation that would ban ...
Gov. Brian Kemp released a statement following Wednesday night’s vote indicating he will sign the bill. “I have always maintained that I would support and sign a version of RFRA which mirrors the ...
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 ...
Before Wednesday’s walkout, Rep. Scott Hilton, R-Peachtree Corners, who presented the bill on the House floor, said his constituents do not support taxpayer-funded gender-affirming care for Georgians ...
ATLANTA – Georgia’s Senate Republicans passed multiple changes to state election law Wednesday after rushing amendments into a bill from the House of Representatives.
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 – Proponents of religious freedom gathered in the Georgia Capitol Tuesday to pressure the state House of Representatives to vote on a measure that would limit government intrusion into actions ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...