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 ...
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 ...
Senate Bill 1, which the Senate’s GOP majority passed early last month, passed the House 100-64 virtually along party lines early Monday afternoon. The Senate then gave the bill final passage several ...
ATLANTA – Legislation stiffening penalties for trafficking in fentanyl in Georgia cleared the General Assembly Friday. The Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act, which now heads to Gov. Brian Kemp for ...
ATLANTA – In a last-minute legislative maneuver, Georgia Senate Republicans have revived a measure that seeks to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the state’s schools and colleges.
Delaying puberty reduces bone density and can cause problems with “mental capabilities,” he said without elaborating. Dr. Shirley Hao said she was speaking for the Georgia Chapter of the American ...
As introduced in the state Senate, the bill focused on obscene AI-generated images of children. But the version of Senate Bill 9 the House passed 152-12 instead criminalizes using AI in audio or video ...
Measure to confront mass shootings, bomb threats, other school mayhem beats a deadline in the Senate
ATLANTA – A sweeping school safety bill in reaction to the mass shooting at Apalachee High School last fall cleared a Senate committee Thursday, keeping it in play just ahead of the deadline for final ...
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, has made codifying IVF protections into Georgia law a priority for this year’s General Assembly session. The Senate voted 53-1 to pass HB 428, but the ...
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