Backers of mental health bill defend proposal after sudden pushback
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — Supporters of a sweeping mental health bill are defending the proposal after it was met with spirited opposition in the...
Confirmation hearings to end Thursday after tense day of questioning Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — On the third day of hearings Wednesday on the nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, several...
After record highs, Georgia gas prices decline. It might not last
Earlier this month, the national average price of gas hit a record high of $4.33 per gallon. Now that average has declined to $4.23....
House committee advances bills aimed at curbing Georgia’s maternal deaths
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — A pair of proposals designed to help curb maternal deaths in Georgia easily cleared a House panel Tuesday.
One popular measure...
Ketanji Brown Jackson defends her record under grilling from U.S. Senate Republicans
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday sharpened their criticisms of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, probing...
House Speaker’s priority mental health reforms run into Senate buzzsaw
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — House Speaker David Ralston’s sweeping mental health bill is picking up loud opposition in the Senate.
The bill overwhelmingly passed the...
Georgia House panel considers bill that aims to require bail for all felonies
(GA Recorder) — District attorneys, a criminal defense lawyers group, and civil rights advocates on Monday warned a House panel considering a bill that...
Georgia lawmakers close in on ban to prevent schools from requiring masks
(GA Recorder) — The Georgia Legislature could be one vote away from banning mask mandates in schools.
A Senate bill to give parents veto power over school...
Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to decide U.S. Supreme Court cases from a ‘neutral posture’
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began her four-day confirmation process to become the nation’s first Black female associate justice...
Latest election overhaul on state Senate agenda as poll supervisors fret more change
(GA Recorder) — A Georgia Senate panel could take up as early as Monday a sweeping voting bill that’s raising alarms over concerns its...
U.S. Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to start
WASHINGTON DC (GA Recorder) — After more than two weeks of private meetings with nearly half the U.S. Senate, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President...
Kemp puts the brakes on Georgia gas tax
Governor Brian Kemp signed HB 304 into law Friday, which will temporarily suspend gas taxes in Georgia among soaring prices.
"Today, I signed HB 304...