Lawmakers embrace pecans, skip sports bets in 2021’s masked session
(GA Recorder) - Lawmakers just concluded a legislative session dominated by the GOP’s push to remake Georgia’s election laws after Republicans suffered stunning losses...
Lawmakers approve $27.2B budget for new year as federal relief flows
State lawmakers finalized a $27.2 billion spending plan for next year, although it remains to be seen how exactly the state will dispatch the...
Bills on patient visits, nursing home cameras fail to clear Georgia General Assembly
As the 2021 legislative session ended, Georgia lawmakers wound up not passing a bill to allow visits by a “legal representative’’ to patients in...
‘Once in a generation investment’: Biden unveils $2T infrastructure plan
(GA Recorder) - Unveiling what he called the boldest domestic spending package since the construction of America’s interstate highway system and the dawning of...
Ga. Lawmakers take 11th-hour aim at Delta after CEO’s voting law broads
(GA Recorder) - After weeks of pressure from protesters, major Georgia businesses, including Delta Air Lines are taking a stronger stance against the sweeping...
Kemp rolls back COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings, distancing
Governor Brian Kemp outlined a plan Wednesday to roll back many of the state's COVID-19 restrictions.
Effective April 8 through 30, Kemp is eliminating the...
Gun rights legislation fails to get final approval in Georgia House
Georgia’s controversial gun rights bill that was approved Monday by the Senate never got a final OK in the House on the last day...
Georgia House OKs bill to give farms room to spread sludge, ignore stink
(GA Recorder) - State lawmakers are trying to scale back a law that they passed just last year in hopes of cracking down on...
Georgia Senate votes to loosen gun access, limit governor in emergency
(GA Recorder) - A bill expanding gun rights protections in Georgia is heading back to the House after it passed the state Senate Monday...
Senate tweaks citizen’s arrest overhaul, moving it toward a final vote
(GA Recorder) – The Georgia Senate Monday overwhelmingly supported an overhaul of the Civil War-era law cited as justification in last year’s killing of...
Gun rights bill passes amid flurry of activity on health legislation
Despite two recent mass shootings, including one in Georgia, the state Senate on Monday passed a gun rights bill that proponents say protects citizens'...
Two lawsuits challenge parts of Georgia’s sweeping new voting law
(GPB) – A pair of federal lawsuits allege that absentee ID, restrictions on drop boxes, a four-week runoff and other parts of Georgia's new 98-page voting...