Pandemic adds twist to Legislature’s perennial school voucher debate
Georgia lawmakers are debating a bill that would allow a limited group of parents to send their children to private schools using taxpayer dollars,...
Ga. Senate panel advances bill to end no-excuse absentee voting, require ID
Georgia’s Senate Ethics Committee is set to consider Republican-sponsored election bills Thursday that eliminate no-excuse absentee voting and require an ID to vote by...
State health officials scramble after feds pause governor’s Medicaid plan
The head of the state agency that oversees Georgia’s Medicaid program told state lawmakers Tuesday that his agency is exploring all options after the...
Governor Kemp announces overhaul of citizen’s arrest law
Gov. Brian Kemp is putting his shoulder behind a repeal of Georgia’s Civil War-era citizen’s arrest law, a totem used by local prosecutors last...
Families fear ‘heartbreaking’ cuts in disability programs
Matt Gaffney had trouble living in a group home for people with disabilities like himself.
He’s nonverbal and suffers from multiple conditions: severe autism, bipolar...
Kemp signs budget with school spending increase, staff bonuses
Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday signed a spending plan that carries the state through June, restoring hundreds of millions of dollars for public schools,...
Kemp issues new Executive Order on COVID-19 guidance
Governor Brian Kemp today signed Executive Order 02.15.21.01, providing additional and revised guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19.
The Order modifies...
Senate acquits Trump in his second impeachment; 7 GOPs vote to convict
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted on Saturday to acquit former President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 insurrectionist...
Feds appear set to halt Georgia’s upcoming Medicaid waiver rules
Georgia’s move to add some low-income adults to Medicaid appears threatened as the Biden administration moves to eliminate work requirements for coverage under the...
Proposed $15-an-hour minimum wage would boost paychecks in the South
WASHINGTON — A gradual increase in the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would increase the pay of low-income workers across the U.S....
Georgia lawmakers weigh ‘express lane’ for many uninsured kids to get Medicaid
Tens of thousands of uninsured Georgia children could gain a pathway to health coverage under a House bill moving through the General Assembly.
The legislation,...
Feds woo Georgia, other Medicaid expansion holdouts with billions
WASHINGTON—U.S. House Democrats are trying again to entice Georgia and other holdout states to expand Medicaid coverage with the prospect of billions of dollars...