What's In A Name? For Musical Posers Bill Could Bring Hammer Of Justice

A Senate bill, SB 157, seeks to outlaw the “deceptive practice of musical performance groups" and would bring protection to legacy artists.

Votes Loom On Bills Designed To Give GOP Appointees Control Of Elections

Local election administrators are critical of this Republican-backed legislation.

Mass Shootings Spur Calls For State Gun Laws; Limits Face Stiff Headwinds

Eight people were killed in an Atlanta-area shooting spree targeting Asian-owned spas last week, and 10 more lost their lives in Colorado.

Georgia Lawmakers Set To Hash Out Final Details Of $27.3 Billion Budget

The Senate unanimously backed its version of the budget, setting the stage for both chambers to dispatch negotiators to hash out details.

Bill To Preempt Local Bans On Natural Gas Hookups Clears Senate

The 34-to-15 vote Monday in the Senate saw some bipartisan support, but a slight change made to the bill will send it back to the House.

Path Cleared For Georgia House To Take Up Major Voting Bill With Absentee Limits

The restrictions, many reminiscent of Jim Crow-Era voting limitations, are seen as Republicans' retaliation for Biden's decisive victory.

Atlanta Massacre Shows More Border, Interior Security Needed

With stronger law enforcement, last week’s massacre across several Atlanta massage parlors may never have happened

Senate Revives Bill That Would Make Protests That Block Highways A Felony

The proposed law would increase penalties for protest tactics including blocking a highway after police tell protesters to leave.

Will Knowing Less About Cyberattacks Really Make Georgians Safer?

Nonetheless, lawmakers from both parties are resoundingly behind the proposals; both bills passed the House with zero nays.

Resolution To Expel Marjorie Taylor Greene Signed By 73 House Dems

The expulsion resolution was introduced after Greene promulgated violence against President Obama and House Speaker Pelosi.

Bill To Bypass Fundraising Limits During Session Heads To Kemp's Desk

The House passed a Senate bill along party lines that would allow leaders to create new organizations to raise unlimited funds for races.

Bookman: Recalling Zell While Geoff Duncan Risks ‘Doing The Right Thing'

I've been asked repeatedly what Duncan is up to with such statements. I keep not having a good answer.

Shooter Accused Of Murder Could Face Hate Crime Charges In Spa Killings

But the brutal slayings Tuesday afternoon have brought a new focus to the rise in hostility toward Asian Americans during the pandemic.

Georgia Chief Justice Appeals To State Lawmakers To Avert Speedy Trial ‘Crisis'

Melton announced jury trials can resume in Georgia a year after he first ordered them suspended to avoid spreading the coronavirus.

Georgia's Gold Dome Has A ‘Death Valley,’ Too

But this time, I'm not talking football, "just look for a big gold dome," the author says.

Voting Restriction Protesters Draw Georgia’s Big Businesses Into Fray

“If they don’t respect our rights, if they don’t respect our voice, if they don’t respect our votes, they do not get our dollars” -- Jackson

Children In Low-Income Families Stand To Gain Much From Rescue Act

“As a kid who grew up in poverty, I know personally the struggles that families have,” said Warnock.

State Lawmakers Push Bills To Unwind Spring Forward, Fall Back Ritual

Daylight Savings Time occurs Sunday; some state lawmakers are pushing bills to end the "Spring Ahead, Fall Back" ritual, the report states.

Top Georgia Republicans Rip Strings Attached To Coronavirus Relief Aid

The sweeping relief measure, which includes $1,400 direct checks for many Americans, is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk.

Time To Take Off The Mule Blinders

Too many people, the report states, are wearing blinders when it comes to today's environmental decisions.

No-Excuse Voting Ban Creates GOP Schism As Georgia Senate Presses On

Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan’s bill moved through the chamber after a tense debate over reducing the availability.

Busy Georgia Legislative Deadline Day Includes Citizen’s Arrest Overhaul

House lawmakers continued to flirt with passing their own version of a bill that would legalize and regulate sports betting.

Georgia House Votes To Allow Visitors At Long-Term Care Facilities, Hospitals

The bill, authored by Acworth Republican Setzler, applies to essential caregivers, people designated by the patient to offer assistance.

Citizen's Arrest Repeal Passes GA House Unanimously

One-half of the GA General Assembly vote to abolish the law initially used to justify not prosecuting men who killed unarmed Ahmaud Abery.

No-Excuse Absentee Voting Rolled Back In Georgia Senate

The State Senate voted along party lines to approve SB 241 which would roll back no-excuse absentee voting.

Georgia House Restores Mental Health Spending In Next Year’s Budget

The increased funding for the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is now up to $58 million, the report states.

Guess Which Legal Gambling Oversight The GBI Wants To Shed? Bingo!

The Smyrna resident said she’s there seven nights a week, hoping to win a big jackpot.

Senate Advances Coronavirus Relief Aid With Help Of Ossoff And Warnock

The Senate version does not include a federal minimum wage hike and puts limits on the funding for state and local governments.

Lawmakers Adjust To COVID Limits As Deadline Arrives To Advance Legislation

Last year, lawmakers barely made it through the traditional night, before the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to abruptly suspend the session.

House Panel OKs Overhaul Of Citizen’s Arrest Law Cited In Arbery Killing

The bipartisan legislation now heads to the House Rules Committee, which can send the repeal of the Civil War-era statute to the full House.

Second Year’s A Charm, House Panel OKs In-State Tuition For ‘Dreamers’

But the bill’s sponsor didn’t secure as much parity for so-called Dreamers as he initially hoped.

GA Citizen's Arrest Repeal Passes First Test

House Bill 479 to repeal the Civil War-era citizen's arrest law passed the Georgia House Judiciary Committee unanimously.

Catholics Should 'Get Whatever Vaccine Is Available': Archbishop

One archbishop called the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine "morally compromised." Atlanta's archbishop deemed it acceptable if necessary.

State Senate Committee Passes Bill To Exclude Transgender Girls From Sports

The bill, called the Save Girls’ Sports Act, passed with a 5-to-3 vote.

Bookman: Voter Fraud Lie Forces Frenzy Of Voter Suppression Bills

Once told, a lie marches free into the world, with its own agenda, out of control of those who created it.

Lawmaker’s Horse Racing Play Adds HOPE Scholarship Boost As Incentive

Stephens’ bill would let voters decide whether to amend the state constitution to allow horse racing in Georgia.

Georgia House Panel Passes Bill To Require Coal Ash Monitoring For Decades

The GOP bill found support at the statehouse; environmentalists and residents living near the coal ash ponds ask additional steps be taken.

Should Daylight Saving Time In Georgia End? Take Our Survey

Georgia state senators voted to abolish Daylight Saving Time. As clocks spring forward Sunday, March 14, do we end tradition or continue?

Georgia House OKs Bill Packed With Voting Restrictions To Opponents’ Dismay

The legislation passed largely along party lines with a 97-to-72 vote and is now headed to the state Senate.

Legislation To Restrict Georgians’ Voting Access Draws Angry Protests

The NAACP, ACLU, and the Southern Poverty Law Center organize a protest against actions attempting to limit voting access to Blacks.