While the Georgia House of Representatives was debating a substitute version of House Bill 651, the state Senate abruptly adjourned “sine die” shortly before 9:15 p.m., calling an end to the ...

The budget also includes $300 million to fully fund the state’s Quality Basic Education K-12 student funding formula. It contains $108.9 million in state grants to help local school systems pay for ...

ATLANTA – Georgia lawmakers approved legislation late Friday that would give innocent people who were convicted and sent to prison money for the time they spent behind bars, while also allowing ...

ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives passed legislation Friday aimed at a gun ordinance the Savannah City Council passed last year. The ordinance prohibits storing firearms in unlocked ...

ATLANTA – The families of teachers killed in mass shootings and other violent acts at school would get double the money under legislation that has passed both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly.

On Friday, Kemp said the RFRA bill builds on past efforts targeting discrimination in Georgia, including a hate-crimes law the General Assembly passed following the murder of Black jogger Ahmaud ...

PSC District 2 stretches from Rockdale and Henry counties in Atlanta’s southern and eastern suburbs southeast all the way through Chatham County. District 3 – the Atlanta district – includes Fulton, ...

Gov. Brian Kemp released a statement following Wednesday night’s vote indicating he will sign the bill. “I have always maintained that I would support and sign a version of RFRA which mirrors the ...

ATLANTA – After lengthy debate that plumbed the depths of racism in American history, Georgia’s Senate Democrats were unable to convince their Republican colleagues to drop legislation that would ban ...

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 ...

ATLANTA – Republican-backed legislation denying coverage of gender-affirming health care though the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) advanced in the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday. The House ...

ATLANTA – The Port of Savannah set a monthly record in March for containerized cargo traffic for the second month in a row, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Thursday. Savannah handled 534,000 ...