Georgia House restores mental health spending in next year’s budget
(GA Recorder) - Another $36 million would go toward mental health services in next year’s $27.2 billion budget as state lawmakers work on erasing...
Thousands of Georgians enrolling for coverage as exchange reopens
More than 16,000 Georgians signed up for coverage on the state’s insurance exchange during the first two weeks of a special enrollment period ordered...
State Senate clears path for legalized online sports betting in Georgia
(GA Recorder) - The state Senate passed groundbreaking legislation Friday that proposes to let Georgians determine if online sports betting becomes legal.
The Senate overwhelmingly...
House panel OKs in-state tuition for ‘Dreamers’
(GA Recorder) - Some Georgia college students who are protected by the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program could soon pay tuition more...
Senate limits aid for state, local governments in COVID relief bill
(WASHINGTON | GA Recorder) — The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to begin debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill after drafting a...
State lawmakers to vote whether to double their pay starting in 2023
(GA Recorder) - State lawmakers would nearly double their pay and significantly raise the salaries of constitutional officers under a bill gaining traction under...
Sweeping voting rights package passes U.S. House
(GA Recorder) - The U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance, and ethics reform late Wednesday night along party lines...
Georgia House approves bill that would turn porch piracy into a felony
(GA Recorder) - State lawmakers want to make it a felony to swipe a package from someone’s porch.
Porch piracy is nothing new, but proponents...
GEMA/HS to open five more mass vaccination sites March 17
Governor Brian Kemp announced today the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency is opening five more COVID-19 mass vaccination sites throughout the state...
State Senate committee passes bill to exclude transgender girls from sports
(GA Recorder) - A bill that proposes to bar transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams in Georgia high schools passed the state...
Senate panel set to vet bill that makes highway-blocking protests a felony
Critics of a Georgia Senate bill that ratchets up penalties for crimes committed during protests say it tramples First Amendment rights and could encourage...
Lawmaker’s horse racing play adds HOPE Scholarship boost as carrot
(GA Recorder) - Savannah Republican Rep. Ron Stephens is betting on the promise of an infusion of money into the HOPE Scholarship to help...