Sports gambling bill gaining traction, could get committee vote next week
Legislation to legalize online sports betting in Georgia could come to a vote in a state Senate committee as soon as next week.
Expanding legal...
Bill to allow visitors in hospitals, nursing homes is pared down, but still sparks...
A Georgia House committee held a passionate debate Thursday over a pared-down bill to allow people to visit patients in hospitals and long-term care...
Georgia may add teachers to vaccine priority list
Georgia educators may be next in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday that state officials will be finalizing plans over...
WATCH Gov. Kemp’s press conference on COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Governor Brian Kemp announced Thursday that Habersham County has been selected as one of four regional COVID-19 vaccination hubs in Georgia.
As Now Habersham first...
New sweeping election bill decried as ‘burdensome’ by voting rights groups
A new state House committee set up as a gatekeeper for election bills is scheduled to hold a daylong hearing Friday on a controversial...
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...