Election to replace Greene in Congress heading to a runoff between Fuller and Harris
ATLANTA — The crowded race to succeed former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will come down to a runoff between a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump and a Democrat seeking an upset in a conservative northwest Georgia district. Republican Clayton Fuller, a...
State House sends $38.5 billion 2027 budget to Senate
ATLANTA — The Georgia House completed its work on the budget that will control state spending for the fiscal year starting in July, sending a $38.5 billion spending plan to the Senate Tuesday. House Bill 974 proposes a 2% increase over the current budget approved this...
Georgia House and Senate Republicans on parallel course to reduce state income tax rate
ATLANTA — One thing that Georgia's House and Senate can agree on after finishing the first round of this year's legislative session is that the state income tax rate should continue falling. Friday was the deadline for lawmakers to vote out the bills they were most...
Taxes, electricity costs, and elections emerge as top topics for final weeks of Georgia General Assembly
ATLANTA — Georgia legislators are preparing for fierce debates on tax cuts, data centers, and voting during the final sprint of lawmaking this year. After last week's deadline for bills to pass either the House or Senate, the General Assembly’s priorities have come...
Georgia House Republicans send pared back property tax cut to Senate
ATLANTA — Georgia House Republicans pushed through a new proposal to address fast-rising property tax bills just ahead of the Friday deadline to move legislation between the House and Senate House Bill 1116 has been evolving constantly, having started the year as a...
Georgia’s ’26 elections draw big fields of candidates running for state’s top offices
ATLANTA — The slate of candidates for this year’s Georgia elections is now set, sparking a fierce competition before primaries in two months and general elections in November. Voters will have many choices up and down the ballot, including elections for governor,...
Hand-marked paper ballot bill fails ahead of deadline for changing Georgia’s elections
ATLANTA — Georgia senators shot down a bill Friday that would have switched the state’s voting method to paper ballots filled out by hand before this November’s elections. The bill’s defeat sets up a scramble for Georgia lawmakers to find a way to remove computer QR...
Georgia Senate GOP targets data centers, but Democrats argue bill doesn’t go far enough
ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate adopted legislation Friday that would encourage judges to think of regular people when considering disputes about contracts between electric utilities and big customers like data centers. The legislation is aimed at shielding residential...
Bill would require candidates to raise at least half their money within Georgia
ATLANTA — Republicans in the Georgia Senate passed a bill Friday that bans candidates from raising more than half of their campaign money from outside of the state, a limitation that Democrats said inhibits their fundraising in nationalized elections. Sen. Timothy...