Capitol Beat

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to ban cities from requiring gun owners to lock up their guns in cars, the first bill approved in this year’s legislative session. The bill is a response to a Savannah ordinance that outlawed leaving...

ATLANTA — Lawmaking in Georgia this year could come with a healthy dose of campaigning. At least 16 Georgia legislators say they're running for higher office during elections later this year, making this session of the General Assembly their last chance to burnish...

ATLANTA — Lawmakers, lobbyists and protesters swarmed to the Georgia Capitol on Monday, the first day of the annual legislative session in a crucial election year. State senators and representatives — several of whom are running for higher office — pitched ambitious...

Gerald Pilgrim, chief of staff at the Georgia Building Authority, showcases renovations at the Georgia Capitol in Atlanta on Wednesday, Jan, 7, 2026, with a picture by his side showing a restorationist at work on the ceiling, standing on a platform atop tons of...

ATLANTA — Most of the Democrats who say they are running for governor appeared in a forum televised from a Savannah church Thursday night, where they worked to differentiate themselves before a primary election just four months away. All seven of them passed two key...

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, reveals legislative priorities, including affordability, health care and literacy, as his wife, Dayle (seated), a retired educator and literacy advocate, watches him speak at the Capitol in Atlanta on Wednesday, Jan. 7,...

ATLANTA — With affordability a top concern heading into the elections this year, Georgia's Senate Republicans are proposing billions of dollars in cuts to the state income tax. A study committee assigned by Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, a Republican and advocate for abolishing...

ATLANTA — Former state Rep. Karen Bennett, D-Stone Mountain, became the second Georgia lawmaker to be indicted in federal court in the past month over alleged fraud concerning COVID-19 federal assistance. Bennett, who resigned her seat effective Dec. 31, pleaded not...

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday scheduled March 10 for the special election to select a successor to former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. The Rome Republican resigned a year early after disagreeing with former ally President Donald Trump over numerous issues....