ATLANTA — It could soon become a serious crime in Georgia to use AI apps to create obscene, computer-generated images of real people. State senators considered a proposal Monday to create the crime of “virtual peeping” by using artificial intelligence to virtually...

ATLANTA — Legislation to ban cellphones in Georgia public high schools is advancing quickly, with a unanimous vote in favor at a first hearing Monday. The school day ban outlined in House Bill 1009 would take effect in fall 2027, a year after a similar ban for...

ATLANTA — The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate voted along party lines Monday to urge Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to turn over the state’s unredacted voter list — which includes 8 million voters’ personal information — to the Trump administration. The...

ATLANTA — Federal prosecutors have charged another Georgia lawmaker with making false statements to fraudulently obtain thousands of dollars of pandemic unemployment assistance. Rep. Dexter Sharper, D-Valdosta, was arraigned on Friday on charges of making false...

ATLANTA — Some lawmakers have been working under Georgia's Gold Dome long enough to remember when the place reeked of cigarettes. Although no one openly smokes there today, lawmakers seem to have an abiding aversion to legislation to curb tobacco use, specifically a...

ATLANTA — A Republican House proposal to eliminate homeowner property taxes will face stiff opposition if it makes it to the state Senate, where Democratic leadership labeled it "draconian" and "unserious." Georgia's property tax is essential, Sen. Harold Jones II,...