ATLANTA - Georgia Republicans managed to push three school safety measures through the GOP-led Senate just before the Crossover Day deadline to keep bills alive in this year's legislative session. The only controversial measure was Senate Bill 61, which would let...

ATLANTA - Sports betting struck out again this year in the General Assembly. The state House of Representatives passed 75 bills Thursday in the daylong flurry of activity known as Crossover Day, the annual deadline for legislation to clear either the House or Senate...

ATLANTA - Legislation that would enhance criminal penalties for students who threaten their school passed the Georgia Senate Thursday. Senate Bill 61 was pushed by Republicans and passed 33-22 in a party-line vote. It would allow children aged 13 to 17 to be tried as...

ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate adopted a measure Thursday that would ban drinks containing THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. Senate Bill 254, which passed 42-14, originally intended to limit the amount of Delta-9 (a form of THC) per serving in gummies, tinctures...

ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives passed two tax relief bills Thursday, one unanimously and another that proved controversial. House Bill 112, which cleared the chamber 175-0, would provide $1 billion in one-time income tax rebates to Georgia taxpayers....

ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed a record $40.5 billion mid-year budget Thursday that prioritizes hurricane relief and invests heavily in school safety and Georgia's prison system while providing relief to the state's taxpayers. The spending plan, which the General...

ATLANTA - Legislation asking Georgia voters whether to legalize online sports betting in Georgia cleared a committee in the state House of Representatives Wednesday. Because it's a constitutional amendment, House Resolution 450 would require a two-thirds majority to...

ATLANTA - Legislation that would require installers of solar panels on property leased from a landowner to return the land to its natural state cleared a Georgia House committee Wednesday. But a second bill pertaining to solar panels installed in communities governed...