Time is short for lawmakers looking to legalize sports betting
ATLANTA - Supporters of legalizing gambling in Georgia don't have long to push their cause across the finish line in the 2025 General Assembly session. The first piece of sports betting legislation to hit the state House of Representatives this year was introduced...
Georgia Supreme Court justices choose Nels S.D. Peterson as next chief justice
ATLANTA - The justices on the Georgia Supreme Court have unanimously elected Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson to be the state's next chief justice. Peterson will assume his new role after March 31, when the resignation of current Chief Justice Michael Boggs takes...
Georgia’s House and Senate have now passed bills restricting transgender athletes
The Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday adopted its own version of legislation that would limit transgender student competition in school sports, making the final passage of a law on the topic more likely after a similar bill passed the Senate earlier this...
Tort reform 2.0 clears Georgia Senate
ATLANTA - The state Senate unanimously passed a narrowly tailored tort reform bill Thursday, a week after approving broader, more controversial legislation encompassing most of a civil justice system overhaul Gov. Brian Kemp has made his top priority for 2025. Senate...
Unanimous Georgia House supports IVF treatment
ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives voted unanimously Thursday to codify into state law the right of women seeking to become pregnant to receive in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. House Bill 428 was prompted by a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court...
Georgia Senate votes to increase prison time for possessing or trafficking fentanyl
People caught with a quarter gram of fentanyl would face one to five years in prison if a measure that passed the Georgia Senate Wednesday goes on to become law. It's a tiny amount, but it's enough to kill 120 people, said Sen. Russ Goodman, R-Cogdell, in explaining...
Record mid-year budget easily clears state Senate
ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate overwhelmingly passed a record $40.5 billion mid-year state budget Wednesday that prioritizes disaster relief, infrastructure needs, and prisons. The 190-page document covering state spending through June 30, which cleared the Senate 51-1,...
Georgia Senate again tries to expose librarians to legal consequences for giving inappropriate books to kids
Georgia Senate Republicans are trying again to strip librarians of their immunity from a law against distributing pornography to minors. A law dating back to the 1960s makes it illegal to distribute materials to minors deemed to be "harmful" to them. Librarians were...