Okefenokee bill clears Georgia House
ATLANTA - Legislation declaring a three-year moratorium on the type of mining being planned near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge sailed through the Georgia House Tuesday. House lawmakers passed the bill 167-4, marking the first action the General Assembly has...
Fiscal ’25 state budget easily clears Georgia Senate
ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate overwhelmingly passed a $36.1 billion fiscal 2025 state budget Tuesday, signing off on pay raises for state employees and public school teachers. With Georgia sitting atop a $16 billion revenue surplus, the state can afford $4,000...
VA Regional Office renamed for Johnny Isakson
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Regional Office was formally renamed in honor of the late U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson Monday during a ceremony at the building in Decatur. Isakson, who died in 2021, served as chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee from...
Lawmakers target illegal immigrants after hearing from murder victim’s father
ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate passed two bills aimed at illegal immigration this week, one day after the father of murder victim Laken Riley urged lawmakers to take a tougher stand on the issue. The 22-year-old nursing student was killed on the University of Georgia...
Oxendine pleads guilty in health-care fraud scheme
ATLANTA - Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner and gubernatorial candidate John Oxendine pleaded guilty in federal court Friday to conspiracy to commit health-care fraud in a scheme involving the ordering of unnecessary medical tests. Oxendine, 61, admitted that his...
CON overhaul gains final passage in General Assembly
ATLANTA - Legislation containing the most significant reforms in decades to Georgia's law governing hospital construction and new medical services is on its way to Gov. Brian Kemp. The General Assembly give final passage late Thursday to a bill loosening restrictions...
New effort emerges to stop mining near the Okefenokee Swamp
ATLANTA - Legislative efforts to block a proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp have taken a new turn. The Georgia House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday on a bill declaring a three-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for dragline...
General Assembly sets new elections for PSC members
ATLANTA - Legislation setting a new election schedule for members of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) cleared the General Assembly Thursday. The state Senate voted 43-9 to hold the election for the PSC's District 2 seat now held by Commissioner Tim Echols...