State Senate OKs $32.4 billion fiscal ’24 budget
ATLANTA - The Georgia Senate overwhelmingly passed a $32.4 billion fiscal 2024 state budget Thursday that includes $2,000 pay raises for teachers and most state employees and $6,000 increases for state law enforcement officers. The Senate spending plan, which passed...
Georgia Senate committee puts its stamp on medical cannabis measure
ATLANTA - Legislation aimed at moving ahead with Georgia's long-delayed medical marijuana program cleared a state Senate committee Thursday but with significant changes from a bill the Georgia House passed early this month. The version of House Bill 196 House...
Georgia Senate panel OKs reforming system for compensating wrongfully convicted
ATLANTA - Legislation to overhaul the system used to compensate the wrongfully convicted in Georgia cleared a state Senate subcommittee Wednesday. House Bill 364, which the Georgia House of Representatives passed early this month, would replace the current requirement...
State senators restore full funding of HOPE program
ATLANTA - Georgia Senate budget writers approved a $32.4 billion fiscal 2024 state budget late Tuesday that restores the full funding of HOPE scholarships Gov. Brian Kemp recommended in January. The state House of Representatives reduced HOPE funding in the version of...
State bank regulators: Georgia’s banks in very strong position, not at risk
ATLANTA – Georgia’s banks are in a strong position in the wake of the failure of two large American banks this month, the deputy commissioner of the state agency that oversees banks said Tuesday. “The state of banking overall in this country is very strong, and...
Controversial bill banning some care for transgender youths clears General Assembly
Sen. Kim Jackson, D-Stone Mountain, speaks against controversial SB 140. (Photo credit: Rebecca Grapevine) ATLANTA – The Republican-controlled state Senate gave final passage Tuesday to a bill that will ban transgender youths in Georgia from receiving hormone...
State House approves bill requiring mandatory minimum sentences for gang recruitment
Rep. Soo Hong, R-Lawrenceville, sponsored an anti-gang-recruitment bill in the state House. (Photo credit: Rebecca Grapevine) ATLANTA – The Georgia House of Representatives passed legislation Monday imposing mandatory minimum prison terms for gang recruitment....
State Senate panel approves compromise truck weights bill
ATLANTA - A Georgia Senate committee further scaled back legislation Monday that would raise the weight limit on trucks plying state and local highways. The Senate Transportation Committee voted 7-4 in favor of a compromise version of House Bill 189 to let certain...