Georgia Film Academy brings on new executive director
ATLANTA - A Georgia native with 35 years of experience in the entertainment industry has been named executive director of the Georgia Film Academy (GFA). C. Scott Votaw got his start in Hollywood working on sets for commercials, film and episodic television, before...
Jones hoping sports betting, school vouchers succeed in session’s final stretch
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones presides over the state Senate (Photo credit: Rebecca Grapevine) ATLANTA – With less than two weeks remaining in this year’s General Assembly session, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones has morphed from a lighting-rod political figure to a de facto life...
Lawmakers weighing overhaul of compensating wrongfully convicted Georgians
ATLANTA - It was eight minutes after midnight last April 5 when the Georgia Senate voted unanimously to compensate Kerry Robinson financially for spending more than 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. One minute later, another unanimous Senate vote...
State Senate panel OKs electric vehicles bill
ATLANTA - The General Assembly moved closer Thursday toward putting a framework in place to accommodate the growing popularity of electric vehicles in Georgia. The state Senate Regulated Industries Committee unanimously approved legislation that would pave the way for...
State retirement fund managers confident of little impact from bank failures
ATLANTA – Georgia’s Teachers Retirement System (TRS) lost about $33 million when two large banks – Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank – failed earlier this month. TRS lost $18 million from the SVB failure and $13 million from the Signature Bank...
State Senate committee resurrects sports betting
ATLANTA - Legislation to legalize sports betting in Georgia left for dead after Crossover Day in the General Assembly last week was brought back to life Thursday. None of the four measures on sports betting introduced early in this year's session made it through the...
State Senate committee expands bill banning lengthy housing moratoriums
ATLANTA – A state Senate committee Thursday widened the scope of a bill that would prohibit local governments from imposing moratoriums on the building of housing for longer than 180 days. As passed by the state House earlier this month, the bill only...
State House passes bill banning some gender-affirming care for transgender Georgians under 18
ATLANTA – The Republican-controlled state House of Representatives approved a controversial bill Thursday that would ban some gender-affirming care for transgender Georgia youths. Senate Bill 140, which the House passed 96-75 along party lines, would...