New cannabis oil bills clear legislative committees
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers may be about to start over the state's long-delayed medical marijuana program. A state House committee approved legislation Monday that would cancel the current program and authorize a new request for proposals (RFP) from companies...
Legislature eyeing repeal of state Certificate of Need law
Georgia House Majority Whip Matt Hatchett ATLANTA - After years of nibbling around the edges of regulations governing how Georgia hospitals operate, the General Assembly may decide to scrap the Certificate of Need (CON) law altogether. A state House committee approved...
Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell dies at 94
ATLANTA - Former Atlanta Mayor and business leader Sam Massell died Sunday at the age of 94. Massell, who led the city from 1970 through 1974, was Atlanta's first and only Jewish mayor and the city's last white mayor. Later, he founded the Buckhead Coalition, a...
Audit finds no fraud in state spending of federal election grants
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ATLANTA - The Georgia Secretary of State's office has received a clean audit on its spending of grant funds received through the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA). However, an audit the state Department of Audits &...
Candidate qualifying wraps up at Georgia Capitol
ATLANTA - Georgia Republicans and Democrats put positive spins on their 2022 election prospects Friday as the weeklong candidate qualifying period concluded at the state Capitol. Both parties fielded candidates for every federal and statewide elective office. A...
Georgia House votes to temporarily suspend gasoline tax
ATLANTA - The General Assembly came one step closer Friday to temporarily suspending Georgia's sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels to reduce pump prices that have soared in recent weeks. The state House of Representatives voted unanimously to suspend...
Georgia House adopts $30.2 billion state budget
ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives overwhelmingly adopted a $30.2 billion fiscal 2023 budget Friday that would increase state spending by 10.8% over the budget lawmakers passed last year. A year ago, Georgia was struggling with a global pandemic that...
Georgia Senate passes bill targeting teaching of racism
Georgia Sen. Bo Hatchett ATLANTA - The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate passed controversial legislation Friday prohibiting the teaching of a series of "divisive concepts" on race in the state’s public schools over the objections of Democrats. The bill, which...