Near-total abortion ban draws strong emotions at legislative hearing
ATLANTA - A hearing in the General Assembly Wednesday on a proposed near-total ban on abortion in Georgia pitted preachers against physicians. House Bill 441 calls for extending the state's current law prohibiting abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected -...
Ocmulgee Mounds national park bill reintroduced in Congress
ATLANTA - Georgia's two U.S. senators and two members of the U.S. House from South Georgia Wednesday reintroduced legislation to establish the Ocmulgee Mounds as the state's first national park. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources passed the bill last...
State Senate panel sets deadline for Willis to testify
ATLANTA - The state Senate committee investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' role in prosecuting President Donald Trump for interfering in Georgia's 2020 presidential election is giving her until May 10 to testify before the panel. The Senate...
Senate transgender sports bill advancing through House
ATLANTA - Transgender student athletes would be banned from female sports under two bills in the Georgia legislature, and the version from the state Senate has taken the lead. A committee of the Georgia House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1 Tuesday after it...
Lawmakers decide to ban cellphones in public elementary and middle schools
ATLANTA - Children and adolescents won't be able to use personal cellphones in public schools starting next fall after the General Assembly overwhelmingly supported banning the devices in elementary and middle schools. House Bill 340 passed the Georgia Senate Tuesday...
Port of Savannah sees busiest February ever
ATLANTA - The Port of Savannah set a record for containerized cargo traffic last month, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Tuesday. The port moved 479,850 twenty-foot equivalent container units in February, a 6% increase over the same month last year. Dual container...
State Senate gives locals extra leeway on property tax relief
ATLANTA - Legislation giving Georgia cities, counties and school districts until April 30 to decide whether to opt out of offering a property tax break voters approved last fall cleared the state Senate Tuesday. Georgians passed a constitutional amendment last...
Lawmakers hear praise, concerns about legislation to stop school shooters
ATLANTA - Legislation designed to avert another school shooting like the one that left four dead at Apalachee High School last fall got a hearing in a Senate subcommittee Monday, where many expressed concerns about a database that would be built to track children...