COVID-19 vaccines soon available for Georgians with health issues, ages 55 and up
Georgians ages 55 and older as well as those with a variety of health issues will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting next Monday amid a recent boost in supplies, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday.
Foundation grant aimed at medical billing, debt in Southwest Georgia
Liz Coyle, Georgia Watch ATLANTA - Community groups and health-care providers in Southwest Georgia will get help addressing problems with medical billing and debt thanks to a $190,000 grant, Atlanta-based consumer advocacy group Georgia Watch announced Wednesday. The...
Clearer path for Georgia children to receive Medicaid passes General Assembly
Low-income children in Georgia are set to soon have an easier path to collecting Medicaid benefits under legislation that passed out of the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Sports betting supporters OK with constitutional amendment approach
ATLANTA - A constitutional amendment to legalize online sports betting in Georgia is the only game in town after the state House of Representatives shelved a bill that would not require a constitutional change. Lawmakers still had not taken up House Bill 86,...
Push to raise salaries for Georgia lawmakers, officials fails in state Senate
The Georgia Senate has struck down a measure aimed at hiking salaries for members of the General Assembly as well as several other top state officials.
Jury trials to resume in Georgia
Georgia Chief Justice Harold Melton ATLANTA - Georgia Chief Justice Harold Melton Tuesday lifted a suspension of jury trials in Georgia he had imposed for a second time in December. Melton’s statewide judicial emergency order, the 12th he has issued since the...
Wider window for child sex-abuse victims to sue abusers clears Georgia House
Legislation to extend the statute of limitations for Georgians who were sexually abused as children to sue their abusers years later as adults has cleared the state House of Representatives.
Oversight body for bad-actor district attorneys in Georgia clears state House
A measure to create a citizen-led oversight commission for investigating and punishing bad-apple district attorneys in Georgia passed in the state House of Representatives on Monday.