Georgia House passes parental leave measure
Georgia Rep. Houston Gaines ATLANTA - State employees and Georgia teachers would be able to take up to three weeks of paid parental leave under legislation the state House of Representatives passed overwhelmingly Tuesday. The bill, which passed 155-2, would apply to...
Bill to block defunding police in Georgia advances in state House
A bill aimed at preventing Georgia city and county governments from making deep cuts in the budgets of their local police agencies advanced in the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday.
Georgia a top-10 exporting state for the first time
Georgia Economic Development Commissioner Pat Wilson ATLANTA - Georgia was ranked among the nation’s 10 top exporting states last year for the first time, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. Georgia businesses exported $38.8 billion in goods in 2020, reaching 215...
Gov. Kemp signs $26.5B mid-year state budget
Gov. Brian Kemp (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed a $26.5 billion mid-year budget Monday that restores $2.2 billion in spending cuts the General Assembly imposed on state agencies last June due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic....
Georgia lawmakers eye citizen’s arrest changes, no-knock warrants ban
State lawmakers are working this year on legislation to change Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law, ban no-knock arrest warrants and lower employment barriers for residents on probation.
Chief Justice Melton leaving Georgia Supreme Court
Georgia Chief Justice Harold Melton ATLANTA - Georgia Chief Justice Harold Melton will step down from the state Supreme Court effective July 1, Melton announced Friday. In a statement to court staff and the Georgia Judicial Council, Melton said he doesn’t know what...
New broadband bill draws opposition in Georgia Senate committee
Georgia Sen. Steve Gooch ATLANTA - Legislation that would tap into a new source of funding to expand broadband service in Georgia got some pushback this week from the telecom industry. Senate Bill 65 would convert a portion of a state fund that now subsidizes...
Initial unemployment claims up slightly in Georgia
Georgia Commisisoner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims in Georgia rose slightly last week, even as claims nationwide declined, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Jobless Georgians filed 32,386 initial claims last week, up...