Georgia Supreme Court takes up State Election Board rules changes
ATLANTA - Lawyers representing civil rights and voting rights groups asked the Georgia Supreme Court Wednesday to uphold a lower-court ruling that invalidated seven controversial changes to state election laws the Republican-controlled State Election Board (SEB)...
Tort reform passes another hurdle in General Assembly
ATLANTA - Comprehensive tort reform legislation Gov. Brian Kemp has made his top priority for the 2025 General Assembly session cleared a committee in the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday. The Republican-backed bill, which the state Senate passed last month...
Legislation to ban cellphones in Georgia schools takes one more step toward becoming law
ATLANTA - A bill that would ban cellphones in all of Georgia's public elementary and middle schools has cleared another hurdle toward becoming law. House Bill 340 passed a Senate committee on Tuesday and could get a vote by the full Senate soon. The House of...
Voters will be asked next year whether to expand conservation tax breaks for farmers
ATLANTA - Farmers may soon get more tax relief under a decades-old program designed to keep agricultural land out of developers' hands. The Georgia Senate on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved legislation from the House of Representatives that seeks to double the acreage...
Barbara Rivera Holmes tapped as labor commissioner
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp named a Southwest Georgia businesswoman Tuesday to serve as the state's 11th labor commissioner. Barbara Rivera Holmes will step down next week from her role as president and CEO of the Albany Area Chamber of Commerce to succeed Bruce...
HR company to build corporate center in Dunwoody
ATLANTA - A human resources company serving small and medium-sized businesses will build a new corporate center in Dunwoody, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday. TriNet will invest $15.4 million in the 150,000-square-foot project, expected to create 750 jobs during the...
Georgia Department of Public Safety partnering with ICE
ATLANTA - All 1,100 sworn officers at the Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) will receive training from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to help identify and apprehend illegal immigrants considered a public safety risk, Gov. Brian Kemp announced...
Ossoff, Warnock oppose Republican-backed spending bill
ATLANTA - Georgia's two Democratic U.S. senators voted Friday against advancing a temporary spending bill to keep the federal government open through September, charging Republicans with ramming through a harmful "continuing resolution" without consulting Democrats....