The lawsuit over Georgia’s voting machines was filed back in 2017 by several individual voters represented by the Coalition for Good Governance, a ballot-security advocacy group. When the state spent ...

The Georgia House of Representatives had already approved House Bill 268 with broad bipartisan support. The measure, a priority for House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, now returns to the House for ...

ATLANTA – U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams is stepping down as chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Georgia. Williams, D-Atlanta, decided to leave the post following a vote during the weekend by the Georgia ...

ATLANTA – U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath is pausing her campaign for governor, citing her husband’s health. McBath, D-Marietta, formed an exploratory committee early this month for a potential run for governor ...

ATLANTA – U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered the Justice Department to drop a lawsuit the Biden administration filed in 2021 challenging an overhaul of state election law passed by the ...

The Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act, which now heads to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature, imposes a range of mandatory minimum sentences on convicted traffickers in fentanyl. The smallest ...

ATLANTA – The Georgia legislature threw its support behind legislation that would make it easier for defendants in death penalty cases to avoid execution by proving that they have an intellectual ...

Senate Bill 1, which the Senate’s GOP majority passed early last month, passed the House 100-64 virtually along party lines early Monday afternoon. The Senate then gave the bill final passage several ...

Georgia began licensing hemp-related companies last year, but Senate Bill 254 sought to pump the brakes. It passed the Senate 42-14 in early March, with Republicans and Democrats voting on both sides.

ATLANTA – The Georgia Senate passed a $37.7 billion fiscal 2026 state budget Friday that will require some compromises with the state House of Representatives on state spending, particularly on ...

Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns made the IVF bill one of his top priorities for the 2025 General Assembly session. The bill was introduced on the speaker’s behalf by Rep. Lehman Franklin, R-Statesboro ...

ATLANTA – In a last-minute legislative maneuver, Georgia Senate Republicans have revived a measure that seeks to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the state’s schools and colleges.