Jan 30, 2025 · ATLANTA - Homeschool students would have guaranteed access to college admission testing at their local public school under legislation backed by prominent Republican state senators.

3 days ago · Georgia Senate leadership reveals priorities for the year. by Ty Tagami | Feb 3, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service. ATLANTA – The Republicans in charge of Georgia’s state Senate say they plan to focus on a host of consistent conservative issues this year, from tax cuts to transgender athletes.

10 hours ago · ATLANTA – A Georgia Senate committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would expose school districts and other governing bodies to lawsuits if they violate a state law that requires cooperation with federal officials and police on immigration enforcement.

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2 days ago · ATLANTA – The Republicans in charge of Georgia’s state Senate say they plan to focus on a host of consistent conservative issues this year, from tax cuts to transgender athletes. During this legislative session, their attention will also be absorbed by something that paid no heed to partisan ...

Jan 13, 2025 · ATLANTA – The General Assembly gaveled into session Monday with the usual pageantry and little of the heavy lifting that will be required to make it through the 40-day session. House lawmakers voted 153-21 to reelect Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, to preside over the chamber during the next two ...

Jan 7, 2025 · ATLANTA – The celebration of the life of former President Jimmy Carter moved from Atlanta to the nation’s capitol Tuesday, with a day full of pageantry capped by a memorial service inside the Capitol Rotunda. The nation’s top political leaders praised the many accomplishments of Georgia’s ...

Nov 8, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia voters have reasserted the Peach State’s bona fides as a Republican stronghold. Four years after losing to Democrat Joe Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes in Georgia, former President Donald Trump captured the state’s 16 electoral votes Nov. 5 by defeating Vice President Kamala Harris by more than 117,000 votes.

Jan 28, 2025 · ATLANTA – Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs used his annual State of the Judiciary address to members of the General Assembly Tuesday to plug two bills raising the salaries of superior court and statewide judges. “An independent judiciary must be able to attract and retain qualified jurists ...

Dec 17, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia’s Republican presidential electors formally cast their votes for former President Donald Trump Tuesday in a ceremony at the state Capitol.