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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 …
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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 …
Legislation invites lawsuits against cities and schools that ignore ...
9 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 …
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Georgia Senate leadership reveals priorities for the year
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 …
General Assembly kicks off 2025 session - capitol-beat.org
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 …
Carter eulogized inside U.S. Capitol Rotunda
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 …
Trump win puts Georgia squarely back in red column
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 …
Georgia Chief Justice Boggs pitches judicial pay raises
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 …
Georgia Republican electors formally certify Trump’s victory
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.