Crossover Day countdown for transit reform, criminal justice reform, and distracted driving
The Georgia General Assembly will enter on Monday one of the session’s most turbulent periods, a half-way point scramble by […]
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Transit reform inches forward in Ga. General Assembly
Speaker David Ralston is backing a Republican transit reform package that would reshape transportation services throughout metropolitan Atlanta, signaling the […]
Ga. House OK’s 2018 ‘Little Budget’
The Georgia House of Representatives approved last week a midyear spending bill to make use of additional revenues for fiscal […]
Senate OKs House tweaks to long-awaited adoption reform bill, heads now to Deal
The Georgia state Senate voted by near unanimous measure on Monday to approve compromise changes offered by the House last […]
Ga. adoption reform in limbo
UPDATE: Despite Senate leadership’s tight-lipped response to a House compromise on adoption reform, the upper chamber voted nearly unanimously on […]
Ga. House, Senate leadership agree to crossover, sine die dates
The General Assembly’s pace quickened last week after a sluggish start to session, stalled in part by unusual winter weather […]
Winter storm stalls Ga. legislature’s work
The Georgia Senate voted overwhelmingly last week to adopt comprehensive reforms to the state’s outmoded adoption law, but the bill’s […]
Georgia General Assembly closes out week one: Deal’s State of the State and budget proposal, and House and Senate sync calendars
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal delivered his final State of the State address Thursday, using the occasion before the General Assembly […]
Foreign direct investment as a Democratic election strategy
Only moments after the Associated Press declared Karen Handel had defeated Jon Ossoff in the 6th District of Georgia, the […]
Sine Die in Georgia: all the bills that passed (and those that didn’t)
The Georgia General Assembly adjourned for the year in the early morning hours of Friday, sending to Governor Nathan Deal […]
Georgia legislature hurtles towards Crossover Day
The General Assembly will enter one of the session’s most turbulent weeks Monday as it hurtles towards Crossover Day on March […]