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Time is running out on the Georgia Legislative session and likely also lawmakers’ chance to make laws for the rest of the year.

A pair of Georgia bills that would lower the state income tax rate and provide an extra refund to taxpayers later this year are now awaiting Gov. Brian Kemp’s signature. The state Senate Thursday greenlighted House Bill 111 and 112, the fourth in a series of tax rebate package bills in recent years that the […]

Public Service Commission March hearings on Georgia Power electric plan for data centers. Key consumer utility bills stall in legislature

If a dominatrix went hunting in a Georgia forest, would she wear pink? And who would carry the bill in the Senate?

Lawmakers passed a heap of bills by a key legislative deadline Thursday, signing off – again – on an accelerated income tax rate cut and a plan to slightly expand the state’s medical cannabis program while attempting to ban THC-infused drinks. 

Georgia House committee advances legislation on March 5, 2025, that would let voters decide on legalizing online sports betting in the state.

GOP senate to open 2025 investigation into campaign finance violations by New Georgia Project, Democrat Abrams in 2018 governor’s election.

Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs announces he will resign from the court on March 31, 2025.

Is your bib back from the dry cleaners? It’s time for a second helping of Gold Dome Nuggets, the Georgia Recorder’s weekly look back at legislative happenings that slipped through the cracks but still deserve their chance to shine. Right now, if you want to legally shoot a deer in Georgia, you are supposed to […]

Georgia lawmakers file bills designed to protect the Okefenokee Swamp, Trail Ridge from mining threats. Bills would ban, place moratorium.