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• Georgia DOT: I-14 Project Not a Good Investment

  News, January 30, 2024

• State House GOP Unveils Tax Cut Bills

  News, January 26, 2024

• State Senate Panel Votes to Eliminate QR Codes from Paper Ballots

  News, January 26, 2024

• Tax Credit to Help Kds Aging Out of Foster Care Raises Nearly $10 Million

  News, January 26, 2024

• Twin Pines Fined for Exploratory Drilling Near Okefenokee Swamp

  News, January 25, 2024

• State Senate Committee Approves Ban on Ranked-choice Voting

  News, January 25, 2024

• State Senate Committee Passes Antisemitism Bill

  News, January 24, 2024

• Coastal Marshlands Ownership Bill Moving through Georgia House

  News, January 22, 2024

• Sen. Ossoff-backed Military Housing Measures Signed Into Law

  News, January 22, 2024

• Georgia Unemployment Stayed Flat Last Month

  News, January 19, 2024

• New Program to Provide Emergency Funding to Rural Hospitals

  News, January 19, 2024

• SOS Raffensperger: No Time to Take QR Codes Off Georgia Ballots this Year

  News, January 19, 2024

• State Hires Marietta Literacy Coach to Lead Statewide Initiative

  News, January 18, 2024

• Governor Pitching Georgia at World Economic Forum

  News, January 17, 2024

• State Senate Bill Targets Cyberbullying

  News, January 17, 2024

• Governor Endorses School Vouchers Push

  News, January 16, 2024

• House Speaker Burns Calls for More Changes to State Election Laws

  News, January 12, 2024

• Good Problem for General Assembly – What to Do with Surplus

  News, January 10, 2024

• Georgia Schools Getting Electric Buses Through Federal Grant

  News, January 10, 2024

• COVID, Flu Up Sharply in Georgia

  News, January 10, 2024

• Georgia PSC approves Agreement on Plant Vogtle Costs

  News, December 20, 2023

• GDOT Outlines Need for Major Hike in Highway Funding

  Features, December 14, 2023

  Georgia will need to spend at least $81 billion on transportation improvements by 2050 to keep people and freight moving on highways that otherwise will becoming increasingly congested, state Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry warned Wednesday.

• Feds Providing More Funding for Passenger Rail in Georgia

  Features, December 11, 2023

  The Biden administration is stepping up federal funding of three planned intercity passenger rail projects in Georgia. The Federal Rail Administration has awarded $1.5 million in grants to explore linking Atlanta with Savannah; Charlotte, N.C.; and Chattanooga, Tenn.

• Georgia Tax Revenues Increase Slightly in November

  News, December 11, 2023

• Lawmakers Call for More Investment in Public Fishing Areas

  News, December 06, 2023

• State Grants Controversial Coal Ash Pond Closure Permit

  News, December 05, 2023

• Green Mutual Fund Aims Third Shareholder Resolution at Proposed Mine Near Okefenokee

  News, December 04, 2023

• Foster Care Study Committee Makes Recommendations

  News, December 04, 2023

• PSC Sets Hearings, Vote on Georgia Power Request for Additional Generating Capacity

  News, December 04, 2023

• New Georgia House, Senate District Maps Clear Redistricting Committees

  News, December 01, 2023

• Georgia Again Collecting Gasoline Tax

  News, December 01, 2023

• Appellate Court Upholds Statewide PSC Elections

  News, November 30, 2023

• State Senate Study Committee Recommends Repealing CON Law

  News, November 29, 2023

• Sports Betting Best Odds for Legalizing Gambling in Georgia

  News, November 28, 2023

• State Launches Online Platform for Job Seekers

  News, November 28, 2023

• Georgia Supreme Court Blocks Republican-backed Prosecutors Oversight Board

  News, November 28, 2023

• Redistricting Special Session Likely to Boost Democrats

  News, November 28, 2023

• Governor Kemp Issues Executive Orders for Rosalynn Carter Funeral Ceremonies

  Features, November 27, 2023

  Gov. Brian Kemp is assigning Georgia National Guard troops and other state resources to help with the “logistical challenges” associated with ceremonies and services to honor the late former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

• Doug Collins to Lead Georgia Chapter of National Think Tank

  News, November 27, 2023

• DOT Mulling Long List of Highway Improvements in Savannah Area

  News, November 17, 2023

• Georgia Lawmakers Unveil Recommendations for Growing Workforce

  News, November 17, 2023

• Respiratory Virus Outlook in Georgia Encouraging

  News, November 15, 2023

• Green Mutual Fund Files Shareholder Proposals Opposing Mine Near Okefenokee

  News, November 14, 2023

• State Rolling Out New Literacy Initiative

  Features, November 14, 2023

  The Georgia Department of Education is launching a literacy initiative aimed at both improving literacy among students and training educators on the science of reading.

• Former Isakson Colleagues Praise His Brand of Political Civility

  Features, November 13, 2023

  A U.S. senator and a former senator traveled to the University of Georgia Friday to tout the benefits of political civility at a time extreme partisanship in Congress threatens to shut down the federal government.

• Bonds Closed on Rivian EV Plant

  News, November 13, 2023

• State’s New Voter Registration System Passes First Test

  Features, November 13, 2023

  A new statewide voter registration system has passed its first test with a successful run during this week’s municipal elections across Georgia.

• State Tax Credit Review Panel Focuses on Housing

  News, November 10, 2023

• Legislative Democrats Looking to End Ban on Rent Control

  News, November 10, 2023

• Kemp Extends Suspension of State Gasoline Tax

  News, November 10, 2023

• With or Without Gasoline Revenue, Georgia Tax Collections in the Red

  News, November 08, 2023

• LG Burt Jones Announces ‘Red Tape Rollback’

  Features, November 08, 2023

  Lt. Gov. Burt Jones unveiled a legislative push Tuesday aimed at reducing the size and scope of state government while making it easier for Georgians to get business licenses.

• Drought-stricken Northwest Georgia Counties Declared Natural Disaster Areas

  News, November 08, 2023

• Rural Georgians Suffering Disproportionately from Mental Health Issues

  News, November 03, 2023

• Auto, Machinery Volumes Soaring at Port of Brunswick

  News, November 03, 2023

• State Senate Kicks Off Deep Dive into Artificial Intelligence

  Features, November 02, 2023

  Artificial intelligence can prove more beneficial to society than harmful but only with proper regulation, industry experts told Georgia lawmakers Wednesday.

• Georgia Power Seeking More Energy Generating Capacity

  News, November 01, 2023

• Governor Asking Georgia Lawmakers to Back Another Savannah Harbor Deepening

  News, October 31, 2023

• State Licenses First Pharmacies to Sell Cannabis Oil to Patients

  News, October 30, 2023

• U.S. Senate Panel Hears Tragic Stories from Georgia’s Foster Care System

  News, October 30, 2023

• Federal Judge Tosses Georgia Redistricting Maps; Governor Calls Special Session

  Features, October 27, 2023

  A federal judge Thursday rejected both the congressional and legislative redistricting maps Georgia’s Republican-controlled General Assembly drew two years ago and ordered new maps prepared in time for next year’s elections.

• Georgia Dems Renew Push for Full Medicaid Expansion

  News, October 27, 2023

• Georgia Expanding EV Charging Station Network

  News, October 25, 2023

• General Assembly Eyeing Incentives for Government Vehicle Fleets to Switch to EVs

  News, October 24, 2023

• Low Enrollment Plaguing Georgia’s Limited Medicaid Expansion

  News, October 24, 2023

• Lawsuit Challenging Redrawing of Georgia’s Congressional Districts Moving Forward

  News, October 23, 2023

• Gasoline Taxes Mask Net State Tax Revenue Decline Again

  News, October 23, 2023

• Georgia Power Announces Third Coal Ash Reuse Plan

  News, October 23, 2023

• Justice Department Public Safety Grants Go to South Georgia Agencies

  News, October 19, 2023

• Georgia Council on Literacy Tackling Tough Challenge Head-On

  News, October 19, 2023

• Legislative Panel Adopts Recommendations for Dual Enrollment Program

  News, October 17, 2023

• Georgia Lawmakers Looking for Better Way to Resolve Local Service Delivery Disputes

  News, September 21, 2023

• Nursing Workforce Research Center to Open at Emory

  News, September 21, 2023

• General Assembly Looking to Fine-Tune Dual Enrollment Program

  News, September 20, 2023

• U.S. Soccer to Move Headquarters, Build Training Center in Atlanta

  News, September 18, 2023

• Tort Reform Fight Returning to General Assembly

  News, September 12, 2023

• State Awards First Grants Under New Rural Housing Program

  News, September 11, 2023

• Board of Regents OKs ‘Major Ask’ in University System Budget

  News, September 11, 2023

• Georgia Redistricting Maps on Trial in Federal Court

  News, September 08, 2023

• Craft Brewers Looking for General Assembly to Ease Restrictions

  News, September 07, 2023

• Calvin Smyre Tapped to Serve in UN General Assembly

  News, September 06, 2023

• New Coalition Takes Aim at Tort Reform in Georgia

  Features, August 31, 2023

  A new nonprofit founded by three high-power lobbying firms is setting its sites on tort reform in Georgia. Competitive Georgia announced its formation Tuesday, the latest sign that business leaders are preparing a major push for the General Assembly to curb what they see as frivolous lawsuits that drive up the cost of doing business.

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