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Culture War Bills Mostly Fizzle on the Georgia Legislature’s Last Day in Session
Jill Nolin and Ross Williams
April 1, 2024
Georgia Republicans Pass Voucher Bill to Spend Public Money on Private Schools
Stanley Dunlap
March 27, 2024
Athens Sen. Bill Cowsert Casts Deciding Vote to Kill Medicaid Expansion
Jill Nolin
March 23, 2024
Culture War Bills on Sex Ed, Libraries and More More Forward in Georgia
Ross Williams
February 28, 2024
Bail Bill Would Make Pre-Trial Defendants Who Can’t Pay Languish in Jail
John Cole Vodicka
February 28, 2024
Athens Republican Sponsors Bill Restoring Cash Bail for Minor Offenses
Jill Nolin
February 14, 2024
Georgia GOP Bill Would Make It Harder for Workers to Unionize
Ross Williams
February 14, 2024
Athens Sen. Bill Cowsert Chairs Board Investigating Fani Willis
Blake Aued
February 1, 2024
Georgia House Approves Revised Prosecutor Oversight Bill
Stanley Dunlap
January 30, 2024
Medicaid Expansion Talk Fuels Bipartisan Buzz at the State Capitol
Jill Nolin
January 24, 2024
Expect Election-Year Politics as Georgia Lawmakers Return to the Gold Dome
Jill Nolin and Ross Williams
January 8, 2024
More Tax Cuts, School Vouchers Top Republican State Legislators’ 2024 Agenda
Blake Aued
December 27, 2023
Power Is On the Line as Lawmakers Draw New Political Districts
Jill Nolin
November 29, 2023
State Superintendent’s Plans Would Help High-Poverty Schools Like Athens’
Ross Williams
November 22, 2023
Panel of Lawmakers Considers Capping Tax Credits for Film and TV
Blake Aued
October 11, 2023
New Laws on Transgender Care, Gangs, Lemonade Stands and More Take Effect
Stanley Dunlap
July 2, 2023
Georgia Lawmakers Turn Down the Volume on Incentives for the Music Business
Blake Aued
May 1, 2023
Lots of Talk, Little Action on Affordable Housing Under the Gold Dome
Rebecca Grapevine
April 10, 2023
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