by Patrick Hickey | Apr 3, 2026 | News, News 2
Editor's note: With the flurry of late night legislation on Sine Die it's impossible to include everything - keep an eye on Monday's news for a full post-mortem As is often typical of Sine Die, the final day of each year's legislative session, things got off to a slow...
by Baker Owens | Apr 2, 2026 | News, News 2
The last day of the legislative session is upon us and there is plenty left to do. Or not to do. It’s Gov. Brian Kemp’s last Sine Die and he has remained mostly mum about his anticipated signing or veto of a number of bills. Among the bills that Kemp has...
by Cindy Morley | Apr 2, 2026 | News, News 2
Day 39 was a busy one at the State Capitol Tuesday, as lawmakers worked well into the night to get as may bills across the line before today’s Sine Die (final day of the 40-day session). While much of the news from the Gold Dome centered on the passage of the...
by Patrick Hickey | Apr 1, 2026 | News, News 2
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns’, R-Newington, biggest legislative priority heading into this year’s session was House Bill 1193, the Georgia Early Literacy Act of 2026. And on Tuesday, the penultimate day of the legislative session, it received...
by Patrick Hickey | Apr 1, 2026 | News, News 2
Marietta-based nonprofit Youth Empowerment through Learning, Leading, and Serving, Inc. (YELLS) is proving that young Georgians are fully capable of affecting change in their communities. The group provides afterschool programs, mentorship, and service learning...
by Ty Tagami | Apr 1, 2026 | News, News 2
In a rare bipartisan moment during this year’s legislative session in Georgia, Democrats and Republicans agreed on how to do something about what they said was a core cause of Georgia’s housing affordability problem. The state Senate passed a bill that sought...