by Cindy Morley | Apr 10, 2025 | News, News 2
Prior to the passage of the “Law Enforcement Partners Act,” on the final day of the 2025 legislative session, Georgia and Nebraska were the only two states without a statute providing jurisdiction for state and local law enforcement to request...
by Cindy Morley | Apr 9, 2025 | News, News 2
There has been a lot written on the bills that made it across the line on Sine Die and are now headed to the Governor’s desk for his signature. But there were also several critical bills that were abandoned or left on the table with the early check-out by both...
by Patrick Hickey | Apr 8, 2025 | News, News 2
Data centers. You can hardly turn on the news without hearing about them and their sudden presence throughout the state. Whether its proposed developments four times larger than the Mall of Georgia, or newfound energy demands that have sent the Public Service...
by Cindy Morley | Apr 8, 2025 | News, News 2
The 2025 session of the Georgia General Assembly ended Friday night – earlier than most expected – but before the final gavel came down in the House and Senate, many education bills made it across the line. One of those bills – HB 68 — was the FY26 budget...
by Phil Kent & Cindy Morley | Apr 7, 2025 | News, News 2
Last Friday’s early General Assembly adjournment exposed a Republican split on election-related changes (including the banning of QR codes on ballots) and left some unpassed bills to be carried over into the January 2026 legislative session. Just before 9 pm...
by Dave Williams | Apr 7, 2025 | News, News 2
Gov. Brian Kemp signed controversial religious freedom legislation Friday aimed at preventing government intrusion into Georgians’ rights to exercise their religious beliefs. The General Assembly’s Republican majorities passed the Religious Freedom Restoration...
