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...
by Cindy Morley | Mar 31, 2026 | News, News 2
There are two days left in the 2026 legislative session, and lawmakers are still working on the FY2027 budget. The House and Senate have each passed their own versions of the budget, but have not yet reached an agreement. House and Senate leaders are now in...
by Phil Kent | Mar 30, 2026 | News, News 2
The Georgia General Assembly has two more days left— Tuesday & Thursday, with adjournment scheduled for late Thursday night or early Friday morning. In any event here's where you go to see each chamber's calendars and links to the bills on tap. The debate...
by Cindy Morley | Mar 30, 2026 | News, News 2
There are two legislative days left in the 2026 session of the Georgia General Assembly. And while education advocates wait anxiously to see if the Senate is going to pass the historic Literacy Bill -- a priority bill of Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington -- a...
