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Georgia House backs Kemp's push for tougher gang penalties
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members on Monday turned aside objections that tougher anti-gang sentencing laws would sweep too many young people into prison for long stretches, passing a bill backed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp that would crack down on people convicted of recruiting minors into a...
Trump lawyers attack Georgia grand jury and prosecutor
ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are attacking a special grand jury and prosecutors who investigated him in Georgia, asking a state court to throw out its report and all testimony from the inquiry and bar Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from continuing to...
Georgia sports betting plan brought back to life in Senate
ATLANTA (AP) — A proposal to legalize online sports betting was revived by a Georgia Senate committee on Thursday, although its prospects of becoming law remain uncertain. The Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee amended House Bill 237 to include the legalization of...
Georgia House OKs ban on some gender-affirming care for kids
ATLANTA (AP) — Most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18 would be banned in Georgia under a measure that received House approval Thursday. Doctors could still prescribe medicines to block puberty under the bill that was...
Georgia senators send Kemp $1B income tax refund package
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers have given final approval to two pieces of Republican Gov. Brian Kemp's tax cut agenda. The measures would give income tax filers another $1 billion in tax refunds and to ratify Kemp's decision to waive tax collections on gasoline and diesel fuel...
Georgia Senate gives final OK to gov.'s school safety bill
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate gave final approval Monday to a school safety bill pushed by Gov. Brian Kemp that includes annual active shooter drills, sending it to the Republican governor's desk for his signature. The Senate voted 52-3 for House Bill 147 after rejecting a...
Georgia House sticks by 2 scholarship tiers in $32.4B budget
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia House is agreeing to a budget for next year that includes pay raises while underlining spending priorities in public safety and mental health. The House voted 167-1 for House Bill 19 on Thursday, sending the 2024 spending plan to the Senate for more...
Democratic Georgia state Rep. Tish Naghise dies at age 59
ATLANTA (AP) — Letitia “Tish” Naghise, a first-term member of the Georgia House, has died. Kaleb McMichen, a spokesperson for House Speaker Jon Burns, said Naghise died Wednesday. Naghise died at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, where she had been hospitalized for several days,...
Georgia House wants $4K pay increase for state law officers
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House budget writers support Gov. Brian Kemp's plan to give $2,000 raises to state employees, but want to double the raise for state law enforcement officers, increasing their pay by $4,000. In education, they're rejecting the Republican governor's plan to...
Georgia Senate passes bill to give cash to pregnant women
ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a measure that could provide cash to extremely low-income pregnant women in the state, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. Senators voted 50-1 to pass House Bill 129, which was sought by the...
