Latest Georgia state government News

Trump ally Jeffrey Clark disciplinary hearing begins over role trying to overturn 2020 election

Mar. 26, 2024 18:22 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark’s efforts to help then-President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election were characterized Tuesday as a coup attempt by Washington, D.C., Office of Disciplinary Counsel at a hearing to determine if Clark should be sanctioned. ...

Georgia senators again push conservative aims for schools

Mar. 26, 2024 18:09 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the state's public schools, passing a bill Tuesday that would ban transgender girls from playing high school sports with other girls, limit sex education and require a system for...

Georgia lawmakers agree on pay raises in upcoming budget, but must resolve differences by Thursday

Mar. 26, 2024 14:11 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate on Tuesday approved a budget that would include pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, as well as boost spending on education, health care and mental health. Senators and representatives now must work out their differences on...

Georgia bill would give utility regulators extra years in office without facing voters

Mar. 22, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Public Service Commission is an elected body that's gone years without having elections because of a redistricting lawsuit. Anticipating that a court will order elections to resume, Georgia lawmakers now want to add an extra two years to the six-year terms...

Georgia Senate lawmakers give final passage to bill to loosen health permit rules

Mar. 21, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers on Thursday agreed on a plan to loosen some parts of the state's health care permitting law. The House and Senate gave final passage to House Bill 1339, sending it to Gov. Brian Kemp for his approval or veto. The measure would allow...

Georgia lawmakers advance bills targeting immigrant-friendly policies

Mar. 21, 2024 17:05 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Senate on Thursday pushed through bills aimed at forcing local governments to help deport immigrants instead of sheltering them, part of a continuing political response to the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus allegedly by a Venezuelan...

Georgia bill could provide specific reasons for challenging voters

Mar. 19, 2024 18:01 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state senator says he's seeking to make it harder for people to challenge the qualifications of individual voters, but opponents warn he's only going to enable more baseless attacks. Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Max Burns, a Sylvania Republican, told...

Lawsuits against insurers after truck crashes limited by Georgia legislature

Mar. 18, 2024 12:37 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — The ability of people to sue insurance companies directly after trucking crashes would be limited under a bill receiving final passage in the Georgia legislature. The House voted 172-0 on Monday to pass Senate Bill 426, sending it to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature...

A Georgia senator was exiled from the GOP caucus. Now Colton Moore is banned from the state House

Mar. 15, 2024 18:46 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Colton Moore's political career has been about setting legislative norms on fire. The Republican Georgia state senator left another one ablaze on Thursday. Moore, who lives in Trenton in the state's far northwest corner, was banned from the House floor after...

These Republicans won states that Trump lost in 2020. Their endorsements are lukewarm (or withheld)

Mar. 15, 2024 00:05 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will back his fellow Republicans' presidential ticket in November. That does not mean he will cheerlead for former President Donald Trump or even endorse him by name. “I’m going to support the nominee,” Kemp told reporters this week...