Librarians have been exempted from Georgia’s “harmful to minors” law since the mid-1980s. Republican state senators have been trying to remove that exemption for several years. The party-line 32-23 ...

The Georgia Senate passed legislation Monday that would ban puberty blockers, which would affect children who want to change their gender. Senate Bill 30 was adopted 34-19 Monday in a near party-line ...

ATLANTA – The General Assembly gave final passage Monday to a record $40.5 billion mid-year budget that prioritizes hurricane relief and prisons. The mid-year budget, which covers state spending ...

ATLANTA – The University System of Georgia is looking to the private sector to lead Albany State University. The system’s Board of Regents voted Monday to name business executive Robert Scott as ...

The Georgia Senate adopted a measure Monday that prohibits the state from providing medical care to inmates seeking to change their sex. Senate Bill 185 passed 37-15, with support from a handful of ...

Environmental lawyer Josh Marks, president of the nonprofit Georgians for the Okefenokee, complained that the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, which is considering permit applications for ...

The Republican chairman of a special committee of the Georgia Senate that has been investigating Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has introduced legislation that would expand the ...

The first piece of sports betting legislation to hit the state House of Representatives this year was introduced Friday with less than a week remaining before Crossover Day – the deadline for ...

Parents who have fostered a child at any point during the prior decade would find it easier to obtain one of Georgia’s new $6,500 annual subsidies for private schooling under legislation adopted by ...

People caught with a quarter gram of fentanyl would face one to five years in prison if a measure that passed the Georgia Senate Wednesday goes on to become law. It’s a tiny amount, but it’s enough to ...

Senate Bill 74, which the Senate Education and Youth Committee approved Tuesday, would take away that exemption. The bill is the latest of several efforts Senate Republicans have made during the last ...