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Senate GOP revives anti-trans bills as election year heats up

Culture wars recently returned to the General Assembly with Senate passage of anti-transgender legislation.

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Senate passes big cut in Georgia income tax

The Georgia Senate on Thursday approved two bills that would dramatically scale back the state’s individual income tax.

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Skeptics of 2020 election look for answers from FBI raid in Fulton

Allegations of fraud and mismanagement have dogged Fulton County since 2020.

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FBI affidavit for Fulton’s 2020 records fuels GOP calls for state takeover

The unsealed FBI affidavit justifying the seizure of troves of 2020 records sparked renewed calls from Republicans for a Fulton County elections operation takeover.

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Middle Georgia voters return to polls for state Senate runoff

Democrat LeMario Brown and Republican Steven McNeel are competing for an open Middle Georgia Senate seat.

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Ga. lawmakers take step toward banning NDAs for child sexual abuse victims

The bill, called "Trey's Law," would ban settlements in Georgia that keep survivors from speaking freely and make existing nondisclosure agreements harder to enforce.

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Jones plan would eliminate tax breaks to cut Georgia income tax

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ plan to phase out Georgia’s personal income tax would eliminate more than $1 billion of tax breaks.

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Georgians in both parties prefer property tax relief to scrapping income tax

Property tax relief trumps eliminating the state income tax among both Republicans and Democrats in new Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll.

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House Republicans unveil legislation aimed at support for working families

Republican women in the Georgia House of Representatives put forward a package of family-friendly bills addressing things like parental leave and birth control.

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Immigrant advocates visit Georgia Capitol amid controversies over ICE

The annual mobilization, branded Latino Day at the Capitol, is in its fourth year.

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Georgia House budget favors property tax relief over income tax rebates

The Georgia House of Representatives on Wednesday proposed substituting property tax relief for income tax rebates proposed by Gov. Brian Kemp.

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Teachers, parents love Ga. cellphone ban. Now lawmakers turn to high schools.

Although long-term clinical research is sparse, studies and surveys show support for cellphone bans.

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Georgia House considers scrapping touchscreen voting by this year’s midterm

House Republicans called off a meeting on Monday where they were expected to consider Election Day hand-marked paper ballots.

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Gov. Kemp proposes $50 million to help cities combat homelessness

State lawmakers once looked to punish cities for homelessness. Now, the Georgia governor wants to pour millions of dollars into addressing the problem.

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Georgia Dems move to end sanctuary city ban, roll back ICE collaborations

The mass protests and deaths of two people in Minnesota are pushing Democratic lawmakers in Georgia to try to curtail immigration enforcement.

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‘Love on the Spectrum’ star presses lawmakers for Georgia autism license plate

Connor Tomlinson is backing a Georgia bill to create a license plate that indicates a driver or passenger has autism and to require extra training for first responders.

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Burns unveils plan to eliminate property taxes on Georgia homes

The proposal would fundamentally change how local governments fund schools, roads and other local services.

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Georgia Senate investigators want testimony from Stacey Abrams

A Georgia Senate committee that’s spent the last two years investigating Fani Willis plans to finish its work with a bang