Georgia Legislature

Georgia's "broken" criminal appeal process needs a legislative fix, the state's chief justice said Tuesday while acknowledging his court is largely to blame.

The bill would have cut costs for homeowners, but critics feared the hit to school districts and local governments.

Gov. Brian Kemp signed the state's fiscal 2026 amended budget Tuesday, which includes tax relief and bonuses for state employees.

Required weapons detectors, high school cellphone ban could become law this year.

Metro-Atlanta voters will soon decide their next state House representative in the Georgia General Assembly.

The Georgia Senate advanced a proposal for preprinted paper ballots counted by machines on Monday ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.

Metro Atlanta counties would have to wait 8 years to put transit on the ballot after a failed vote.

A Georgia Senate committee that spent the last two years investigating Fulton DA Fani Willis has proposed new criteria for disciplining or removing district attorneys.

At a Capitol ceremony highlighting the “Original 33 Memorial Act,” state Rep. Carl Gilliard and other lawmakers commemorated the first Black legislators in Georgia history.

State Sen. Brian Strickland, a McDonough Republican who sponsored the bill, said the license plate keeps both first responders and those with autism safe.