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Should Georgia switch to daylight saving time year-round?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 28, 2021January 28, 2021

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Could casinos become legal in Georgia this year?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 28, 2021January 28, 2021

Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan became the latest high-ranking Georgia Republican Tuesday to oppose ending no-excuse absentee voting following the state’s 2020 election cycle.

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Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor doesn’t want to end no-excuse absentee voting

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 26, 2021January 26, 2021

Georgia House Speaker David Ralston ejected a Gwinnett County lawmaker from the House floor Tuesday for refusing to take a COVID-19 test.

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Georgia lawmaker David Clark ejected from house floor

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 26, 2021January 26, 2021

Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia

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Mail-in voting will be a major issue this year for Georgia lawmakers

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 15, 2021January 15, 2021

COVID-19 and last week’s storming of the U.S. Capitol loomed large in the Georgia General Assembly Monday as lawmakers were sworn in to begin the 2021 legislative session.

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Here’s what Georgia lawmakers had to say about the Capitol raid

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Legislative leaders are promising to tackle two issues that dominated the news in Georgia and across the nation when the 2021 General Assembly session kicks off on Monday.

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Here are the top issues for Georgia lawmakers as they start work today

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 11, 2021September 24, 2023

Georgia’s most powerful state lawmaker threw cold water Thursday on calls by some top Republican officials to eliminate no-excuse absentee voting after the 2020 election cycle.

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Ralston does not plan to end no-excuse absentee voting

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceJanuary 8, 2021January 8, 2021

In the wake of Joe Biden's win over Donald Trump in Georgia, Trump and his supporters have called on Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to call a special session of the state legislature for the purpose of appointing a new slate of electors to vote for Trump in the Electoral College.

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Why Brian Kemp won’t call a special session of the legislature

by Thom ChandlerDecember 6, 2020December 6, 2020

The Gist: Four republican lawmakers are calling for a special session of the state legislature to address "structural issues" with the state's voting system prior to the Jan. 5 Senate runoff election.

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Four republican state senators call for special session on Georgia elections

by Thom ChandlerNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

Will the balance of power shift in the Georgia state legislature following the highly anticipated general election on Nov. 3?

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Could democrats take control of the Georgia state legislature?

by Beau Evans | Capitol Beat News ServiceOctober 9, 2020September 24, 2023

Any proposals to do away with Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law should distinguish between an arrest made by a civilian and a citizen’s right to detain a criminal suspect, the head of the Georgia Sheriffs’ Association said Thursday.

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Officials: Right to detain should remain if citizen’s arrest laws are repealed

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceJuly 23, 2020August 12, 2020

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