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It could get easier to operate a food truck in Georgia

by T.A. DeFeo | The Center SquareMarch 18, 2022March 18, 2022

The Georgia Senate unanimously passed legislation Thursday temporarily suspending the state sales tax on gasoline, but not before a lengthy debate over who is to blame for record-high pump prices.

Gas tax suspension could save Georgians 29 cents per gallon

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022

The Legislature’s self-imposed deadline for a bill to clear at least one chamber to have the smoothest path to becoming law has now come and gone.

Your Government

School vouchers and horse race betting fail as lawmakers enter final stretch

by Jill Nolin | Georgia RecorderMarch 17, 2022September 24, 2023

Based on the state's current median income of $58,000 a year, lawmakers would be paid about $35,000 annually. Legislators currently are paid just more than $17,000 a year.

Your Government

You Decide: Should Georgia state lawmakers get a pay raise?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

College students needing a financial boost to complete their degrees would get help from the state under legislation the Georgia House of Representatives passed Tuesday.

Georgia college students could get financial aid from state

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 15, 2022March 15, 2022

Georgia lawmakers may be about to start over the state's long-delayed medical marijuana program.

Your Government

Is Georgia about to restart its medical marijuana program?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 14, 2022March 14, 2022

Georgia lawmakers weighed in last week on the Russian invasion of Ukraine with condemnation and a determination not to do business with the government that brought on the war.

Representing You

Representing You: Georgia lawmakers unite to denounce Russia

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 13, 2022March 13, 2022

The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate continued to take aim at Critical Race Theory, passing a bill prohibiting the teaching of a series of "divisive concepts" on race

Representing You

Georgia senate passes controversial critical race theory bill

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022

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Kemp’s education package passes Georgia House. Here’s what it means for your child

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceMarch 5, 2022March 5, 2022

Georgians would be able to carry firearms without a permit under controversial legislation the Republican-controlled state Senate passed.

Your Government

Georgia Senate passes controversial gun bill

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 28, 2022February 28, 2022

In 2019, the General Assembly created a commission to launch a medical marijuana program in Georgia. Three years later, not a single patient has received a single dose.

Lawsuits are causing Georgia’s medical cannabis delay

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 25, 2022February 25, 2022

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Your Government

Transgender sports bill clears Georgia Senate

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 24, 2022February 24, 2022

Legislation that would grant in-state college tuition to refugees from Afghanistan resettled in Georgia last year drew bipartisan support in a state House committee Wednesday.

Your Government

Bipartisan bill would give refugees in-state college tuition in Georgia

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 23, 2022February 23, 2022

The bill, which supporters call the Parents’ Bill of Rights, is part of a nationwide conservative push against what some parents see as “woke” lessons.

What is Georgia’s proposed “Parents’ Bill of Rights?”

by Ross Williams | Georgia RecorderFebruary 23, 2022September 24, 2023

Election years in the General Assembly are typically marked by politically motivated legislation. But the trend is on steroids this year.

Representing You

Representing You: Election-year politics dominate Georgia legislature

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 18, 2022February 18, 2022

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Your Government

Will This Be the Year Georgia Legalizes Betting on Horse Racing?

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 17, 2022October 10, 2023

Hawkins’ legislation would also require the state to post the per-member, per-month “cost figures” for the Medicaid, PeachCare and fee-for-service plans that provide health insurance to hundreds of thousands of Georgians, most of them children.

Georgia lawmakers push for state health insurance plan transparency

by Andy Miller and Rebecca Grapevine | GHNFebruary 17, 2022February 17, 2022

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Representing You

Representing You: Georgia lawmakers take on Facebook and Twitter

by Dave Williams | Capitol Beat News ServiceFebruary 15, 2022February 15, 2022

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