Georgia lawmakers are agreeing to a state budget that will pay full tuition for all college students receiving a HOPE Scholarship while boosting pay for all state and university employees. A House-Senate agreement signed Wednesday sets a $32.5 billion state budget beginning July 1.

The legislation would require schools to screen students from kindergarten to third grade on their reading proficiency three times a year. 

The Georgia General Assembly sent a controversial bill to the governor’s desk Monday to create a new disciplinary board for the state’s local district attorneys.

The Georgia Legislature tackled election betting, district attorney oversight commissions and more on the penultimate day of the legislative session. 

The state Senate voted 53-3 in favor of legislation the House passed earlier this month, but with a series of substantive changes that will force it to return to the House before it can gain final passage. 

The state Senate unanimously approved a bill Monday to codify a ban on the use of TikTok on state-owned devices.   

With the 2023 legislative session soon to be a thing of the past, Georgia lawmakers are poised to pass a sweeping anti-discrimination measure into law — one not focused on people but certain outdoor appliances.

Georgia bills that would drastically shift how much electric vehicle owners pay to recharge their cars is expected to receive a final vote before this year’s legislative session wraps up on Wednesday.

Final negotiations over the spending plan should finish before Wednesday.

Thursday, the Senate passed its plan in a 51-to1 vote, but HB 19 was rejected by the House. With only two days left in the session, their differences must be settled in a conference committee.

On Day 38, the same day the Senate approved its version of the 2024 budget, lawmakers produced a flurry of activity. 

After surging in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, illegal street racing persists in metro Atlanta, fueled, in part, by social media. The Georgia General Assembly is pushing for a new bipartisan bill to stop it.

Georgia patients have been waiting for years to legally access medical cannabis products approved by the state Legislature years ago, and Thursday, March 23 could be do or die for the latest bill aimed at fixing the process.

The Georgia Senate Appropriations committee approved a spending plan Tuesday that cuts more than $100 million from the state’s higher education budget amidst a fight with the House over hospital regulations.

A Senate measure that would have limited the public’s access to personal information of politicians and government employees — like their home address — has been narrowed down to only apply to law enforcement officers.