As Georgia lawmakers near the end of the session, bills on pay raises, DEI restrictions, and IVF protections dominate Week 11 under the Gold Dome. 

GPB Morning Edition host Pamela Kirkland checks in with GPB's Lawmakers host Donna Lowry for a recap of Week 10.

Crossover Day is behind us, but Georgia lawmakers are still busy at the Capitol as legislators turned to committee work this week.

On this week's Lawmakers Huddle, GPB's Devon Zwald speaks with Lawmakers host Donna Lowry about what lawmakers are working on as the legislative session quickly approaches an important milestone: Crossover Day, the deadline for a bill to get through one chamber for it to have a real shot at becoming law.

In this week's Lawmakers Huddle on Morning Edition, GPB’s Pamela Kirkland checks in with Lawmakers host Donna Lowry for the latest on key legislation moving through the General Assembly as the session hits its halfway point.

Gov. Brian Kemp says parents of young children would no longer have to satisfy Georgia Pathways to Coverage’s work requirement under a revised plan for the Medicaid program that will be submitted to the federal government this spring.

Asked whether state Rep. Carolyn Hugley of Columbus has the ability to be successful in her new role as leader of the Georgia House Democrats, retired state Rep. Calvin Smyre said, “I really think she is ready."

Several new legislators will begin their first legislative session on Jan. 13 as they join returning legislators and leadership for another year of lawmaking inside the Gold Dome.

Georgia is among only seven “battleground” states this year, where the presidential election is too close to call and the campaigns of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are spending most of their time.

With the traditional summer vacation season getting underway, Georgia continues to suffer from a chronic shortage of game wardens to serve its 2 million hunters and 600,000 to 700,000 anglers.

The curtain has closed on the 2024 legislative session, and lawmakers have finished passing bills that will impact Georgians this year. 

State lawmakers closed out the 2024 legislative session with a flurry of votes that spilled over into the early morning hours.

Georgia Senate Republicans passed a bill Tuesday that requires transgender kids to use the school bathroom that is consistent with their sex at birth, not their gender identity. The mother of a trans child spoke with GPB's Peter Biello about how the bill, if signed into law, would change her child's life.

House Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment that could increase the number of statewide referendums on ballots.

Officials at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport want to prevent the non-flying general public from accessing the terminal.

A bill in the Georgia House is the second attempt at legislation meant to fine tune the balance between river access and private property rights in the state.

Senate Bill 362 bars businesses that open shop in Georgia from receiving state incentives if they recognize labor unions, unless workers vote to unionize with a secret ballot.