The mood was somber inside the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday morning as lawmakers mourned the sudden death of House Rules Chairman Richard Smith.
A new Georgia State Senate special committee plans to investigate whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an improper affair with a special prosecutor she hired to lead the sweeping criminal racketeering case filed against Donald Trump and 18 of the former president’s allies.
Another attempt to push through a measure that would require prescription drug discounts to be shared with Georgia consumers failed Wednesday, despite an in-person boost from Congressman Buddy Carter who argued in favor of the bill.
Collaboration between the city of Atlanta and the Georgia General Assembly played a key role in driving down crime rates across the city and especially in Buckhead during 2023, according to Mayor Andre Dickens and Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns.
The Georgia Senate Ethics Committee advanced a bill Tuesday that would ban election officials in Georgia from adopting an instant runoff system that allows voters to rank candidates by preference to determine the outcome of elections.
A Georgia Senate committee wants to give the appointed State Election Board the legal power to investigate Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's handling of elections. But Raffensperger's office says it's unconstitutional for board members to legally oversee him.
Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an affair with a special prosecutor she hired to seek convictions of Donald Trump and others for interfering in Georgia's 2020 election have led to renewed calls to remove Willis from the case. Willis, an elected Democrat, has shown no signs of stepping down yet. But there are ways she could be removed.
Monday at the Georgia capitol, a woman’s right to reproductive freedom was on the agenda as lawmakers looked back at the landmark 1973 decision. State senators also weighed in on the controversy surrounding Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
A nonprofit formed to help administer a new state tax credit to support foster children aging out of the system raised nearly $10 million during its first year.