One bill aims to reduce frivolous lawsuits and curb rising insurance costs for small business owners, and the other addresses rules to finance certain lawsuits.
The end of the 2025 legislative session began a 40-day window that runs through May 14 when Gov. Brian Kemp can veto or sign legislation, or do nothing and automatically let it become law.
Georgia's Brian Kemp could tie New York's Kathy Hochul for the highest-paid state governor under a proposal made Thursday. State senators agreed to give big pay raises to most of Georgia's statewide elected officials, who are all Republicans.
Georgia Chief Justice Michael P. Boggs announced Tuesday that he will step down from the Georgia Supreme Court at the end of March, less than a year after voters re-elected him to another six-year term.
Just a few days into Georgia’s 2025 legislative session, proposed new limits on lawsuit awards is a priority trumpeted by business groups, some lawmakers and the governor alike as one of the top issues of the year.
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.
Coastal Georgia is the beneficiary of a fifth round of grants through Gov. Brian Kemp’s Rural Workforce Housing Initiative. Brunswick and Chatham County will receive more than $4.8 million for infrastructure supporting 129 housing units, Kemp announced late last week.
The Democratic Party of Georgia is challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 state law that allows Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and others to raise and spend unlimited campaign funds.
A federal judge has denied the state’s end-around attempt to gain back time lost during the Biden administration’s unsuccessful bid to block the governor’s limited Medicaid expansion program.
