The Fentanyl Eradication and Removal Act, which now heads to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature, imposes a range of mandatory minimum sentences on convicted traffickers in fentanyl. The smallest ...

ATLANTA – The Georgia Senate passed a $37.7 billion fiscal 2026 state budget Friday that will require some compromises with the state House of Representatives on state spending, particularly on ...

In a last-minute legislative maneuver, Georgia Senate Republicans have revived a measure that seeks to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the state’s schools and colleges. These programs ...

As introduced in the state Senate, the bill focused on obscene AI-generated images of children. But the version of Senate Bill 9 the House passed 152-12 instead criminalizes using AI in audio or video ...

Delaying puberty reduces bone density and can cause problems with “mental capabilities,” he said without elaborating. Dr. Shirley Hao said she was speaking for the Georgia Chapter of the American ...

ATLANTA – A sweeping school safety bill in reaction to the mass shooting at Apalachee High School last fall cleared a Senate committee Thursday, keeping it in play just ahead of the deadline for final ...

ATLANTA – The Georgia Senate’s Republican majority voted along party lines Thursday to investigate groups founded by former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams after they agreed to pay ...

Georgia began licensing hemp-related companies last year, but Senate Bill 254 sought to pump the brakes. It passed the Senate 42-14 in early March, with Republicans and Democrats voting on both sides.

ATLANTA – Georgia Senate budget writers advanced a $37.7 billion fiscal 2026 spending plan that invests heavily in prisons and education.

ATLANTA – A state Senate committee advanced legislation Monday following up on a bill the General Assembly passed last year aimed at illegal squatters.

ATLANTA – Children and adolescents won’t be able to use personal cellphones in public schools starting next fall after the General Assembly overwhelmingly supported banning the devices in elementary ...