ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled comprehensive tort reform legislation Thursday aimed at reining in huge jury verdicts Republicans say are making it hard for Georgia citizens and businesses to ...

ATLANTA – Sex and school sports are among the first items on the agenda for the Georgia Senate this year, as lawmakers took up legislation Thursday to control participation in team competitions. A ...

Georgia’s fourth grade students matched the national average in reading and their score was not statistically different from the nation’s in math, according to the Georgia Department of Education. The ...

ATLANTA – Georgia Chief Justice Michael Boggs used his annual State of the Judiciary address to members of the General Assembly Tuesday to plug two bills raising the salaries of superior court and ...

The Laken Riley Act requires federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest, detain and deport illegal immigrants who commit nonviolent crimes including theft, burglary, larceny or ...

In a unanimous ruling, the justices rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the 2022 state law creating Mableton and providing a charter for the new city violated the “Single Subject Rule” in the ...

ATLANTA – Calvin Smyre made history as the longest-serving member of the Georgia House of Representatives, and now his likeness will grace the state Capitol for years to come. Lawmakers unveiled his ...

ATLANTA – Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced a new round of legislation Friday aimed at helping small businesses by reducing government regulation.

ATLANTA – State prisons chief Tyrone Oliver asked Georgia lawmakers Monday for $10.4 million to hire an additional 330 correctional officers during this fiscal year to staff a prisons system the U.S.