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May 3, 2024
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed a bill on Wednesday that requires local law enforcement officials to cooperate with federal immigration agents and mandates that jails check inmatesโ immigration statuses.House Bill 1105, sponsored by Georgia State Rep. Jesse Petrea (R), requires the Department...
May 1, 2024
Gov. Brian Kemp signed a suite of education-related bills into law Tuesday, including a controversial measure that will allow parents of children in low-performing schools to claim $6,500 in state education funds to pull their children out of the public system and enroll them in private school or teach them at home. Supporters say expanding […]
April 11, 2024
Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones was identified as "Unindicted Co-Conspirator Individual 8" in Fulton indictment
April 11, 2024
A Fulton County judge disqualified Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis nearly two years ago from looking into Jones’ connection to the election interference case.
April 9, 2024
Children younger than 16 would have to seek parental permission before creating a social media account.
April 1, 2024
NetChoice group argued such a mandated verification requirement for social media access is unconstitutional.
March 26, 2024
When Kermit Williams hears a new pro-Donald Trump radio spot that’s supposed to draw in Black voters, his mind sprints in the opposite direction: He thinks about the former president’s history of aggression toward marginalized communities. “I can’t unsee the Central Park Five and what Trump did to try to get a group of innocent […] The post The GOP’s Long-Shot Bid for Black Voters appeared first on Capital B News.
February 28, 2024
State Sen. Gloria Butler, D-Stone Mountain, has been a mainstay in the Georgia Senate for a quarter of a century, but her tenure is about to come to an end.
February 16, 2024
A new piece of legislation, aimed at slowing property tax increases for Georgia residents, passed the state senate, setting it up for approval in the Georgia House of Representatives and, potentially, Gov. Brian Kemp.