House passes bill to restrict funding to Georgia law enforcement that fail to work with ICE
Legislation passed in the Georgia House on Crossover Day in a 97-74 vote, adding teeth to an existing state law that has largely gone unenforced.
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Legislation passed in the Georgia House on Crossover Day in a 97-74 vote, adding teeth to an existing state law that has largely gone unenforced.
We are now heading into the final two weeks of the legislative session. This past week, we reached the milestone known as Crossover Day. It’s the deadline set on the
Crossover Day is the halfway point for lawmakers.
Georgia Democrats introduce bills to protect access to contraception and IVF following the Alabama Supreme Court decision.
The engrossed bill that passed the Senate shaves two weeks of the current 26 weeks of unemployment benefits available to workers who have lost their job due through no fault of their own. It increases the initial benefit to up to $712 per week, or 70 percent of the original wage, for the first four weeks of unemployment. That's up from $624 per week, and 65 percent of the wage. However after those first four weeks, the benefit decreases by 5 percent of the original wage, or max benefit.