Section: Legislature
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Draper Warns Burns Will Push New Maps Through if Bottoms Wins
Speaker Jon Burns promised public hearings before any redrawing of Georgia's maps. Draper says none have been scheduled.
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King Takes Aim at Cost of Living and Data Centers’ Grid Bills in Southeast Georgia House Race
King's platform calls on lawmakers to enforce safeguards so that technology developers such as data centers pay their dedicated grid-expansion costs.
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Lawmakers in Both Parties Raise Alarms Over DFCS Phone-Tracking Tools
A Democrat and a Republican on the same House committee both raised concerns about the child welfare agency's tracking tools.
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Gisler Fires Back at School-Choice Mailer in Rematch for a Seat He Won by 198 Votes
Gisler says a mailer on three of his votes misrepresents bills on property taxes, police obstruction and private-school scholarship tax credits.
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Cochran Airport Lands Up to $600,000 for New Hangars, Walker and Mathis Announce
The Senate's president pro tempore announces state funding for a rural airport project in his district.
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National Democrats Put Spotlight on Georgia Legislature as Election Day Nears
National Democrats have put 19 Georgia legislative races on their target map, 16 House and three Senate.
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Georgia’s “Trey’s Law” Lets Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors Speak Despite NDAs
Georgia's Trey's Law voids confidentiality terms that keep survivors of childhood sexual abuse from speaking, including in agreements signed before the law took effect.
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