Georgia Senate

The new Senate Committee on Eliminating Georgia’s Income Tax, chaired by Blake Tillery, will hold hearings later this summer and fall.

Legislative Republicans and conservative tax advocates have long pushed to abolish Georgia’s income tax to increase the state’s competitiveness for jobs against neighboring states.

This follows a legislative session where lawmakers agreed to spend more than $600 million to address the troubled prison system.

Georgia’s Senate Republicans passed multiple changes to state election law on Wednesday after rushing amendments into a bill originating from the House of Representatives.

A sweeping school safety bill cleared a Senate committee Thursday, keeping it in play just ahead of the deadline for final passage this year.

Parents of children who are questioning their gender would still have access in Georgia to medication that prevents the onset of puberty under a revised version of state legislation that initially sought to ban all access.

The most recent iteration of the budget includes cuts to state universities, public broadcasting.

Physicians and others argue the six-week ban in unconstitutional — state lawmakers have yet to pass a budget — ACC seeks applicants for boards and authorities

In brief: Early voting underway in Special Election, Georgia Senate discuss school voucher plan, lawmakers try to increase tobacco tax, UGA men's and women's basketball lose, baseball won three out of four, softball sweeps the floor

A Georgia Senate committee approved a sports betting bill late Monday with little discussion.