Georgia state lawmakers are less than a week away from reporting to the state Capitol for the next legislative session.

The Georgia General Assembly operates on a two-year biennium, meaning any legislation filed during the first year is still in ...

While the Senate is taking a deep look at evaluating the state income tax, the House seems more interested in property tax ...

It’s the second year of the legislature’s biennial session, meaning bills that sat dormant for months since the end of the last session will immediately be ready to take up.

As Georgia’s legislative session begins, one state lawmaker says economic development, affordable healthcare, housing, and ...

Rep. Karen Bennett of Stone Mountain resigned effective Jan. 1, and Monday was the last day for Rep. Lynn Heffner of Augusta.

Former Georgia lawmaker Karen Bennett allegedly fraudulently claimed nearly $14,000 in COVID unemployment benefits while ...

Nearly 20 Georgia laws took effect Jan. 1, bringing changes to courts, insurance rules, health care access, consumer ...

The new year is just getting underway, and it’s already a busy time for politics in Georgia ahead of the annual legislative session. WABE’s politics reporter Rahul Bali returned to “Closer Look” to ...

Just days before the Georgia General Assembly convenes, two Democrats in the House of Representatives have announced their ...

Another Georgia lawmaker, State Rep. Karen Bennett, has been indicted over defrauding pandemic unemployment assistance ...

An indictment filed Jan. 5 in the U.S. District Court for Georgia's Northern District accuses Karen Bennett of collecting $13 ...