Voting Systems Debate: The Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee, established by the Georgia legislature during this summer’s special session, has now had two of its scheduled meetings as of press time to figure out what to do to overhaul…
Local News: Two of the state’s oldest and largest newspapers have new leases on life. The nonprofit Georgia Trust for Local News purchased the Macon Telegraph, founded in 1826, and the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, founded in 1828. The Georgia Trust is a subsidiary of…
Holding the Status Quo: The five-day special session called by Gov. Brian Kemp this summer concluded by extending the deadline on how the state casts and counts ballots – to January 1, 2028. The General Assembly passed a measure extending the use of…
Party Lines: A new lawsuit seeks to keep future local elections partisan, as they have been across the state until now. After Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new law making some races in five Metro Atlanta counties nonpartisan, DeKalb County…
Summer Special: The deadline to remove QR codes from ballots is looming, and Georgia doesn’t have a solution. A proposal to extend the July 1 deadline for removing the codes died on the final day of this year’s legislative session. And…
A Busy Session: With another legislative session behind us, a number of bills are on Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for him to sign or veto by May 12. Some, like Rio’s Law, which requires autism training for first responders, flew through both…
Private Equity Ban: Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock’s provision to ban institutional investors from owning large numbers of single-family homes passed the Senate as part of the ROAD to Housing Act. The act, which aims to address the lack of affordable housing,…
Open Seats: Georgia’s U.S. House delegation will have at least four new faces this year. U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-11) is the latest incumbent to announce he won’t seek reelection this fall. He joins Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from her…
When Georgia’s 40-day 2026 legislative session started on January 12, it was clear that economic issues, ranging from tax policy to changes in federally funded nutrition programs, were at the top of most lawmakers’ minds. But a close second was…
Renewed Focus: Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens was sworn in for his second term, along with elected officials including new City Council President Marci Collier Overstreet and three new City Council members -- Kelsea Bond, Thomas Worthy and Wayne Martin --…
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