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Georgia House OKs Bill to Limit Transgender Care for Minors As GOP Prevails in Party-Line Vote
Republican House lawmakers have approved a controversial measure limiting the care doctors can provide transgender patients under the age of 18.
As Opioids Overdose Deaths Keep Rising, Report Urges Lawmakers to Develop New Approaches
Lawmakers should view America’s staggering opioid crisis, including the rise of illicit fentanyl, through an “ecosystems” approach, argues a massive RAND Corporation report published Thursday.
School Spending, Enhanced HOPE and Vouchers on Minds of Georgia Lawmakers in Session’s Final Days
Georgia students and families could see big changes to their public schools this year as lawmakers continue work on numerous education bills that pump more money into classrooms, sweeten the HOPE Scholarship and expand school vouchers.
Georgia Courts Still Struggle with Pandemic-Era Backlogs, State Supreme Court Chief Justice Says
Boggs described the criminal case statistics as “astounding” from Georgia’s large metropolitan areas to its rural communities.
Legislation to Redact Government Employees’ Information from Georgia Public Records Falls Short
Legislation that would shield a government employee’s personal information from public records did not survive Crossover Day.
Jimmy Carter Will Be Irreplaceable | Opinion
What could have been my toughest UGA assignment turned out to be the easiest. My task was to get all seven 1970 Democratic gubernatorial candidates to participate in a political forum, and then I would moderate the event.
Plan to Shield Government Officials’ Personal Info from Public Records Sweeps Ga. Senate
Richard T. Griffiths of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation asked Georgia legislators this week to take a deep breath, tap the brakes, and reconsider the “vast sweep” of Senate Bill 215, which would require redaction of names and property ownership from state data bases of law enforcement personnel, politicians, and hundreds of thousands of other government officials.
Georgia Senate Next Stop for House Bill That Aims to Expand Access to Mental Health Services
A proposal billed as the next step toward improving access to behavioral health services in Georgia easily cleared the state House Thursday.
Night Skies Are Getting 9.6% Brighter Every Year as Light Pollution Erases Stars for Everyone
For most of human history, the stars blazed in an otherwise dark night sky. But starting around the Industrial Revolution, as artificial light increasingly lit cities and towns at night, the stars began to disappear.