Currently, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) requires parents to submit a form when their child enters school for the first time, confirming that all the necessary screenings, including ...

House Bill 1138 would permit any licensed Georgia pharmacist to dispense contraceptives to patients who are at least 18 years old, or to minors with a previous prescription from a doctor. Pharmacists ...

Lawrenceville, is the state’s youngest lawmaker. Whether he was organizing climate marches in high school or rechartering the Gwinnett Young Democrats, Ali has long been civically engaged. The driving ...

ATLANTA — Protesters became a target of Georgia lawmakers this week as both the state House and Senate passed legislation to enhance punishment against people who get in the way of police or of ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia House of Representatives rejected a proposal to nearly eliminate homeowner property taxes. The Republican-driven measure would have put a constitutional amendment to voters. To ...

ATLANTA — Accident victims who have insurance would be able to worry a little less about the cost of an ambulance ride under legislation approved by the Georgia House Wednesday. House Bill 961 would ...

At that hearing, Angela Flanigan, the executive director of the Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said social media platforms had been linked to disrupted sleep, reduced academic ...

The 73-88 vote against House Bill 717 on the House floor Tuesday was a rejection of a request by the Georgia Composite Medical Board to require that only specially trained physicians be allowed to ...

ATLANTA — The Georgia Senate adopted legislation Tuesday that would increase the fine for protesting in streets. Senate Bill 443 started as a measure that would have allowed felony charges against ...

ATLANTA — Georgia Senate Republicans pushed last-minute amendments to the state’s election procedures through a committee hearing Monday in an effort to meet their self-imposed deadline to use ...

Senate Bill 456 would have allowed brewers to sell up to 500 barrels of beer annually within county lines and increased the limit on to-go orders from one case of beer to three. When state Sen. John ...

To overcome an impasse after the state House and state Senate took money from each other’s priorities — and from Gov. Brian Kemp’s — to pay for their own projects, Kemp dug up an extra $1.4 billion in ...