Those are strong words, but you know what? They’re warranted. We’re now in the part of the yearly legislative session when the text of bills that have already passed one chamber starts being swapped out with the text of other bills that didn’t or that everyone already knows exist and […]
Legislative Team
68 posts
Tomorrow (Monday, March 8, 2021) is Crossover Day in the Georgia General Assembly. That means it’s the last chance for bills to pass in either the state house or state senate and cross over to the other chamber. Any bill has to pass in both chambers before it goes to […]
The Georgia legislature is voting on two energy bills, HB 150 & SB 102, that are aimed at preventing Georgia cities from achieving their green energy goals. The bills will restrict the rights of local governments to decide what types of energy can be used in their jurisdictions by preventing municipalities from adopting building […]
Houston Gaines and Marcus Wiedower want you to think they’re moderates, but the most recent bill they’re cosponsoring strips budgeting control from the Athens-Clarke County Commission. House Bill 286 says that county governing authorities would be unable to reduce the budget of their police force by more than 5 percent […]