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As Georgia legislative session winds down, advocates press for vote on religious liberty bill
ATLANTA – Proponents of religious freedom gathered in the Georgia Capitol Tuesday to pressure the state House of Representatives to vote on a measure that would limit government intrusion into actions ...
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Georgia House panel OKs bill denying state coverage of gender-affirming care
ATLANTA – Republican-backed legislation denying coverage of gender-affirming health care though the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) advanced in the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday. The House ...
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Legislature passes bill to compost corpses
The Georgia House of Representatives on Monday adopted Senate Bill 241 by a vote of 157-4. The Senate had already approved the bill in a near unanimous vote in early March. SB 241 was brought to the ...
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Federal judge sides with Georgia in ‘water wars’ with Alabama
In Georgia’s other long-running water wars battle with the state of Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court also sided with Georgia, ruling in 2021 that Florida failed to prove its allegations that Georgia’s ...
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Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Georgia voting machines
The lawsuit over Georgia’s voting machines was filed back in 2017 by several individual voters represented by the Coalition for Good Governance, a ballot-security advocacy group. When the state spent ...