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Georgia lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban transgender girls and women from playing on girls’ sports teams in public schools and colleges.
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California Democrats rejected two Republican bills that would have banned transgender athletes from female sports.
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The WIAA remains committed to following state law, and those amendments focused on gender-identity participation would not be implemented on August 1 if they were to pass under current state law.
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Georgia’s Brian Kemp could tie New York’s Kathy Hochul for the highest-paid state governor under a proposal made Thursday.
Georgia lawmakers fast-tracked two bills for a vote. Each voted on in one chamber and then immediately transmitted to the next.
McBath has led efforts to curb gun access, following the shooting death of her son Jordan Davis in 2012. Other potential Democratic candidates for governor include former Atlanta
On today’s episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s “Politically Georgia” podcast, U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath suspends her campaign for governor as her husband undergoes treatment for complications from a recent cancer diagnosis. McBath’s decision opens the field for Democrats seeking the Governor’s Mansion.
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Georgia Senate advanced a measure to increase salaries of governor, attorney general, House and Senate leaders and other officials.
Intellectually disabled could be shielded from Georgia’s death penalty, pending governor’s signature
Georgia is the only state with the death penalty that requires defendants to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that they are intellectually disabled to be spared execution – a high legal standard that no one charged with intentional murder has cleared.
Under the new initiative, state troopers and other DPS officers will work directly with ICE to locate and detain undocumented immigrants, employing a "task force model"
Georgia Democrats are in repair and rebuild mode after Monday's one-two punch of news that the party's chairman was stepping down and one of their strongest stars would pause her gubernatorial bid. Why it matters: Monday's resignation of U.