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August 27, 2025

Labor Day 2025 Updates

February 19, 2025

Advocates push for Georgia to enforce mental health care requirements

Bipartisan legislation aims to address housing crisis in

Lawmakers Huddle: On help for Georgia home renters and a new U.S. Treasurer

Piloting the Journey: State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver on career as lawmaker, educator and attorney

GA law gives tenants at a Southwest Atlanta Apartment Complex protections against unsafe conditions

Summer 2025 Updates

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

2025 SINE DIE!

The Countdown is On!

Crossover Day Completed

December 21, 2024

Happy Holidays

February 7, 2025

GA General Assembly Heats Up

February 24, 2025

Crossover Day Approaches

January 21, 2025

ONWARD: The General Assembly begins.

November 14, 2024

Georgia lawmakers push for new gun laws in wake of Apalachee High schooting

November 16, 2024

Georgia lawmaker proposes $1 million liability insurance for assault weapon owners

October 4, 2024

30 Days Until the Election!

August 29, 2024

Happy Labor Day Weekend!

Tort reform likely front-burner issue for 2025 General Assembly

August 29, 2024

Violence fuels urgency to house people at Atlanta homeless camp

August 13, 2024

Decatur Dish: Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver discusses mental health, homlessness and more

Election Day is Tuesday, May 21st

Summer 2024 Updates

Georgia leaders are reacting to Donald Trump picking JD Vance as his running mate

ENDORSEMENTS

State Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver asks that misdemeanor charges be dismissed

How we got here: Georgia’s maternal health crisis

Campaign Kickoff

Candidate Q&A – Mary Margaret Oliver

Decatur legislators talk mental health, Medicaid, gun safety during town hall

Georgia House backs expansion of jail-based program for mentally ill suspects

State fires two child welfare workers over Gwinnett rolling pin beating case

When the Number of Bedrooms in a Home Keeps Parents From Getting Their Kids Back

LISTEN: Lawmakers keep eye on culture war bill ahead of Sine Die

DeKalb County leaders tackling troubled apartment complex

February 24, 2024

Crossover Day Approaches

Post-Crossover Report

February 11, 2024

General Assembly 2024: Good News and Bad News

January 28, 2024

The Real Work Begins

January 17, 2024

DeKalb County NAACP holds parade honoring MLK

October 30, 2023

Georgia state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver Awarded the Weltner Freedom of Information Award by the Georgia First Amendment Foundation

November 28, 2023

Federal judge wants new Georgia voting district maps complete by early December

December 15, 2023

Happy Holidays!

January 16, 2024

Week One of GA General Assembly

November 17, 2023

Happy Thanksgiving! Redistricting session begins November 29th at the State Capitol.

September 11, 2023

Georgia insurers fail to prove compliance with mental health law

August 30, 2023

OPINION: Uncivil political wars a threat to public service

September 22, 2023

Early Fall 2023 Updates

Summer 2023

Political Rewind: Show's cancellation; One year since Roe v. Wade; Raffensperger up for debate

Georgia political radio show axed following GOP budget cut

August 10, 2023

Will the ‘Trump effect’ slow Georgia’s budding ranked-choice voting effort?

‘Anti-homeless’ bill that cracks down on public camping won’t help unhoused residents

Political Rewind: Trump allegedly involved in Coffee County breach; Kemp passes on state GOP event

Decatur legislators weigh on ‘Cop City’ during town hall

Funding for committee addressing children’s mental health put on hold

Political Rewind: Kemp makes budget cuts; Walker under scrutiny; Trump dominates CNN town hall

Memorial Day Wrap-Up

End of 2023 Session: Endings and New Beginnings

DeKalb County legislators announce bill to remove Stone Mountain Park’s designation as Confederate Memorial

Georgia Lawmakers Fighting To Remove The World's Largest Confederate Monument

Politics aside, supporters pushing expansion of Georgia’s mental health services stay optimistic

Georgia lawmakers push to remove Confederate designation on Stone Mountain Park

Georgia Senate unveils new mental health bill at late hour

The Final Days

Crossover Day Completed

February 27, 2023

Mental health legislation remains top of the agenda for Dems and Republicans

February 28, 2023

Georgia lawmakers advance tenant rights bill

February 28, 2023

Mental health bill gains unanimous approval in state House committee

Political Rewind: Growing distrust and political problems for the press

Mental health reform package clears Georgia House, heads to Senate

Georgia Senate next stop for House bill that aims to expand access to mental health services

Georgia lawmakers offer both punitive and safety net approaches to tackling homelessness

Georgia House Seeks More Improvements to Mental Health

February 22, 2023

Georgia House leaders promise more action on mental health

February 24, 2023

The Real Work Begins

January 27, 2023

Budget Hearings Begin

February 13, 2023

Few may get aid as Georgia House backs cash to pregnant moms

February 6, 2023

DeKalb legislators discuss mental health, education, housing during town hall

February 5, 2023

Georgia House Democrats drop gun bills

February 10, 2023

February at the Georgia Capitol

February 8, 2023

Democrats, Republicans proposing many gun bills in state legislature, but no support yet

January 9, 2023

Georgia lawmakers hope to build on 2022’s mental health reforms

January 17, 2023

Health-care needs focus of first day of state budget hearings

January 17, 2023

Georgia House shuffles GOP committee leaders and creates health panel

January 10, 2023

Political Rewind: Dawgs win again; Special grand jury dissolves; Ossoff says Democrats must regroup

January 14, 2023

In second term, expect a ‘frank’ Kemp to push boundaries

January 13, 2023

2023 Session Convenes and 40-Day Calendar Adopted, Ending with Sine Die March 29

January 10, 2023

Georgia senators suggest minor changes, not major reforms, for development authorities

January 10, 2023

Senate committee endorses narrow reforms for development authorities

November 21, 2022

Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

December 21, 2022

Happy Holidays!!

November 14, 2022

Political Rewind: Democrats control U.S. Senate; U.S. House influx; State GOP elects new speaker

November 17, 2022

Witnesses at state Senate hearing call for tighter control of development authorities

November 17, 2022

Political Rewind: Legislators remember Speaker Ralston; Nancy Pelosi leaves U.S. House leadership

December 16, 2022

‘They’re just 17-year-olds:’ Georgia lawmakers discuss bill to raise age of juvenile offenders

November 16, 2022

Georgia senate committee debates reforming development authorities

November 16, 2022

Georgia House Speaker Ralston has died at age 68

November 6, 2022

Georgia House Speaker David Ralston to end tenure in powerful role

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