Georgia
Focused analysis and observations for government affairs professionals.
Everything you need to know Georgia’s elections
Dentons’ Georgia public policy team delves into the data to give you an exhaustive look at how the 2018 midterms […]
Sunday brunch bill clears Ga. legislature
The years-long movement to liberalize Georgia’s Sunday alcohol sales law finally cleared both chambers of the General Assembly last week. […]
With Crossover Day behind it, Ga. Capitol enters final leg of legislative season
Governor Nathan Deal signed on Thursday a headline-grabbing proposal that would slash state income taxes while deep-sixing a lucrative tax […]
Crossover Day countdown for transit reform, criminal justice reform, and distracted driving
The Georgia General Assembly will enter on Monday one of the session’s most turbulent periods, a half-way point scramble by […]
Transit reform inches forward in Ga. General Assembly
Speaker David Ralston is backing a Republican transit reform package that would reshape transportation services throughout metropolitan Atlanta, signaling the […]
Ga. House OK’s 2018 ‘Little Budget’
Senate OKs House tweaks to long-awaited adoption reform bill, heads now to Deal
The Georgia state Senate voted by near unanimous measure on Monday to approve compromise changes offered by the House last […]
Ga. adoption reform in limbo
UPDATE: Despite Senate leadership’s tight-lipped response to a House compromise on adoption reform, the upper chamber voted nearly unanimously on […]
Ga. House, Senate leadership agree to crossover, sine die dates
The General Assembly’s pace quickened last week after a sluggish start to session, stalled in part by unusual winter weather […]
Winter storm stalls Ga. legislature’s work
Georgia General Assembly closes out week one: Deal’s State of the State and budget proposal, and House and Senate sync calendars
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal delivered his final State of the State address Thursday, using the occasion before the General Assembly […]