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Updated: Apr. 29, 2021 at 9:42 AM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
A state lawmaker says no method of execution is without faults, but that a firing squad is preferable to hanging or the electric chair.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021 at 3:26 PM EDT
|By Riley Bean
The Palmetto State Teachers Association says members of the South Carolina Senate Finance Committee have proposed funding a $1,000 pay raise with part of the year’s budget surplus.
Updated: Apr. 19, 2021 at 8:13 AM EDT
|By Staff
Otters at the Georgia Aquarium most likely picked up COVID-19 from an asymptomatic staff member, officials say.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2021 at 3:49 PM EDT
|By Associated Press
A group of senators have approved a bill that would prevent prosecuting on prostitution charges anyone who is a victim of sex trafficking.
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Updated: Apr. 15, 2021 at 7:52 AM EDT
|By Staff
South Carolina announces the selection of Dr. Brannon Traxler to serve as director of public health, a role she's been filling on an interim basis.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 1:22 PM EDT
|By Associated Press and Staff
South Carolina authorities are cracking down on litter this week.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 1:17 PM EDT
|By Staff
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced Tuesday the state is purchasing 235 new school buses and three public transit buses.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 12:35 PM EDT
|By Staff
Saluda County deputies arrest Jesus Elizondo after they say he tossed meth out the window during a traffic stop. Among the charges: littering.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2021 at 11:30 AM EDT
|By Staff
Gov. Brian Kemp and the Georgia Department of Education have opened up applications for the Families of Children with Special Needs Reimbursement through May 14.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 11:42 AM EDT
|By Staff
Georgia and South Carolina are both reporting windfalls in revenue, and one lawmaker predicts a "mad scramble" over how to spend the money.
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Updated: Apr. 11, 2021 at 9:01 AM EDT
|By Staff and wire reports
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has stepped up his attack on Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from the state in response to a new voting law.
Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 at 2:18 PM EDT
Governor Brian Kemp declared the pecan as Georgia’s official state nut Friday.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 10:41 AM EDT
|By Michelle Liu
South Carolina is one step closer to becoming the 48th state in the nation to pass a hate crime law.
Updated: Apr. 8, 2021 at 10:29 AM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
S.C. state lawmakers have passed a hate crime bill and a bill removing the need for a concealed weapon permit to carry a gun
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 4:19 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
The South Carolina Senate has approved a proposal to prevent employers from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for workers.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 11:18 AM EDT
|By Staff
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has filed an appeal on a pause of the fetal heartbeat law that would prevent most abortions in the state.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By Staff
Funded by federal aid and is being run through Georgia's Department of Community Affairs, a new program is specifically targeted at renters.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021 at 11:45 AM EDT
|By Staff
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp applauded the final passage of HB 479, an overhaul of Georgia’s citizen’s arrest statute, a top priority of the legislative session after the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 1:34 PM EDT
|By Staff and wire reports
The CEO of Georgia-based Delta Air Lines says the state’s new election law overhaul is “unacceptable” and “based on a lie.”
Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 10:37 AM EDT
|By Staff
Civil and voting rights advocates filing another lawsuit accusing Georgia Republicans of targeting Black voters with new election restrictions.
Updated: Mar. 30, 2021 at 9:24 AM EDT
|By Staff
We’re learning new details this morning about 26 Georgia State Patrol troopers who were fired after being accused of cheating on a test in February last year.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2021 at 4:16 PM EDT
|By The Associated Press
Georgia lawmakers complete final legislative action on a few bills and send them to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature or veto.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2021 at 2:39 PM EDT
|By Staff
Twitter has briefly suspended the account of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, but later said the move was a an error.
Updated: Mar. 13, 2021 at 4:04 PM EST
|By Associated Press
The South Carolina House has approved a bill that would make sure churches and other religious organizations are treated as essential services during a state of emergency.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2021 at 10:45 PM EST
|By Associated Press
Georgia’s Supreme Court justices voted unanimously Thursday to select the high court’s next leader.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2021 at 2:32 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Democratic former president says the Republican-backed proposals “appear to be rooted in partisan interests, not the interests of all Georgia voters.”
Updated: Mar. 9, 2021 at 8:26 AM EST
|By Staff and wire reports
Georgia’s House voted unanimously for a bill to overhaul the state’s citizen’s arrest law. The move comes more than a year after a Black man, Ahmaud Arbery, was fatally shot.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 2:36 PM EST
|By Mariah Congedo
A Georgia family and their local representative have been working to pass legislation that would protect organ access for Georgians with disabilities.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 1:55 PM EST
Among top news out of the South Carolina Legislature: Gov. Henry McMaster wrote a letter to every lawmaker, plus senators vote to send funds to charter schools.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2021 at 1:21 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Georgia lawmakers reach a key deadline in the legislative session, and voting rules are one of the considerations.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2021 at 3:32 PM EST
|By Associated Press
A bill that would allow pharmacists to directly give birth control to women in South Carolina without a prescription is heading to the Senate floor.
Updated: Mar. 6, 2021 at 3:22 PM EST
|By Associated Press
The South Carolina House has passed a bill that would let police write a ticket for someone driving too slow in the left lane.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 3:46 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Georgia has moved closer to possible repeal of an 1863 law that lets private citizens make an arrest, more than a year after the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery.
Updated: Mar. 5, 2021 at 2:54 PM EST
|By Staff and wire reports
Among the top news out of the Georgia Capitol: Making porch piracy a felony and new developments on the budget.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 1:31 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips
South Carolina officials say more than 2,800 unemployment insurance claims are being investigated for fraud, a problem the Palmetto State is not alone in experiencing
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021 at 12:22 PM EST
|By Staff and wire reports
Among the top news today out of the Georgia Capitol: More money for mental health and higher education, plus vouchers for students with special needs.
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 3:22 PM EST
|By Staff
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and health officials will give an update on the vaccine rollout process in the Peach State.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2021 at 8:13 AM EST
|By Staff and wire reports
The Georgia House approves a change in voting rules over the objection of Democrats and civil rights groups who protested at the Capitol.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2021 at 8:47 PM EST
|By Gabrielle Ware
Funded by federal aid and is being run through Georgia's Department of Community Affairs, a new program is specifically targeted at renters.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 10:25 PM EST
|By Associated Press
Georgia lawmakers are seeking to increase penalties for hazing, seeking to honor a Georgia teen who died from alcohol poisoning.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 8:59 PM EST
|By Jamie Ertle
You’ll have to change your clocks again on March 14. But a bill just passed the Georgia Senate to stop the changes.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2021 at 12:24 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
A group of Georgia Democrats began a sit-in on a state Capitol stairway that was set off over a protest of election legislation. Learn about that and other happenings at the Capitol.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2021 at 11:22 PM EST
|By Kennedi Harris
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is ready for Georgians to get back to normal, and that normalcy starts with getting kids back in the classroom.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 2:52 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Georgia senators want to stop changing their clock twice a year, saying shifting from standard time to daylight saving time and back is disruptive.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 1:24 PM EST
|By The Associated Press
Republican lawmakers pushing to spend public money to pay for private or home schooling say they are responding to parental frustration over lack of in-person schooling.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 10:19 PM EST
|By Associated Press
Aspiring Georgia sheriffs would have to earn their law enforcement certification before they pin on their badge under a bill advancing in the state Senate.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2021 at 10:44 AM EST
|By Bria Bolden
Casino gambling has been a hot topic in the state Legislature for the last few years and this year, lawmakers think they may be able to legalize it.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 9:48 PM EST
|By Associated Press
A Georgia House panel is hoping to push a bill that would up taxes and give licenses for sports betting.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2021 at 7:59 AM EST
|By Staff
A push continues for a hate crimes law in the Palmetto State.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:43 PM EST
On Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that the State of Georgia has received more than $552 million in stimulus funds through the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program.