Georgia lawmakers have passed a bill that will let people sue governments for enacting local gun safety laws if they violate ...

Georgia lawmakers said repeatedly that a student-tracking database had been removed from a school safety bill. But parts of ...

The bill raises the death benefits for teachers to the same level as law enforcement officers killed on the job.

A bill that sets up new security protocols that are intended to prevent another school shooting in Georgia is now in the ...

Georgia lawmakers are giving up on creating a statewide database to collect information on students who might commit violence ...

Georgia lawmakers had many decisions to make Friday, the last day of their 2025 legislative session. They agreed to grant a new $250 state income tax credit for parents of children age 5 and under, ...

Some lawmakers who voted in favor of banning cellphones in Georgia public schools for students in grades K-8 said they felt ...

ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers gave final approval Monday to a sweeping school safety bill inspired by a deadly shooting at Apalachee High School, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for ...

ATLANTA — Georgia lawmakers are giving up on creating ... other parts of a school safety bill aimed at preventing a school shooting like the one in September at Apalachee High School.

ATLANTA — (AP) — Georgia lawmakers said repeatedly that ... key goals that officials raised following the Apalachee shooting. School officials never became aware that a sheriff's deputy ...

State Rep. Holt Persinger, R-Winder, is congratulated following the passage of his school safety bill HB 268 at the House of Representatives in the Capitol in Atlanta, Monday, March 31, 2025.