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Deal’s signature all but kills Medicaid expansion
Atlanta Journal-Constitution· 7 hours agoHouse Bill 772: Requires drug testing for some recipients of welfare and food stamps — and require them to pay for the tests out of their own pockets....
Cash bail now required for 30 new crimes in Georgia after Kemp signing
WCTV Tallahassee· 3 days agoA new Georgia law will require cash bail for 30 additional crimes, including 18 that are sometimes...
'Unjust?' Cash bail reform advocates react to controversial new law
Athens Banner-Herald· 24 hours agoSurety bonds, used by bail bond agents, will not be capped under the new law. SB 63 serves as a...
Georgia Gov. Kemp signs law requiring jails to check immigration status of inmates
Fox News· 3 days agoGeorgia’s governor gave the final approval on Wednesday for a bill requiring jailers across the...
Kemp signs bill requiring cash bail for 30 more crimes
Axios· 3 days agoWhy it matters: The new law aligns with Kemp's hardline approach toward criminal justice. Senate...
Kemp signs bill into law forcing sheriffs to enforce federal immigration law
Georgia Recorder via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThis story was updated Thursday at 9:15 a.m. Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law on Wednesday requiring law...
Car Crash Insanity Defense
Anacortes American· 3 days agoThe Nathan Deal Judicial Center, home of Georgia’s Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, is seen Wednesday, May, 1, 2024, in Atlanta. No one disputes that...
Court case over fatal car crash raises issues of mental health and criminal liability
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoNo one disputes that Michelle Wierson crashed her SUV into a car stopped at a traffic light, causing...
The Georgia Supreme Court has thrown out an indictment charging an ex-police chief with misconduct
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 days agoGeorgia's highest court on Tuesday threw out an indictment that charged a former police chief and a...
These offenses are about to require cash bail in Georgia
News 12 Augusta· 4 days agoThe bill also limits charitable bail funds or even individuals from bailing multiple people out of...