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Political hardball got Georgia tort damage limits passed. Now comes the collateral damage. March 26, 2025
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s big 2025 legislative push to pass lawsuit damage limits is ready for his victory lap, but as the dust settles in the wake of Thursday’s razor-close House vote on Senate Bill 68, some legislators’ nerves are still frayed and one longtime lawmaker lost his job over his vote. Lawmakers in both […]
Maya Homan
Georgia Power rolls out new long-term plan, red carpet for more data centers March 26, 2025
A panel of Georgia Power representatives testified for eight hours at Tuesday’s Public Service Commission hearing about its controversial roadmap for meeting large-scale, data center-driven energy demands over the next decade. The executives testified that the investor-owned utility’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan would provide the right balance of energy capacity to meet the rising demands […]
Stanley Dunlap
Bill criminalizing ‘doxxing’ in Georgia advances in spite of free speech concerns March 26, 2025
An attempt to crack down on so-called doxxing has been met with concerns from attorneys and First Amendment advocates who say the proposal is too broad and would hamper free speech. Senate Bill 27, which is sponsored by Sen. John Albers, a Roswell Republican, would make it a crime to distribute someone’s personal information – […]
Jill Nolin