SB403 would let the Department of Revenue match tax records to unclaimed accounts and automatically return small amounts, while easing probate paperwork for heirs.

The Georgia Senate’s budget treats online credit hours as slightly cheaper, trimming about $123.5M from University System funding and prompting a Board of Regents emergency meeting. Lawmakers now must reconcile the change before the budget is finalized.

Senators in Atlanta are set to vote on bills that could restrict or ban school‑zone speed cameras, including a plan to require voter approval for new devices.

Kamala Harris is lining up fundraisers across the Deep South as she weighs a 2028 White House bid. The trip would test her fundraising and grassroots strength in Georgia, the Carolinas and Arkansas.

Georgia lawmakers approved HB 1112 to round cash purchases to the nearest five cents; the bill now goes to Gov. Brian Kemp as penny production winds down.

An audit found Atlanta’s 2024 blight‑tax law hasn’t been activated and no properties have been charged. City officials say more legislation and staffing moves are coming in April.

The Georgia House passed SB 220 to replace the 5% THC cap with a 12,000 mg limit, rename 'low‑THC oil' to 'medical cannabis' and allow vaping for adults 21+.

South Fulton raised its annual sanitation fee to $275, adding about $3.50 per month. Updated sanitation bills will be mailed in June and are due Aug. 1, 2026.

Georgia's legislature passed SB 443, raising penalties for blocking streets and allowing civil suits. The bill cleared the House and now heads to Gov. Brian Kemp.

Atlanta councilors are considering a resolution to have APD body cameras record ICE activity, a move that would reshape local oversight and collide with state rules on footage access.

A new Georgia bill would ask the U.S. DOT to place the state in Atlantic Standard Time, aiming to stop biannual clock changes — but Congress would still have to sign off.

Douglas County will charge $100 when Fire‑EMS treats someone on scene but the patient declines ambulance transport, a move officials say offsets supply and medication costs.

The Georgia Court of Appeals split in two Cobb County education fights — sending a student‑expulsion case back to superior court while upholding a teacher’s firing over a classroom book reading. The decisions renew legal tests over off‑campus discipline and curriculum rules.