Legislators still haven’t solved the problem of how to restore the fiscal stability of the unemployment insurance trust fund and pay back $730 million to the federal government . . .
Democratic lawmakers say legislation moving through the General Assembly will give Georgia the weakest unemployment insurance system in the country . . .
Legislation moving in the Senate would cut back payments of unemployment benefits to laid-off workers . . .
The constitutional amendment authorizing state-approved charter schools is introduced in the Georgia Senate . . .
Senate leaders unveil their legislative agendas for the new General Assembly session . . .
Lawmakers seem to be amenable to the idea of changing the requirement that MARTA set aside 50 percent of its annual sales tax revenues for capital outlays, a change that transit officials have sought for years . . .
Legislators, school officials try to salvage something for students at the state charter schools that have now been ruled unconstitutional by the Georgia Supreme Court . . .
Republican leaders will focus their efforts on jobs, HOPE scholarships and immigration control this year . . .
What will legislators do to save the HOPE scholarship program? That could be a defining battle in the upcoming General Assembly session; Jack Kingston has some second thoughts on the earmarks ban . . .
