Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle stops a late attempt by Sen. Jason Carter to limit lobbyist spending on legislators . . .
Senate votes down a surprise attempt to open up the state to chain-store sales of liquor . . .
Senate approves bill, already passed by the House, requiring drug tests for TANF applicants . . .
Senate adopts bill to eliminate spousal privilege in domestic abuse cases, sends the bill to the governor . . .
Democrats and Republicans in the Georgia Senate argue over the course that should be taken with the HOPE scholarship program . . .
Democratic senators say the HOPE scholarship program is running low, propose to reinstitute means-testing for scholarship applicants . . .
Senate leaders unveil their legislative agendas for the new General Assembly session . . .
Getting the votes to pass redistricting plans was the easy part; the tricky part will be getting signoff at the federal level . . .
Senate Democrats say the proposed revisions to the HOPE scholarship program will hit black students the hardest; A.D. Frazier does not like what the legislators are doing to his tax commission’s recommendations . . .
The House passes a bill that would create a commission to revamp the QBE formula for funding local school systems . . .
