Georgia revamps its criminal sentencing laws in a bill signed by Gov. Deal, who also signed off on legislation cutting the unemployment benefits paid by Georgia . . .
Legislature approves reductions in jobless benefits, but does not vote on an anti-union bill that would have banned picketing . . .
The issue of unemployment benefits will be hashed out by a House-Senate conference committee . . .
Legislative leadership uses a last-minute switch to finesse the passage of a bill that would reduce jobless benefits for laid-off workers . . .
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 . . .
Senate passes bill to reduce payments of unemployment benefits and sends the measure to the House . . .
Legislation moving in the Senate would cut back payments of unemployment benefits to laid-off workers . . .
The Labor Department develops some options for lawmakers to consider as they try to decide how the state will pay back $721 million in federal funds it borrowed to pay unemployment benefits to laidoff workers . . .
Three lawmakers announce their support for Nathan Deal over Karen Handel in the GOP runoff; Handel answers with a negative TV spot that denounces Deal as “corrupt” . . .
