State Affairs Georgia

@StateAffairsGA

State Affairs Georgia is your trusted source of non-partisan statewide investigative news, inspiring engagement & discussion. Part of @StateAffairsUS.

Atlanta, GA

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · May 31

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 18

Lawmakers tackled vaping in Georgia during the second meeting of their ad hoc study committee on smoking. #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/health-care…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. In its second meeting, a House study committee examined the effects of vapes and e-cigarettes on Georgia youth, as well as ways to discourage their use.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · 8 h

The highway in her hometown keeps Katrena Felder up at night. Waycross is one of many places in Georgia that has seen a spike in pedestrian deaths since 2018, part of a growing crisis across Georgia. #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/news/georgi…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. Local officials in small-town Waycross are grappling with a pedestrian safety crisis that has killed 2,198 people in Georgia.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 25

The Georgia Supreme Court delivered consequential decisions related to gun rights, elections and abortion in the first half of the year. Key cases involving school district boundaries and property taxes remain on the docket. #gapol bit.ly/4m5ry4k

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. Georgia’s Supreme Court will hear cases involving school district boundaries, property taxes and more.

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Beau Evans@beauvans · Jul 24

In Waycross GA today for our next story on pedestrian safety & infrastructure in Georgia. #gapol Stay tuned!

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 23

The Big Beautiful Bill, signed into law earlier this month, leaves states to cover 75% of administrative costs in the new year. States with high payment errors will feel the effect. #gapol #SNAP #BigBeautifulBill @squinton_states bit.ly/46VtPL6

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. States face a financial crunch as President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act mandates that they shoulder 75% of administrative costs for food stamp programs next year.

State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 22

Join @StateAffairsUS & @PluribusNews on Tuesday, July 29, for a live webinar with @NCSLorg's CEO Tim Storey, who will preview this year’s Legislative Summit in Boston! We’ll look at the key themes and hottest issues lawmakers are talking about. Register 👉us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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Beau Evans@beauvans · Jul 17

Georgia's income tax has been officially served notice. A new legislative committee will look at how to eliminate the income tax that brings in about $15.7 billion in budget revenues but has long been a target for top lawmakers. Story in @StateAffairsGA: pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/taxes/georg…

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State Affairs@StateAffairsUS · Jul 18

We're joining Pluribus News on Tuesday, July 29, for a special live webinar with @NCSLorg Chief Executive Tim Storey, who will preview this year’s Legislative Summit in Boston! We’ll look at the key themes and hottest issues lawmakers are talking about right now. Register for…

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 18

On Thursday, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced the creation of a new panel of lawmakers tasked with evaluating how to eliminate Georgia’s income tax. #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/taxes/georg…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. A new Senate committee has been created to evaluate how to eliminate Georgia’s state income tax amid moves by surrounding states to abolish their own levies.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 17

With next year’s elections beginning to heat up, lawmakers have set out to tackle some of the state’s most important election-related matters. #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/elections/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. Changes to Georgia’s election rules are once again on the agenda as lawmakers on a special panel dive deep into voting processes and technology in the coming weeks.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 11

Students may face a new reality when they return to the classroom next month, as over $200 million in federal education grants for Georgia is being withheld. #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/education/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. The federal government has withheld more than $200 million in education grants from Georgia, impacting afterschool programs, teacher training and language instruction.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 11

Fears over the lack of cancer care in rural areas have been the subject of a House legislative panel that held its final hearing this week. #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/health-care…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. Lawmakers are eying how to boost incentives for early cancer screenings and attract more physicians to Georgia amid a longstanding doctor shortage.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 10

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 10

Races for higher office in Georgia are off to a hot start with candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general raising millions of dollars early for the 2026 elections. #gapol ✍️@beauvans pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/elections/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. More than $19 million has been raised by statewide candidates in Georgia’s 2026 elections as a major contender for governor launches his campaign flush with cash.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 4

One professor lost funding for research into Alzheimer’s disease. Many others have seen years of work suddenly put on hold. What's the fallout from recent federal cuts for research in Georgia? #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/education/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. More than $74 million in research grants has been cut from Georgia colleges and universities under the Trump administration.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 4

More than $74 million in grants in Georgia have been lost since February under the Trump administration’s push to claw back taxpayer dollars from university programs. Here are 10 Georgia-based programs that have lost federal support⬇️ #gapol pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/education/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. Many of the research grants for Georgia universities eliminated by DOGE focus on quirky areas such as inflammatory bowel disease and museum artifacts.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 4

High school graduates eying college this fall are awaiting word on whether they will receive HOPE and Zell Miller scholarships, which cover tuition to attend in-state schools. #gapol ✍️@beauvans pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/education/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. Many Georgia high school students struggle to fill out complicated financial aid paperwork for college scholarships amid a shortfall of school counselors.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 3

Hope and Zell scholarships depend on lottery sales. Insiders are now watching for impacts from a recent ticket price increase for the lottery’s biggest jackpot. #gapol @beauvans pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/education/g…

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jul 1

Millions of Georgia Power customers should expect to see few changes to their monthly bills over the next three years following state regulators’ approval Monday of a temporary rate freeze. #gapol ✍️@beauvans pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/utilities/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. Georgia Power gained approval for a three-year freeze on base rates aimed at keeping monthly bills largely unchanged until 2028.

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State Affairs Georgia@StateAffairsGA · Jun 28

Children can keep scrolling TikTok and Instagram after a federal judge blasted new requirements for parents to give permission to access social media sites in Georgia. #gapol ✍️@beauvans pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/education/g…

StateAffairsGA's tweet card. A federal judge halted new restrictions on children’s access to social media sites that were set to become law July 1.

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