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House passes ethics bill
The Georgia House of Representatives on Monday passed historic legislation that would bar lobbyist gifts to individual lawmakers and enact new rules on lobbyist registration. The bill, House Bill 142, passed overwhelmingly, 164-4, and now goes to the Senate. The bill would still allow lobbyists to pick up the tab ...
Left-lane lurkers could be ticketed under new bill
It’s happened to anyone who’s driven a metro Atlanta interstate: The slowpoke loitering in the left lane. Legislation introduced Monday in the state House would make it illegal to linger in what’s supposed to be the fast lane. Rep. Bill Hitchens, R-Rincon, has introduced House Bill 459, which would make ...
Bear-hunt probe arrests 90 in Georgia, N.C.
Georgia authorities have arrested eight people and charged them with illegal hunting in Operation Something Bruin, a four-year investigation of bear poaching and other illicit hunting activities in Georgia and North Carolina. The arrests began Tuesday and ended Thursday, according to the State Department of Natural Resources. The agency cooperated ...
Bill considered to allow lawmakers to carry guns
Some state lawmakers would be allowed to carry their guns into the Capitol and other state buildings under a bill being considered by House committee. The bill by Rep. Calvin Hill (R-Canton) would allow lawmakers who have carry permits to bring their guns into any building that is currently exempted ...
Lawmaker to revisit death penalty law
Once this year's legislative session is over, the head of a key house committee plans to take another look at Georgia's death penalty law when it comes to proving mental illness. Georgia is the only state that requires defendants in death penalty cases to prove mental illness beyond a reasonable ...
Reward offered in stabbing death of Gainesville teen
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that a $1,000 reward has been set up in the case of a Gainesville High School student found murdered last August.The body of 16-year-old Hannah Truelove was found Aug. 24 in a heavily-wooded area behind the Lake Lanier Club Apartments, where she lived ...
Morning snowfall for N. Georgia mountains
Snow and sleet fell in north Georgia Tuesday morning as rain fell in most of metro Atlanta. Terri Pope of the Georgia DOT. tells WSB that it was a heavy, wet snow that fell and plowing was underway. Pope says plowing began at 6 a.m. Ten crews were dispatched to ...
More pain at the pump
Gas prices are rising again, and they even jumped another 5 cents overnight. According to AAA, prices in Georgia are currently averaging out to about $3.63. That’s about 30 cents higher than a month ago and about 20 cents higher than last week. In Cobb County on Sunday, Channel 2’s ...
Authorities identify 2 killed and 2 injured in Newton County wreck
The Georgia State Patrol Friday identified the two people killed when a car allegedly fleeing from a state trooper wrecked Thursday night in Newton County. Two others were also injured.Around 9:35 p.m., a trooper attempted to stop a Honda Accord traveling at a high rate of speed and passing vehicles ...
Another syringe found at Bartow County Walmart
More than a year after 15 syringes were found in items purchased at the Cartersville Walmart, another syringe has been linked to the same store. But the latest syringe is not believed to be linked to the previous incidents, Sgt. Jonathan Rogers with the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. ...
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