About Dave Williams
Authored 234 articles.
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Fishing Rights Bill Wins Final Passage in General Assembly
News, March 28, 2024
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Fiscal ’25 State Budget Easily Clears Georgia Senate
News, March 27, 2024
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Okefenokee Bill Clears Georgia House
News, March 27, 2024
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CON Overhaul Gains Final Passage in General Assembly
News, March 25, 2024
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General Assembly Sets New Elections for PSC Members
News, March 25, 2024
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New Effort Emerges to Stop Mining Near the Okefenokee Swamp
News, March 25, 2024
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Georgia Employment Keeps Reaching New Highs
Features, March 22, 2024
Georgia’s economy continued to reach all-time highs on a number of fronts last month, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.
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State Senate Panel Narrowly Rejects Medicaid Expansion
News, March 22, 2024
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State Senate Panel Passes Bill Giving Coroners Big Raises
News, March 22, 2024
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Georgia Senate Sends State Income Tax Cut to Governor
Features, March 21, 2024
The Georgia Senate gave final passage to an election-year tax cut bill Wednesday, sending it on to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk for his signature. The bill will save Georgia taxpayers about $1.1 billion this year.
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Georgia House Committee Takes Up Sports Betting
News, March 20, 2024
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Georgia House Takes Up Bill to Revive Consumers’ Utility Counsel
News, March 20, 2024
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Georgia Senate Passes CON Reform Measure
News, March 15, 2024
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Private-School Vouchers Narrowly Clear Georgia House
News, March 15, 2024
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Biden, Trump Romp to Primary Victories in Georgia
News, March 14, 2024
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Onset of Spring Bringing Decline in Respiratory Viruses in Georgia
News, March 14, 2024
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Senators Question Economic Development Chief on Delayed EV Plant
News, March 13, 2024
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Sports Betting Gets First Airing in Georgia House
News, March 13, 2024
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Georgia Tax Revenues Down Again in February
News, March 12, 2024
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Bill Cracking Down on ‘Swatting’ Clears Georgia House
News, March 12, 2024
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Qualifying Week Wraps Up at Georgia Capitol
News, March 11, 2024
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Two Georgia House Members Announce Plans to Leave Office
News, March 11, 2024
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Pay Raises for Teachers, State Workers Sail Through Georgia House
News, March 08, 2024
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Georgia House Panel OKs ’25 State Budget
News, March 07, 2024
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All But One of Georgia’s Congressional Incumbents Seeking Reelection
News, March 07, 2024
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Prosecutor Oversight Bill Gains Final Passage in General Assembly
News, March 06, 2024
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Georgia Ports Authority Posts Rail Cargo Record
News, March 05, 2024
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Victims of Unsafe Subsidized Housing Sound Off to U.S. Senate Panel
News, March 05, 2024
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State Senate Passes Controversial Religious Freedom Bill
News, March 04, 2024
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Crossover Day Yields Mix of Survivors, Casualties
News, March 04, 2024
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Legislation Limiting Film Tax Credit Clears Georgia House
News, March 01, 2024
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Georgia House Approves CON Reform Measure
News, February 28, 2024
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Sports Betting Makes It Through Georgia Senate
News, February 28, 2024
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Georgia Senate Panel Approves Referendum on Sports Betting, Casinos
News, February 27, 2024
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State Senate Passes $37.5 Billion Midyear Budget
News, February 23, 2024
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State House Panel Approves Changes to Film Tax Credit
News, February 22, 2024
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State Senate Budget Writers OK Midyear Spending Plan
News, February 21, 2024
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Georgia Lawmakers Take Up Community Solar Bill
News, February 21, 2024
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Georgia House Committee Passes Fishing Rights Bill
News, February 21, 2024
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Major Changes Looming for Georgia’s Film Tax Credit
News, February 20, 2024
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Georgia House Votes to Expand Paid Parental Leave for State Workers
News, February 20, 2024
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Butch Parrish to Chair Georgia House Rules Committee
News, February 16, 2024
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New Study Touts Economic Impact of World Heritage Site Designation for Okefenokee
News, February 15, 2024
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State Senate Passes Tort Reform Bill Aimed at ‘Direct Action’ Lawsuits
News, February 14, 2024
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Georgia House Passes Solar Farms Bill
News, February 13, 2024
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State Issues Draft Permits for Titanium Mine Near Okefenokee
News, February 13, 2024
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State House Budget Writers OK $37.5B Midyear Spending Plan
News, February 07, 2024
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Revived Bill Aimed at No-cash Bail Clears Georgia Senate
News, February 06, 2024
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State Sues Feds Over Rejection of ‘Georgia-centric’ Medicaid Expansion
News, February 05, 2024
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Paper Ballots Focus of Latest Election Reform Push
News, February 05, 2024
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Completion of Plant Vogtle Nuclear Expansion Delayed Until Second Quarter
Features, February 05, 2024
A malfunction within the cooling system at the second of two additional nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle is forcing Georgia Power to delay the unit’s in-service date until the second quarter of this year.
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Georgia Senate Passes Sports Betting Bill
News, February 02, 2024
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State House Committee Approves Coastal Marshland Ownership Bill
News, February 01, 2024
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Georgia DOT: I-14 Project Not a Good Investment
News, January 30, 2024
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State House GOP Unveils Tax Cut Bills
News, January 26, 2024
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State Senate Panel Votes to Eliminate QR Codes from Paper Ballots
News, January 26, 2024
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Tax Credit to Help Kds Aging Out of Foster Care Raises Nearly $10 Million
News, January 26, 2024
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Twin Pines Fined for Exploratory Drilling Near Okefenokee Swamp
News, January 25, 2024
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State Senate Committee Approves Ban on Ranked-choice Voting
News, January 25, 2024
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State Senate Committee Passes Antisemitism Bill
News, January 24, 2024
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Coastal Marshlands Ownership Bill Moving through Georgia House
News, January 22, 2024
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Sen. Ossoff-backed Military Housing Measures Signed Into Law
News, January 22, 2024
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Georgia Unemployment Stayed Flat Last Month
News, January 19, 2024
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New Program to Provide Emergency Funding to Rural Hospitals
News, January 19, 2024
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SOS Raffensperger: No Time to Take QR Codes Off Georgia Ballots this Year
News, January 19, 2024
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State Hires Marietta Literacy Coach to Lead Statewide Initiative
News, January 18, 2024
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Governor Pitching Georgia at World Economic Forum
News, January 17, 2024
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State Senate Bill Targets Cyberbullying
News, January 17, 2024
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Governor Endorses School Vouchers Push
News, January 16, 2024
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House Speaker Burns Calls for More Changes to State Election Laws
News, January 12, 2024
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Good Problem for General Assembly – What to Do with Surplus
News, January 10, 2024
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Georgia Schools Getting Electric Buses Through Federal Grant
News, January 10, 2024
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COVID, Flu Up Sharply in Georgia
News, January 10, 2024
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Georgia PSC approves Agreement on Plant Vogtle Costs
News, December 20, 2023
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GDOT Outlines Need for Major Hike in Highway Funding
Features, December 14, 2023
Georgia will need to spend at least $81 billion on transportation improvements by 2050 to keep people and freight moving on highways that otherwise will becoming increasingly congested, state Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry warned Wednesday.
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Feds Providing More Funding for Passenger Rail in Georgia
Features, December 11, 2023
The Biden administration is stepping up federal funding of three planned intercity passenger rail projects in Georgia. The Federal Rail Administration has awarded $1.5 million in grants to explore linking Atlanta with Savannah; Charlotte, N.C.; and Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Georgia Tax Revenues Increase Slightly in November
News, December 11, 2023
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Lawmakers Call for More Investment in Public Fishing Areas
News, December 06, 2023
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State Grants Controversial Coal Ash Pond Closure Permit
News, December 05, 2023
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Green Mutual Fund Aims Third Shareholder Resolution at Proposed Mine Near Okefenokee
News, December 04, 2023
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Foster Care Study Committee Makes Recommendations
News, December 04, 2023
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PSC Sets Hearings, Vote on Georgia Power Request for Additional Generating Capacity
News, December 04, 2023
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New Georgia House, Senate District Maps Clear Redistricting Committees
News, December 01, 2023
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Georgia Again Collecting Gasoline Tax
News, December 01, 2023
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Appellate Court Upholds Statewide PSC Elections
News, November 30, 2023
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State Senate Study Committee Recommends Repealing CON Law
News, November 29, 2023
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Sports Betting Best Odds for Legalizing Gambling in Georgia
News, November 28, 2023
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State Launches Online Platform for Job Seekers
News, November 28, 2023
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Georgia Supreme Court Blocks Republican-backed Prosecutors Oversight Board
News, November 28, 2023
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Redistricting Special Session Likely to Boost Democrats
News, November 28, 2023
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Governor Kemp Issues Executive Orders for Rosalynn Carter Funeral Ceremonies
Features, November 27, 2023
Gov. Brian Kemp is assigning Georgia National Guard troops and other state resources to help with the “logistical challenges” associated with ceremonies and services to honor the late former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
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Doug Collins to Lead Georgia Chapter of National Think Tank
News, November 27, 2023
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DOT Mulling Long List of Highway Improvements in Savannah Area
News, November 17, 2023
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Georgia Lawmakers Unveil Recommendations for Growing Workforce
News, November 17, 2023
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Respiratory Virus Outlook in Georgia Encouraging
News, November 15, 2023
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Green Mutual Fund Files Shareholder Proposals Opposing Mine Near Okefenokee
News, November 14, 2023
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State Rolling Out New Literacy Initiative
Features, November 14, 2023
The Georgia Department of Education is launching a literacy initiative aimed at both improving literacy among students and training educators on the science of reading.
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Former Isakson Colleagues Praise His Brand of Political Civility
Features, November 13, 2023
A U.S. senator and a former senator traveled to the University of Georgia Friday to tout the benefits of political civility at a time extreme partisanship in Congress threatens to shut down the federal government.
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Bonds Closed on Rivian EV Plant
News, November 13, 2023
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State’s New Voter Registration System Passes First Test
Features, November 13, 2023
A new statewide voter registration system has passed its first test with a successful run during this week’s municipal elections across Georgia.