Bill intended to clarify access to Georgia’s rivers and streams heads to governor’s desk
A bill’s sponsor says that standing on a streambed could be trespassing under his proposal if the landowner has a land grant predating 1863. Photo contributed by Flint Riverkeeper A proposal meant to ease concerns from the business community and property owners along Georgia’s rivers is awaiting the governor’s signature after receiving a final vote…
Changes to Georgia election rules could get state House OK as 2024 session reaches finish line
The Georgia Legislature has until Thursday, March 28 to pass election legislation for 2024. On Tuesday, the Senate approved bills intended to expand access for poll watchers, give local supervisors discretion with voting machines setup and enhance ballot security. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images The Georgia Senate on Tuesday advanced legislation that would give local supervisors more…
Transgender sports and bathroom rules targeted in waning days of Georgia 2024 legislative session
A pro-trans crowd gathers at the Georgia Capitol ahead of a Senate vote on an anti-trans bill. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder Transgender Georgians and supporters gathered in downtown Atlanta Tuesday to mark the second annual transgender liberation day at the state Capitol, hours before the state Senate passed legislation on party lines banning transgender children from…
Ken Paxton Is Going to Take Some Classes on How to Be More Ethical
Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, nine years after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was indicted for securities fraud, and just a few weeks before he was finally set to go on trial, prosecutors struck a deal…
Justice Samuel Alito Falsely Implies Mifepristone Could Cause “Very Serious Harm”
Mother Jones illustration; Eric Lee/CNP/ZUMA; Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Justice Samuel Alito implied that mifepristone—one of the two drugs used in medication abortion, which the Supreme Court will decide whether or not to restrict in what has been billed as “the…
Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Roll Back Access to Medication Abortion
Abortion rights activists rally outside the court on March 26.Drew Angerer/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard its most consequential abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade nearly two years ago. This time, the question facing the justices…