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2017 Legislative Session

Two unfortunate vetoes from Veto Day 2017

On Monday, the last day of signing the signing period, Deal signed more than 50 pieces of legislation and vetoed nine. Here are two vetoes that would’ve helped Georgia move in the right direction. House Bill 359, known as the Supporting and Strengthening Families Act HB 359 would have allowed parents to transfer power of attorney of their children to someone else for a year without involving the courts. Considering how overwhelmed and underfunded the

2017 Legislative Session

Gov. Deal signs ‘Campus Carry’

There have been phone calls and petitions, die-ins and impassioned pleas from leaders on college campuses — but Gov. Nathan Deal decided on May 4 to sign the “Campus Carry” bill into law. After the NRA’s recent visit to Atlanta — which stirred quite a bit of protest — gun extremists have been sure to push the issue, telling their base that it’s about “being able to protect themselves on college and university campuses.” But the facts just

Better Georgia

Donald Trump & the NRA: Money and lies

Executive Director Bryan Long delivered the following speech on Friday, April 28, during the NRA protest and “die-in” at Atlanta’s Woodruff Park. Good morning! I’m Bryan Long, the executive director of Better Georgia. This morning, I want to admit something to you that I’ve never said in public before — I met Donald Trump. Yeah, that’s right, I met Donald Trump right over there in the Georgia World Congress Center on May 7, 2006. I

2017 Legislative Session

Three new reasons Gov. Deal needs to veto campus carry

Gov. Deal has yet to sign or veto campus carry. However, in the past two weeks, since the bill was approved during the 2017 Legislative Session, a few details have surface that may make Deal less likely to sign. Some of the changes the governor wanted to see in this year’s version of the campus carry bill included the blocking guns on certain areas of campus. Deal wanted to see administrative offices, areas used by students

2017 Legislative Session

Wrapping up the 2017 legislative session

Georgia’s Legislature adjourned for good last week, just in time for the Masters Tournament (as always). While the at-times tumultuous session was set to end on Thursday, the gavels didn’t come down officially until early Friday morning, capping off 40 days of the most intriguing political theater in recent memory. Here’s what happened: Rigged Maps: House Bill 515, sponsored by disgraced former judge Johnnie Caldwell (WATCH Samantha Bee’s piece on Caldwell here), went down in

School Takeover

School Takeover 2.0

We don’t know the details for school takeover 2.0 but we do know that Gov. Nathan Deal isn’t listening to the people of Georgia. Even though 60 percent of Georgians voted against school takeover, Deal is working on another plan that will be equally bad for Georgia’s students. Although voters said no, Deal is working on pushing a new plan through state legislature. The AJC has reported that part of the plan could include students being