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2018 Legislative Session

Anti-LGBT adoption amendment hurts parents and children, threatens Georgia’s chances at Amazon headquarters

Georgia’s adoption laws are in the process of being updated for the first time in 27 years. While many welcome the updates, some conservative lawmakers are holding the process back. At the tail end of the 2017 legislative session, Sen. William Ligon (R-Brunswick) added discriminatory language to the much-needed bill, causing it to stall. The amendment would have allowed adoption agencies to refuse potential parents based on the agency’s “mission.” This would have opened the door

General Assembly

Pee cup for your thoughts?

One of the great escapades in Better Georgia’s formative years was delivering pee cups to policymakers at the State Capitol after they tried to pass a bill mandating drug tests for welfare recipients. The year was 2012. As per usual the state legislature was up to no good. The likes of Gov. Nathan Deal, state Sen. John Albers, state Rep. Matt Ramsey, former state Rep. Doug McKillip and far too many other Republican leaders were

2016 Legislative Session

Marijuana makes its mark at Gold Dome

This year, state lawmakers will consider an unprecedented seven marijuana-related bills, signaling a marked shift in priorities for a state long-considered to be among the nation’s most conservative. One of the more bold proposals, Senate Bill 254 (or SB 254), would abolish felonies for certain marijuana possession cases. Sen. Harold Jones (D-Augusta) talked about his bill yesterday with reporters, and it got some press, but is unlikely to move very far through the legislature. But a

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Ethics

McKoon caves on pay-to-play

That was fast. Just last week, we told you that when it comes to Georgia’s lax pay-to-play laws, the once-fierce ethics watchdog, Sen. Josh McKoon, has turned into a disappointing lap dog who isn’t even willing to say that the practice should be illegal. Instead, he told the newspaper that he wanted to protect politicians. Sen. McKoon didn’t like that we called him out on his weak ethics stance, and within hours, attacked Better Georgia

Before 10 a.m. Monday

There are rare moments when we have the chance to take a simple action that can change the future of our state for the better. Today is one of those times. As Georgians, we believe everyone deserves to be protected from discrimination. Not just people who look like we do, live like we do, or believe like we do. Everyone. That’s why, last week, Republicans and Democrats worked together to stop SB 129, a dangerous

[Action Alert] Last chance to stop Georgia’s hate bill

Sen. McKoon’s right-to-hate bill is going to pass unless Speaker Ralston stops it. CALL SPEAKER DAVID RALSTON AT (404) 656-5020 and tell him to kill this dangerous hate bill. Yesterday lawmakers debating the so-called religious “freedom” bill rejected changes to include anti-discrimination language and restored the most controversial sections of the original proposal. These lawmakers took a compromise bill and made it more dangerous than ever before. Now, the bill could hit the House floor