A new bill supported by Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones would expand the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act to include foster care children and adopted children.
Georgia’s state senators are backing an expensive push by Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to create a child tax credit.
At the state Capitol on Friday, dozens of current and recently-fired CDC employees stood behind lawmakers to protest the efforts of DOGE, the newly former Department of Government Efficiency led by tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr raised $2.2 million for his 2026 gubernatorial bid in less than two months after he took the unprecedented step of announcing in November.
A so-called red tape rollback bill as coined by Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones to be a state-level version of the Elon Musk-led federal Department of Government Efficiency cleared its first legislative hurdle Wednesday despite some opposition from Democrats.
Lt. Gov. Burt Jones sat down with FOX 5 Atlanta reporter Deidra Dukes to discuss his attention to try and expand the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act while State Rep. Floyd Griffin (D-Milledgeville) is sponsoring a bill that,
The Georgia Promise Scholarship Act offers eligible parents taxpayer money to help pay for private school tuition and other expenses.