What the Senate gives, the Senate can take away. Under its proposal, state employees would get a smaller bonus than Kemp wanted. He had put a $2,000 one-time pay supplement in the budget at a cost of over $600 million, but the Senate saved a couple of hundred million by knocking the payment down to $1,250.

Georgia Senate Republicans will soon add a new member to their caucus, after Steven McNeel emerged from Tuesday’s special election runoff. An attorney who also manages a timber farm, McNeel will represent the Macon-based Senate District 18.

Former football coach Derek Dooley enters Georgia’s U.S. Senate race, backed by Gov. Brian Kemp, challenging Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff in 2026.

Georgia Senate Republicans are set to expand their majority after attorney Steven McNeel won Tuesday's special election runoff in Senate District 18, defeating Democrat LeMario Nicholas Brown.

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Georgia State Senate passed Senate Bill 68, one of two bills aiming to reform the state’s civil justice system. The bill's passing sparked a continued debate over fairness and access to justice. Senate Bill 69 will likely be ...

Georgia state senators passed four bills reducing the state income tax Thursday, rapidly advancing the legislative package to the House.

Voters in Bibb, Monroe, Peach, Houston and Crawford counties cast ballots in the Georgia State Senate District 18 race between Democrat Lemario Brown and Republican Steven McNeel.

The proposal would cut a number of corporate tax credits and require that income tax credits without a sunset date be reauthorized in five years.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is betting a political novice can overcome a slow start to win the GOP primary and defeat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.

Georgia senators rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have explicitly prevented power companies from passing on data centers’ costs to customers, instead advancing a bill with fewer consumer