State Rep. Lehman Franklin and his wife are expecting their first child via IVF this summer. His bill would establish the procedure as a legal right.

The Georgia General Assembly only recently gaveled into session, but it is already proving to be contentious. However, rules—rather than bills, executive orders or laws—are surprisingly the source of ...

A right-wing Republican state senator was arrested Thursday morning while attempting to enter the House chambers to attend the State of the State address by Gov. Brian Kemp. Moore was banned ...

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Moore, of Trenton in Dade County, ended up being pushed to the floor by Keith Williams, a lawyer for House Speaker Jon Burns ... former house speaker David Ralston. Moore on Thursday made several ...

Brian Kemp’s (R) state address. “While the Senator’s actions were despicable and hurtful to all who knew, respected and loved former Speaker David Ralston—we know that Speaker Ralston’s ...

The Republican senator had been banished from the chamber by Burns last year, after he publicly badmouthed a portrait of the late former Georgia House speaker Republican David Ralston.

Jon Burns (R-Newington). Last year, when lawmakers unveiled a portrait of the late speaker Republican David Ralston, Moore publicly badmouthed Ralston – angering Burns, who’d been a Ralston ...

Mr Moore was banned indefinitely from entering the House chamber last year after making controversial statements about the late House Speaker David Ralston but returned to participate in the joint ...

Sen. Moore had been subjected to a ban from the House chamber over previous disparaging remarks about the late House speaker David Ralston. RELATED: Georgia Sen. Colton Moore arrested at State ...

The schism began in 2024 when Moore, R-Trenton, made comments about late House Speaker David Ralston that have been deemed "vile." House Speaker Jon Burns banned Moore from the House until he ...