The mayor was eager to promote a 21% drop in homicides and a new community with 40 units for unhoused people and fielded questions about the Atlanta police training facility and restaurant permitting.
Last year, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 92, which would create a commission to oversee and potentially punish local district attorneys who fail to uphold Georgia law or break it. Today, the Senate revisited the bill.
The Republican controlled House voted 97 to 69 along party lines to adopt a conference committee report on Senate Bill 63, worked out by House and Senate negotiators.
The Georgia Senate recently passed a bill expanding cash bail and restricting the ability of organizations and individuals to pay bail on behalf of others.