Georgia General Assembly 2021 (Atlanta: lawsuits, bill, Vietnamese)

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GPB Lawmakers’ coverage of Crossover Day, Legislative Day 28 (Georgia Public Broadcasting; Season 51, Episode 25; 1 hour, 23 minutes)

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Jimmy Carter's comments about the Georgia General Assembly and its voting laws is apropos here, if only because he's a figure without stakes in playing political posturing. Is there a Republican figure with similar "neutrality"? My first thought was Bush but they're certainly not equals but have had some role in voting rights. Carter comment here: https://www.cartercenter.org/news/pr...nt-030921.html.

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The latest episode of the weekly state legislative show “Gold Dome Scramble” on WABE-FM 90.1 radio.

Episodes typically are posted every Monday, but this week’s episode was posted on Tuesday so that the show could cover Crossover Day at the Georgia General Assembly, which this year fell on a Monday.

Crossover Day in the Georgia legislature is when bills must pass in either the House or the Senate to stay alive. Several controversial voting bills “crossed over”. Host Lisa Rayam talks with WABE politics reporters Emma Hurt and Emil Moffatt about which bills survived and which got cut.

Gold Dome Scramble: Crossover Day Edition Where Voting Bills Dominate (WABE-FM 90.1 Atlanta, Tuesday 9 March 2021; 15 minutes, 32 seconds)

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GPB Lawmakers’ coverage of Crossover Day, Legislative Day 29 (Georgia Public Broadcasting; Season 51, Episode 26; 30 minutes, 43 seconds)

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GPB Lawmakers’ coverage of Legislative Day 30 of the 2021 session of the Georgia General Assembly (Georgia Public Broadcasting; Season 51, Episode 27; 30 minutes, 43 seconds)

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GPB Lawmakers’ coverage of Legislative Day 31 of the 2021 session of the Georgia General Assembly (Georgia Public Broadcasting; Season 51, Episode 28; 30 minutes, 45 seconds)

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The latest Monday episode of the weekly state legislative show “Gold Dome Scramble” on WABE-FM 90.1 radio.

As controversial voting bills await more action in the legislature, Georgia’s business community is expressing concern. Host Lisa Rayam talks with WABE politics reporter Emma Hurt and education reporter Martha Dalton. They’re also discussing the fate of controversial school voucher proposals that would use state funds to help pay tuition at private schools.

Gold Dome Scramble: Restrictive Voting Bills Worry Business Community (WABE-FM 90.1 Atlanta)

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Georgia state legislative budget appropriations chairs Senator Blake Tillery (R-Vidalia) and Representative Terry England (R-Auburn) join host Donna Lowry to talk about the state’s budget on a special hour-long episode of GPB Lawmakers.

GPB Lawmakers’ coverage of Legislative Day 32 (Monday 3/15/21) of the 2021 session of the Georgia General Assembly (Georgia Public Broadcasting; Season 51 Episode 30; 59 minutes, 58 seconds)

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Tuesday in Atlanta, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Harold Melton asked the Georgia General Assembly to pass legislation aimed at attempting to shrink a serious backlog of jury trials resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.

The bill, which the Georgia Senate passed overwhelmingly early this month and is now before the state House of Representatives, would allow trial courts to continue suspending statutory speedy trial deadlines during judicial emergencies such as the pandemic.

Last week, Melton ordered jury trials to resume in Georgia a year after he suspended them because of COVID-19. But so many cases have piled up that it will take two or three years to work through the backlog, he said during his annual State of the Judiciary message to a joint session of the House and Senate.

Chief Justice Melton asks Georgia lawmakers for help with trial backlog (Dave Williams/Capitol Beat News Service)

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GPB Lawmakers’ coverage of the 2021 Georgia State of the Judiciary speech (Georgia Public Broadcasting; Monday 3/16/21; 44 minutes, 24 seconds)