Year-End Season of Giving

New and returning state lawmakers gathered in Athens this week to learn more about the legislative process and state policy.

For the week ending Dec. 6, the senators focused on requesting federal disaster assistance from congressional leaders post-Hurricane Helene, pressing U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy under oath on the continuing mail delays in Georgia, and introducing legislation to rename the Plains, Ga., post office after Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling deemed such laws constitutional.

Georgia’s public benefits system has been plagued by problems for years. But processing times have worsened since July 2023, when Georgia launched the nation’s only active Medicaid work requirement program.