by K B | May 5, 2023 | News
Lower court decisions in medical cannabis case erode Georgians’ right to know. The Georgia First Amendment Foundation is asking the Supreme Court of Georgia to protect citizens’ rights to access judicial records by reversing lower court rulings. In its petition...
by K B | Apr 21, 2023 | News
By Mia McKnight Research shows nearly one in five transgender and nonbinary youth attempt suicide, and the rate is even higher among young people of color. Despite these alarming statistics, the Georgia Legislature has considered—and in one case passed—bills blocking...
by K B | Apr 18, 2023 | News
By Madi Blair A year after it was enacted, Georgia’s so-called “book banning” law is leading to confusion and censorship in our schools. The law, passed in April 2022 as Senate Bill 226, allows parents and guardians to submit complaints about the content of “material”...
by K B | Mar 14, 2023 | News
By Richard T. Griffiths Well-intentioned, but not thought through. That’s Georgia Senate Bill 215, the Harry Potter invisibility cloak for Georgia’s government employees. SB 215 is well-intentioned because it is aimed at providing a little sense of security to public...
by K B | Dec 30, 2022 | News
By Kathy Brister With your help this year, the Georgia First Amendment Foundation worked to protect and expand Georgians’ right to know what’s happening in government at all levels across our state and in our courts. Here are some of the ways the Georgia First...
by K B | Nov 14, 2022 | News
By Richard T. Griffiths It was called the Hope Act. In 2019, the Georgia Legislature passed and the governor signed a law allowing medical patients access to cannabis oil. The law was strict: According to rules of a newly established Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis...
by K B | Nov 3, 2022 | Events, News
During the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 2022 Weltner Banquet, Susan Weltner Yow paid tribute to her late father’s commitment to government of the people. Here are her remarks, given on Oct. 27, 2022, to banquet attendees at the Emory Conference Center in...
by K B | Oct 30, 2022 | Events, News
Change has been a constant in the more than eight decades since James M. Cox purchased The Atlanta Journal, expanding his media reach beyond Ohio roots. “I wouldn’t know of another property in America I would want outside of this one,” the former Ohio governor wrote...
by K B | Jun 21, 2022 | News
Transparency organizations from across the U.S. are urging the Uniform Law Commission to prioritize the public’s right to know in making recommendations for redacting personal information in public records. The concerns are outlined in a June 17, 2022, letter written...
by K B | Apr 4, 2022 | News
By Benjamin Causey Any law that limits the First Amendment’s expressive freedoms harms every citizen, regardless of their political beliefs or ideologies. Senate Bill 171 would be one of those harmful laws. It takes Georgia’s “unlawful assembly” law and weaponizes it,...
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