Politics
Politics

Podcast: Catch up on the latest from the legislative session

01/14/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Senate majority leader Mike Dugan (center) listens as members of the Senate minority party seek answers for Senate Bill 4 during the first session in the Senate chambers at the State Capitol building, Monday, January 14, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)

Credit: Alyssa Pointer

Credit: Alyssa Pointer

01/14/2019 -- Atlanta, Georgia -- Senate majority leader Mike Dugan (center) listens as members of the Senate minority party seek answers for Senate Bill 4 during the first session in the Senate chambers at the State Capitol building, Monday, January 14, 2019. (ALYSSA POINTER/ALYSSA.POINTER@AJC.COM)
By Bria Felicien
March 4, 2019

In this episode, host Greg Bluestein takes a call from AJC veteran Jim Galloway, and the two catch up on the latest news from Georgia’s 2019 legislative session.

Bluestein and Galloway chat about the return of social legislation, the latest proposals for gambling in Georgia and a state takeover of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, and the fallout following an AJC-WSB investigation involving House Speaker David Ralston.

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify or anywhere you listen to podcasts. You can also download or stream the episode above.

ExplorePHOTOS | Under the Gold Dome, Week 7

About the Author

Bria Felicien is a published author and staff writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She produces podcasts for the AJC.

Follow Bria Felicien on twitter
More Stories

Keep Reading

Former Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman talks to her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the U.S. House Select Committee at its fourth hearing on its Jan. 6 investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Credit: TNS

OPINION

The 2020 election interference case is gone, but it can’t be forgotten

The decision by a Georgia prosecutor not to pursue the massive Trump election interference case leaves some bad deeds unpunished.

‘Fish wrapper’: The AJC’s complicated relationship with Georgia’s political class

How generations of Georgia leaders battled, berated and depended on the AJC.

A viral confrontation and a sudden resignation shake up Georgia GOP

The man behind the vigilante sting operation that apparently netted a teenage GOP official says he has no regrets.

The Latest

Former Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman talks to her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the U.S. House Select Committee at its fourth hearing on its Jan. 6 investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

Credit: TNS

OPINION

The 2020 election interference case is gone, but it can’t be forgotten

A viral confrontation and a sudden resignation shake up Georgia GOP

‘Fish wrapper’: The AJC’s complicated relationship with Georgia’s political class

Featured

Fans celebrate in the stands after Cape Verde defeated Eswatini in a World Cup qualifying soccer match at Estádio Nacional in Praia, Cape Verde, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, to clinch their qualification for the 2026 World Cup. (Cristiano Barbosa/AP)

Credit: AP

A tiny nation qualified for its first World Cup. Cape Verde has fans here

Cape Verde, competing in its first World Cup, will take on the world's No. 1 team in Spain at 12 p.m. on June 15 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.

Georgia’s special ed program promised help. Families say it delivered them harm.

Georgia subdues a nemesis in rolling past Crimson Tide for SEC championship

Georgia notched its best win of the season at the perfect time, finally vanquishing Alabama in Atlanta and taking home the SEC Championship for the second straight year.