By Jill Nolin | Editor
“You just cannot build a healthy democracy by catering to people who will just never accept the results of an election if it does not favor them.” - State Rep. Jasmine Clark, referring to ballot hand count requirements that were added to an election bill passed during the special legislative session.
Sen. Max Burns discusses his election bill in a House Committee on June 23, 2026. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
VOTING
By Maya Homan
Georgia lawmakers dialed back a controversial change that would have mandated hand recounts of the two top-ticket races in every election before local officials could certify the results.
The hand-count provision was added by Senate Republicans over the weekend to a measure extending the state’s self-imposed deadline to stop using ballot QR codes to tally votes, prompting outcry from Democrats, local election officials and other advocacy groups.
The U.S. House passed an affordable housing bill on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk a day after a Senate vote. Trump is expected to sign it into law. (Photo by Grace Cary/Getty Images)
DC BUREAU
By Jacob Fischler
The U.S. House cleared a bipartisan housing policy overhaul Tuesday, aiming to lower the cost of homeownership as members of both parties attempt to focus on affordability issues ahead of November’s midterm elections.
The House passed the bill, 358-32, sending it to President Donald Trump’s desk a day after the Senate’s 85-5 vote. The White House has said the administration supports the measure and Trump’s aides would advise he sign it.
The U.S. Capitol on April 9, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
DC BUREAU
By Ashley Murray
The Republican-led U.S. Senate served up a rare public check on President Donald Trump’s agenda Tuesday when it voted to approve a House-passed War Powers Resolution to end hostilities in Iran.
Senate approval marked the first time both chambers have agreed in a rebuke of Trump over his war in Iran.
The concurrent resolution, which passed 50-48, does not require the president’s signature and its enforceability has been a perennial topic of debate.
Attorney General Chris Carr was one of 17 attorneys general who joined forces to suit to challenge California’s state law targeting single-use plastics. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
COURTS
By Nada Hassanein
Seventeen Republican attorneys general have sued California over a state law that requires plastic packaging producers to move away from single-use plastics, alleging that the law will raise costs for consumers across the country.
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