The legislation was originally passed in the House by Republicans and 37 Democrats in March but failed to pass the Democratic ...

After passing in the U.S. House of Representatives in September, the U.S. Senate passed the Stop Campus Hazing Act as well. The bill, sponsored by Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath, as well as a bipartisan ...

Lucy McBath of Georgia and Terri Sewell of Alabama. On Thursday, the bill sailed past a potential Democratic filibuster by a lopsided 84-9 vote in the Senate. The “no” votes came only from ...

Bill named after University of Georgia student killed last year would make it easier to deport unauthorized immigrants accused of theft or burglary.

Rep. Lucy McBath, of Georgia, who lost her son to gun violence, introduced a group of people whose lives were changed by mass shootings, including the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., ...

The Laken Riley Act, named for a Georgia nursing student killed by an illegal immigrant, is heading to the Senate as the GOP prioritizes border security.

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp leads Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in a hypothetical matchup in next year’s Senate race, according to new polling from a conservative group.

U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock voted in favor of advancing the bill named after Laken Riley, a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented immigrant.

The U.S. Senate will vote on the Laken Riley Act on Monday with support from at least one Georgia Democrat.