Supporters of same-sex marriage are vowing to continue the fight, after voters in Maine voted to repeal a law allowing such unions.

Attorneys for a convicted sex offender are urging a federal judge to block a new Georgia law that requires sex offenders to hand over Internet passwords, screen names and e-mail addresses to law enforcement officials.

A federal judge has ruled that a South Carolina law limiting the placement of billboards advertising adult businesses is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie issued the order last week.

It all started simply enough. A 20-year-old South Carolinian was a passenger in a car that was pulled over for a broken headlight. He was arrested for being a minor in possession of alcohol. But the magistrate hearing the case made a surprising ruling after hearing from defense attorney Joe McCulloch. Magistrate Mel Maurer ruled that the South Carolina law setting the drinking age at 21 is unconstitutional.

A Georgia mother is fighting for justice. In September 2001, Jacqueline Boatwright’s son, Anthony DeJuan, fell into a bucket of mop water while at a Hephzibah day care center. He was left with permanent brain damage. The center had no insurance, and now she is going to Washington hoping to change that. WJBF News Channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

According to Joel Sawyer, Governor Mark Sanford’s Communications Director, in light of ongoing revisions to the federal REAL ID law (now renamed PASS ID), Gov. Sanford, on Tuesday, outlined three main concerns as policymakers in Washington, D.C. continue modifying what is now widely regarded as an impractical, intrusive federal mandate.

The head of the state’s Senate education committee wants to create a law that would levy criminal charges against educators who change answers on standardized tests.

The Justice Department has rejected Georgia’s attempt to require prospective voters in the state to provide proof of citizenship. Gov. Sonny Perdue signed the bill last month making Georgia the second state in the nation to require newly registering voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before casting a ballot. Under the Voting Rights Act, the state was required to get preclearance for the measure from the U.S. Department of Justice.

A 66-year-old woman who had stage 4 pancreatic cancer is the first person to die under Washington state’s new assisted suicide law.

Governor Sonny Perdue Wednesday announced that House Bill 119, the state’s Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) budget, has been signed into law. The FY10 budget year begins July 1, 2009.

Legislation improves licensing process, authorizes service charge discount

Gov. Sonny Perdue has a signed a bill that will hike electric bills for Georgia Power customers to pay for the construction of two nuclear reactors near Augusta. The new law allows Georgia Power to begin to collect some $1.6 billion in costs from ratepayers six years before the reactors go online.

These days, there is one business that appears to be booming: The “second-hand” business. The hottest items on the second-hand market are children’s items…from clothing and toys, to car-seats and cribs. But, next time you head to your favorite thrift store, or get up early to visit a neighbor’s garage sale, be prepared to see less on the tale. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe explains.

A federal appeals court has dismissed a Georgia gun group’s lawsuit seeking to allow firearms in parts of the world’s busiest airport. The group GeorgiaCarry.org sued after the city of Atlanta and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport banned guns from even unsecured areas in the terminals.

A bill now headed to the state Senate floor would make it illegal to smoke inside a car that has a child 10 years old or younger inside. Sen. Darrell Jackson, D-Hopkins, is sponsoring the bill. WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.