The Republican-led Senate is targeting local governments that do not cooperate with federal immigration officials. Sovereign immunity protects local governments from lawsuits. Senate Democrats oppose ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vidalia Republican Sen. Blake Tillery speaks with media following Thursday, Feb. 13, passage of Senate Bill 21, which leaves local ...

Republican state lawmakers say if local governments try to protect immigrants with “sanctuary” policies, the state should strip them of their immunity to being sued. The Georgia Senate approved Senate ...

IN reply to some supposed legal experts who have been moving around in town and online, claiming that there is no such thing as "sovereign immunity," I will devote my entire column today to a listing ...