Early voting ends in Georgia with enormous turnout
More than 3.8 million people cast ballots in Georgia by the close of the three-week early voting period for the Nov. 3 election, marking roughly half the state’s total registered voters and nearly eclipsing the entire vote count of the 2016 election.
Port of Savannah may be renamed after Johnny Isakson
Former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers will take up a resolution this winter to rename the Port of Savannah after retired U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, David Ralston, speaker of the state House of Representatives, announced Friday. Ralston, R-Blue...
Georgia governor quarantining after congressman contracts COVID-19
Gov. Brian Kemp is quarantining after being exposed to a person who tested positive for COVID-19, his office announced Friday afternoon.
Critics: Georgia health-insurance reforms a ‘missed opportunity’
ATLANTA - Georgia’s new health-insurance reform plan will address three problems at once, Gov. Brian Kemp announced recently when he rolled out two insurance “waivers” approved by the federal government. The governor’s “Georgia-centric” approach will reduce one of the...
Initial jobless claims in Georgia down slightly
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims in Georgia declined by 1,197 last week to 43,605, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The agency paid out more than $168 million in benefits last week, bringing total...
Georgia Power CEO Paul Bowers to retire next spring
Paul Bowers (left) is retiring from the top spot at Georgia Power and will be succeeded by Chris Womack (right). ATLANTA - Georgia Power Chairman, President and CEO Paul Bowers will retire next April after more than a decade leading the Atlanta-based utility, the...
Perdue, Ossoff clash in debate centered on COVID-19, health care
U.S. Sen. David Perdue and challenger Jon Ossoff sniped at each other in an hourlong debate Wednesday night less than a week before the Nov. 3 election that echoed attacks the pair have lobbed at each other for months in television and social-media ads.
Poll shows Joe Biden with narrow lead over President Trump in Georgia
ATLANTA - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has opened up a slight lead over President Donald Trump in Georgia less than a week before Election Day, according to a new poll. The statewide survey of 504 registered Georgia voters conducted by New Jersey’s...