ATLANTA - Drug prices and who controls them could be back before the General Assembly this winter, as consumer advocates and pharmacy benefit managers remain at odds over issues such as drug price transparency. Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation last year tightening...

ATLANTA - With the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals set to hold a hearing on Georgia’s abortion bill next Friday, a top Republican state senator said a Texas-style abortion bill could be introduced in next January’s legislative session. “Everything is on the table,”...

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 23 other state attorneys general in a letter to President Joe Biden warning of legal action if the White House’s proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate is implemented. “On Sept. 9,...

Candice Broce ATLANTA - One of Gov. Brian Kemp’s former top staffers is Georgia’s new commissioner of human services. Candice Broce, a former communications director and chief deputy executive counsel in the Kemp administration, was sworn in Thursday to lead the state...

Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate and the number of unemployed have both fallen to pre-pandemic levels. But the state’s labor force is also below what it was when COVID-19 struck Georgia in March of last year and shows no...

ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger signed a petition Thursday supporting a Georgia constitutional amendment that would limit voting in state and local elections to American citizens. “This measure has the overwhelming bipartisan support of the...

ATLANTA - New cases of COVID-19 on University System of Georgia campuses started to come down this week after increasing at the beginning of the fall semester. The number of positive tests reported at nine schools – including the University of Georgia and Georgia Tech...