Georgians set early voting record ahead of Tuesday’s primaries
Voters wait in line at a precinct in Cobb County on May 18, 2020. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Early voting ahead of next week's Georgia primaries ended Friday with an all-time high of more than 850,000 voters either casting a ballot in person or returning an...
Georgia’s pandemic food stamp benefit ending on May 31
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is gearing up for increased food demand this summer. (Photo credit: Atlanta Community Food Bank) ATLANTA - Georgians who rely on food stamps are set to see a steep decrease in the amount of money they receive each month starting in...
Oxendine charged in health-care fraud scheme
John Oxendine ATLANTA - Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has been indicted on federal charges of conspiring to commit health-care fraud and money laundering, the Justice Department announced Friday. According to information presented to a federal...
Georgia lands Hyundai manufacturing plant, up to 8,100 jobs
ATLANTA - Less than six months ago, Gov. Brian Kemp announced plans for an electric vehicle manufacturing plant east of Atlanta he touted as the largest economic development project in Georgia history. That record fell Friday as Kemp unveiled an even bigger EV...
Georgia Supreme Court unveils portrait of late Chief Justice Harris Hines
Family members Helen Hines, Mary Margaret Hines Doyle, and James Harris "Hap" Hines unveil a portrait of late Georgia Supreme Court Justice Harris Hines (photo credit: Supreme Court of Georgia) ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court hosted a ceremony for the unveiling of...
Georgia unemployment remains at record low
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate held steady at 3.1% last month, equaling the all-time low set in March, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Joblessness in the Peach State was five-tenths of a percentage...
Georgia Supreme Court takes up right to sue over removal of Confederate monuments
A Confederate monument in downtown McDonough was removed almost two years ago. (Credit: Henry Herald) ATLANTA - A Civil War heritage preservation group has the right to sue Henry and Newton counties over the removal or planned removal of Confederate monuments, a...
McBath tells personal story about miscarriages before House committee hearing on abortion rights
U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath testifies before a House hearing on abortion rights in Washington on Wednesday ATLANTA - U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta, shared her painful story of multiple miscarriages before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on abortion rights Wednesday....