Georgia joins $60 million legal settlement with C.R. Bard
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia has joined a 48-state legal settlement requiring C.R. Bard Inc. and its parent company to pay $60 million for the deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices. Thousands of women implanted with...
Year-end school tests poised to count ‘essentially zero’ in Georgia amid pandemic
Georgia’s top school official aims to make year-end standardized tests count “essentially zero” toward students’ final grades in the 2020-21 school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia law enforcement officials cite public distrust of police for hurting morale
ATLANTA - Deteriorating public support for law enforcement is driving police officers away from the profession and making it harder to attract new recruits, representatives of state and local police agencies said Thursday. While cops expect criminals to see them in a...
Initial unemployment claims hit uptick in Georgia after weeks of declines
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Jobless Georgians filed 49,421 initial unemployment claims last week, up 7,341 from the previous week, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. First-time claims had been on the decline for seven weeks in a...
Drop boxes for absentee ballots roll out in Georgia ahead of Nov. 3 election
Drop boxes to deposit absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election have been set up by the dozens across Georgia as an option for voters who prefer not to show up in-person at a polling place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Poll shows presidential race, Senate contests still tight in Georgia
Raphael Warnock is gaining ground in one of Georgia's two U.S. Senate races. (Credit: Warnock for Georgia) ATLANTA - There’s been little movement since summer in either the presidential race in Georgia or Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue’s re-election bid, according...
Lawmakers examining Georgia’s coin-operated amusement machines business
Georgia Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin ATLANTA - The coin-operated amusement machines (COAM) business in Georgia has been thriving since the Georgia Lottery Corp. took over regulating the industry in 2013, Lottery President and CEO Gretchen Corbin said...
Georgia Republicans appeal ruling extending deadline for absentee ballots
Georgia Republican Chairman David Shafer ATLANTA - The Georgia Republican Party joined the Republican National Committee Tuesday in appealing a federal court decision requiring the counting of absentee ballots received up to three days after the Nov. 3 election. U.S....