Shareholders want Chemours to stay out of Okefenokee
ATLANTA - Shareholders of The Chemours Company are urging the chemical producer to assess the impacts on ecologically sensitive areas before plunging into a mining project, a move aimed largely at plans to mine titanium near the Okefenokee Swamp. Green Century, an...
Federal judge weighing whether to extend order protecting international students whose visitor status was revoked
ATLANTA - A federal judge in Atlanta said she will decide by month's end whether the government must extend the visitor status of 133 current and former college students who were suddenly revoked for no apparent reason. Judge Victoria Marie Calvert heard oral...
McCormick touts extending Trump tax cuts at business roundtable
ROSWELL - Extending the tax cuts Congress passed early in Republican President Donald Trump's first term will be the first order of business when federal lawmakers return to Washington next week from the Easter recess, U.S. Rep. Rich McCormick said Thursday. The tax...
New report finds huge increase in cybercrime
ATLANTA - Cybercrime is on the rise in Georgia and around the country. Georgia ranked 11th in internet-related complaints last year, up from 13th in 2023, according to the FBI's newly released Internet Crime Report 2024. The potential losses of $420 million...
New commissioner to take office at Georgia DDS
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) has a new commissioner. The agency's board has approved Gov. Brian Kemp's nomination of Angelique McClendon to take the top post at the department. She will succeed outgoing Commissioner Spencer Moore on May 1....
Election to succeed Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr heats up
ATLANTA - A second candidate has raised his hand to become Georgia's next attorney general, as incumbent Chris Carr campaigns for the governor's office. Both of the candidates who have filed paperwork to raise funds to campaign for attorney general are Republican...
Report finds Atlanta-area air pollution worsening
ATLANTA - Metro Atlanta suffers the third-worst levels of ozone pollution, otherwise known as smog, in the Southeast, according to a study released Wednesday by the American Lung Association. The group's annual "State of the Air" report also ranks the Atlanta region...
Kemp inks tort reform bills
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed two tort reform bills Monday that supporters say should reverse a pattern of excessive jury awards they hold responsible for rising liability insurance premiums that are hurting Georgia businesses' bottom lines. Overhauling the civil...