Republicans favored to retain majorities in General Assembly
ATLANTA - Georgia is among only seven "battleground" states this year, where the presidential election is too close to call and the campaigns of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are spending most of their time. But Peach State Republicans believe they will still be...
Georgia hits 1 million mark in early voting
ATLANTA - More than 1 million Georgians have cast their ballots during the first four days of the early voting period, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger's office reported Friday. “We have done it! We crossed the 1,000,000 voter mark at around 11:50am. Amazing...
Proposed expansion of Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge could stop mine
ATLANTA - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing an expansion of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, including land currently held by a company looking to open a titanium mine near the swamp. The federal agency is seeking public comment on the plan to...
Judge throws out seven State Election Board rules
ATLANTA - A Fulton County Superior Court judge has invalidated seven changes to state election laws the Republican-controlled State Election Board (SEB) adopted in recent weeks. In an 11-page ruling handed down this week, Judge Thomas Cox Jr. declared the board lacked...
Four business executives headed to prison for bid rigging
ATLANTA - Four concrete suppliers have been sentenced to prison for participating in a long-running bid-rigging scheme in the Savannah area. James Clayton Pedrick, Gregory Hall Melton, John David Melton, and Timothy "Bo" Strickland were charged in federal court four...
Georgia unemployment held steady in September
ATLANTA - Georgia continued to set employment records last month even as the state's unemployment rate held steady. The Peach State's jobless rate stood at 3.6% in September, unchanged from August and five-tenths lower than the national average. Georgia set all-time...
Poll shows Trump still leading Harris in Georgia
ATLANTA - Former President Donald Trump continues to lead Vice President Kamala Harris in Georgia, according to a new poll. A survey of 1,328 likely Georgia voters Quinnipiac University conducted Oct. 10-14 found Trump with 52% of the vote to 45% for Harris, well...
Georgia students again top national average on ACT
ATLANTA - The Georgia Class of 2024 scored slightly lower on the ACT compared to last year but still beat the national average for the eighth year in a row. Georgia students' average composite ACT score of 21.2 was down slightly from 21.3 in 2023 but exceeded the...