State awards grants to 13 rural hospitals
ATLANTA - Thirteen hospitals in rural Georgia will receive $6 million in grants through a state program that will give them a choice of how to use the money. The Georgia Department of Community Health's Dual Track Rural Hospital Support program gives grant recipients...
Warnock introduces workforce development bill
ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., introduced legislation Tuesday that would create a federal grant program to help technical colleges and community colleges match their workforce development programs with community needs. The bipartisan bill - also sponsored...
Georgia not spending enough on veterans’ services
Georgia War Veterans Home, Milledgeville ATLANTA - The state is seriously underfunding mental health and housing services for veterans, professionals in the field told Georgia lawmakers Tuesday. The state's two veterans homes in Milledgeville and Augusta currently are...
State hires consultant to assess prison system
ATLANTA - The state is launching an in-depth assessment of Georgia's prison system to identify steps needed to improve safety, Gov. Brian Kemp announced late Monday. The governor's announcement came one day after a food-service employee was shot and killed at Smith...
Mail processing in Georgia improving but delays continue
ATLANTA - Mail processing at the United States Postal Service's (USPS) regional facility in Palmetto is getting better, but Georgians are continuing to suffer delays sending and receiving mail. That was the upshot of an exchange Monday between Postmaster General Louis...
Harris brings Economic Opportunity Tour to Atlanta
Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo Courtesy of The White House) ATLANTA - The Biden administration has taken important steps to help Black Americans achieve home ownership and start small businesses, Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday. But more needs to be done...
Spread of solar farms in Georgia about to get legislative scrutiny
ATLANTA - Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River, with eight million acres of prime farmland. Yet, there's so much concern over the spread of solar farms eating up huge portions of that acreage with vast fields of solar panels that the state Senate...
State tax revenues continue downward slide
ATLANTA - Georgia tax collections continued to fall last month, dropping 1.1% compared to May of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported Friday. With just one month remaining in the current fiscal year, tax revenues are down by 1.2% compared to the first...