Georgia adds jobs in March while jobless rate stays flat
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate held steady at 3.1% last month even as the state added 16,200 jobs, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday. The number of jobs reached more than 4.9 million in March, an all-time high. Job sectors hitting record highs...
Kemp inks tax-cut package
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed a package of tax cut bills Thursday that the General Assembly passed during the recently concluded legislative session. "All of these bills will help keep money where it belongs - in the pockets of our hardworking families," Kemp said...
State awards third round of rural housing grants
ATLANTA - A third round of rural housing grants will invest more than $6.3 million in infrastructure improvements that will support more than 123 housing units in three Georgia communities. Gov. Brian Kemp announced the state's Rural Workforce Housing Initiative last...
Georgia DAs file new lawsuit challenging state oversight panel
ATLANTA - Three Georgia district attorneys have filed a new lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of legislation creating an oversight board with the power to discipline and potentially remove prosecutors. The Republican-controlled General Assembly passed a bill...
Port of Brunswick sets record month for autos
ATLANTA - The Port of Brunswick enjoyed its busiest month ever in March, the Georgia Ports Authority reported Wednesday. The Colonel's Island Terminal at Brunswick handled 77,236 units of Roll-on/Roll-off cargo last month, including autos and heavy machinery, an...
University System of Georgia raising tuition by 2.5%
ATLANTA - In-state undergraduates at Georgia's public colleges and universities will be paying 2.5% more for tuition during the coming school year. After keeping tuition flat at all but one of the University System of Georgia's 26 institutions for six of the past...
State energy regulators OK Georgia Power plan to boost generating capacity
ATLANTA - The state Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a request by Georgia Power Tuesday for a huge increase in electrical generating capacity power utility executives said is needed to meet the growing demands of large industrial customers. The additional...
Ossoff blasts postal service chief over delays in mail delivery
ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., grilled the head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Tuesday about months-long delays in delivering mail processed at a new regional distribution center in Palmetto. Since the Atlanta Regional Processing and Distribution Center...