Drought-stricken Northwest Georgia counties declared natural disaster areas
ATLANTA - Four Northwest Georgia counties have been declared natural disaster areas due to weeks of severe drought conditions. The declaration will allow farmers in Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, and Walker counties to receive emergency credit from the U.S. Department of...
Burt Jones announces ‘Red Tape Rollback’
ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones unveiled a legislative push Tuesday aimed at reducing the size and scope of state government while making it easier for Georgians to get business licenses. The Republican-backed multi-pronged "Red Tape Rollback" is being supported by the...
State Supreme Court takes up Gwinnett County CON dispute
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center in downtown Atlanta (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - The scope of the Georgia Department of Community Health's (DCH) authority to overrule decisions on Certificate of Need (CON) applications rendered by hearing officers was at issue...
New study points to value of Georgia film tax credit
ATLANTA - Georgia's film industry tax incentive generated $8.55 billion in economic impact in fiscal 2022, according to a new study. The study, conducted by Olsberg SPI, a London-based consulting firm, found the film tax break is responsible for nearly 60,000 jobs and...
Experts link foster care failures to child sex trafficking
ATLANTA - Georgia youths in the custody of the state's foster care system are disproportionately likely to become victims of child sex trafficking, several experts in the subject testified Monday. Between 2018 and last year, the National Center for Missing and...
Unprecedented surplus sparks debate over state spending
ATLANTA - Legislative Democrats and social services advocates have long complained that Georgia doesn't spend enough money to meet the educational, health-care, and public-safety needs of a growing population. But there's something different about the latest fiscal...
PSC rejects bid to consider delaying Vogtle ‘prudency’ hearings
ATLANTA - State energy regulators have denied a request by two citizen watchdog groups to consider delaying hearings on how much of the costs of the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion must be paid by electric customers until after commission elections. The U.S. Supreme...
Auto, machinery volumes soaring at Port of Brunswick
ATLANTA - More than $262 million in planned improvements at the Port of Brunswick are coming just in time to accommodate a significant growth in auto and machinery business. The Colonel's Island Terminal in Brunswick handled 70,645 units of Roll-on/Roll-off cargo in...