Legislative panel adopts recommendations for dual enrollment program
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers should simplify the state's dual enrollment program for high-school students wishing to get a jump on post-secondary education, do more to publicize the program and provide more funding, a legislative study committee recommended Wednesday....
Okefenokee Swamp Park launching historic preservation project
ATLANTA - The Okefenokee Swamp Park has landed $497,000 in federal funding for a research project aimed at telling the story of a group of young Black Americans who worked to develop the park during the Great Depression. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a...
Walmart to build dairy plant in Valdosta
ATLANTA - Walmart will build a food processing facility in Valdosta, a $350 million investment expected to create almost 400 jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. The Valdosta dairy plant will provide milk to more than 750 Walmart stores and Sam's Clubs in South...
Georgia’s 2023 high-school graduation rate ticks up again
ATLANTA - Georgia's high-school graduation rate rose again this year to another all-time high since the state began using an adjusted calculation the federal government first imposed more than a decade ago. The Georgia Class of 2023 recorded a graduation rate of...
Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion hits completion delay
ATLANTA - Georgia Power reported Friday the discovery of a malfunctioning coolant pump at the second of two new nuclear reactors being built at Plant Vogtle, forcing a delay in the completion of the unit. The news came one day after the Atlanta-based utility announced...
Georgia unemployment compensation system in for overhaul
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor processed 5.4 million unemployment claims during the pandemic, third highest in the nation, and paid out more than $23.6 billion in benefits. While that workload put a tremendous strain on the department, it's not the reason...
State, Georgia Chamber launch rural workforce partnership
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Education is partnering with the state's leading business organization to support workforce readiness in rural school districts. Working with the Georgia Chamber Foundation and the chamber's Center for Rural Prosperity, the state...
Kemp extends gasoline tax suspension
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the temporary suspension of Georgia's sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels for another month. The Republican governor cited ongoing inflation and an uncertain economy caused by what he called irresponsible policies at the...