Georgia awarded $1.3M for imperiled species conservation
ATLANTA - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has awarded Georgia more than $1.3 million for land acquisition efforts aimed at protecting several imperiled species. The Georgia funds are part of $40.6 million in grants to 10 states and the U.S. Virgin Islands...
Georgia lawmakers looking for better way to resolve local service delivery disputes
ATLANTA - A joint legislative study committee launched an effort Monday to look for ways to help Georgia cities and counties divvy up the services they provide to local residents. Under a law the General Assembly passed in 1997, cities and counties are authorized to...
Nursing workforce research center to open at Emory
ATLANTA - Emory University and a state nursing organization are joining forces to address Georgia's nursing workforce shortage. Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and the Georgia Nursing Leadership Coalition announced a new partnership Monday planning to...
Since-suspended state gasoline tax propped up August revenue report
ATLANTA - Georgia tax collections rose by 1.1% last month compared to August of last year but only because the state wasn't collecting the sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels a year ago. Not counting the $181.6 million in fuel taxes that came in last month,...
General Assembly looking to fine-tune dual enrollment program
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers have taken steps in recent years to rein in the costs of the state's increasingly popular dual enrollment program, which lets high school students receive credit for taking college courses. But they're not resting on those achievements....
U.S. Soccer to move headquarters, build training center in Atlanta
ATLANTA - The U.S. Soccer Federation is moving its headquarters from Chicago to Atlanta and building the first-ever National Training Center in the metro area, the organization announced Friday. The Arthur M. Blank Foundation is contributing $50 million toward the...
Georgia public safety officials paint dire picture of trooper workforce
ATLANTA - Pay raises of $11,000 for state law enforcement officers during the last two years still haven't solved recruitment and retention challenges for a Georgia State Patrol forced into a bidding war. "Agencies are competing over an ever-decreasing pool of...
Georgia public safety chief Chris Wright stepping down
ATLANTA - Col. Chris Wright will retire from his position as commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety Oct. 1 after three years in the leadership post, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday. The state Board of Public Safety voted Thursday to promote Lt....