Georgia agriculture department reforming law enforcement division
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Agriculture has regained its status as a law enforcement agency more than a decade after the agency's Law Enforcement Division was disbanded. Commissioner of Agriculture Tyler Harper has appointed 29-year law enforcement and...
SRTA approves two major road projects
ATLANTA - The State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) signed off Monday on two major highway improvement projects. Board members unanimously approved resolutions authorizing agreements between SRTA and the Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) to split oversight...
Georgia getting $1.3 billion in federal funds for broadband expansion
ATLANTA - Georgia will receive $1.3 billion out of a $42 billion nationwide federal investment in broadband expansion, the largest in U.S. history, the Biden administration announced Monday. The funding, which comes from the bipartisan infrastructure spending bill...
Georgia anti-gangs bill to become law July 1
ATLANTA - Controversial legislation imposing mandatory minimum prison terms for gang recruitment in Georgia will take effect July 1. Senate Bill 44 is one of dozens of bills the General Assembly passed this year that will become law with the start of a new fiscal...
EV parts company to build plant in Henry County
ATLANTA - Georgia continues to attract electric vehicles parts suppliers to service the two EV manufacturing plants under construction in the Peach State. NVH Korea announced plans this week to invest $72 million in a new EV parts plant in Henry County. The project...
GBI Director Register headed back to Cobb County
ATLANTA - The director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) is returning to a former job after less than a year at the helm of the state agency. The Cobb County Commission is scheduled to vote Tuesday on making Mike Register the county's director of public...
Opponents of titanium mine near Okefenokee focusing on mining company’s qualifications
ATLANTA - Opponents of a proposal to mine titanium near the Okefenokee Swamp have long concentrated their fire primarily on the environmental degradation it would wreak on the largest blackwater swamp in North America. Now, they're also building a case against the...
Ossoff backing bill to increase military housing allowance
ATLANTA - Junior enlisted military personnel would receive a higher housing allowance under bipartisan legislation introduced in Congress this week by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga. Ossoff led an eight-month investigation last year that called attention to the poor...