DOT short-lists two contractors for I-285/I-20 West interchange redesign
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation is narrowing its search for a contracting team to overhaul the design of one of the nation's worst traffic bottlenecks. The DOT has selected two finalists to redesign the interchange of interstates 285 and 20 west of...
Georgia 400 toll lanes project being delayed
ATLANTA - A plan to add toll lanes along Georgia 400 in Fulton and Forsyth counties is being delayed by about four months after one of three contractor finalists dropped out of consideration. Express 400 Partners, one of three roadbuilding consortiums the Georgia...
Georgia independent pharmacies to start selling cannabis oil
ATLANTA - Georgians eligible to treat their chronic illnesses with cannabis oil soon will have a lot more choices of places to get the medicine. The state Board of Pharmacy has released a set of regulations that will allow Georgia's independent pharmacies to dispense...
Georgia unemployment rate posts slight increase in May
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate rose slightly last month to 3.2% after holding steady at 3.1% for the previous nine months, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Still, the Peach State's jobless rate in May was half a percentage point lower than the...
Legislative tax credit review panel opens hearings
ATLANTA - Maintaining a reliable Georgia film tax credit is essential to continuing the success story the state's film industry has built, an administrator with the Georgia Department of Economic Development said Wednesday. Andrew Capezzuto, the agency's general...
Georgia maintains AAA bond ratings
ATLANTA - The state of Georgia will take $671 million in bonds for capital projects to the market later this month armed with the highest rating from each of the three main credit rating agencies. Moody's Investors Service and S&P Globing Ratings gave Georgia a...
Ossoff: Artificial intelligence ‘existential threat’ to human rights
ATLANTA - Congress should put guardrails around rapidly developing artificial intelligence technology to thwart criminal scammers inside the U.S. and rein in China's use of AI to oppress dissidents, witnesses told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday. Jennifer DeStefano...
State Senate study committee on CON begins work
ATLANTA - Georgia's decades-old certificate of need (CON) law governing hospitals and health-care services has never achieved its intended purpose and should be reformed or scrapped altogether, witnesses told a state Senate study committee Tuesday. Congress passed the...