Report finds automatic voter registration growing voter rolls in Georgia
ATLANTA - The voter registration rate in Georgia increased from 78% to 98% during the first four years of automatic voter registration, according a report released Wednesday by a nonpartisan nonprofit that promotes election integrity. The Peach State implemented...
EV parts supplier to build plant in Georgia
ATLANTA - A South Korea-based auto parts maker will build its first U.S. manufacturing plant in Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. Woory Industrial Co. will invest an estimated $18 million in a facility in Dublin that will create more than 130 jobs. The...
Southeast Georgia investigation leads to indictment of 16 alleged gang members
ATLANTA - Law enforcement officials have announced the largest indictment of a motorcycle gang in Georgia history with the arrests of 16 alleged members of the Southeast Georgia chapter of the Outcast Motorcycle Gang. The arrests and indictment were announced Monday...
Atlanta City Council OKs ‘Cop City’ over residents’ protests
Belkis Teran, mother of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, describes the slain activist’s love for the environment at a February press conference. (Photo credit: Rebecca Grapevine) ATLANTA - The Atlanta City Council has approved building a controversial public safety training...
Wellstar officials grilled over hospital closures
ATLANTA - Wellstar Health System officials came under fire Monday for committing to invest nearly $800 million late last year in a planned partnership with Augusta University Health System (AUHS) after closing two Atlanta-area hospitals. Wellstar and AUHS signed off...
Federal grants aimed at fixing blocked railroad crossings
ATLANTA - Three Georgia counties will benefit from $3.2 million in federal grant funding to ease traffic flow by eliminating at-grade railroad crossings and studying construction alternatives. The grants, announced Monday, will help fund projects in Chatham, DeKalb...
Georgia Senate to revisit certificate of need law
ATLANTA - The state Senate was where the action was in the General Assembly this year either to reform or repeal Georgia's decades-old certificate of need law (CON) governing hospitals and health-care services. Heading into the summer, there's every indication...
Georgia senators vote in favor of debt limit deal
ATLANTA - Both of Georgia's U.S. senators put aside their concerns over how the debt limit agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would affect spending on federal programs to vote for the deal. Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael...