Fulton special grand jury in Trump case completes work
ATLANTA – The Fulton County special grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump should be criminally prosecuted for allegedly interfering in Georgia’s 2020 election results has now delivered its final report. But it’s not yet clear what the...
2023 General Assembly kicks off with leadership elections
ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives set an example of efficiency Monday its congressional counterpart could only dream of emulating. Lawmakers elected House Majority Leader Jon Burns, R-Newington, to move up to speaker of the House in just a single ballot...
Slow start expected for 2023 General Assembly
ATLANTA - The 2023 session of the General Assembly beginning Monday is expected to get off to a slow start. With the Georgia Bulldogs vying for their second straight college football championship on Monday night and Thursday’s inauguration of Gov. Brian Kemp for a...
Georgia’s medical marijuana program still bogged down
ATLANTA - Georgia lawmakers expressed frustration Thursday that the state’s medical marijuana program has yet to yield a drop of cannabis oil nine months after Gov. Brian Kemp announced a plan to break a logjam of lawsuits. The Georgia Commission for Access to Medical...
Jannine Miller to head three state transportation agencies
ATLANTA - Georgia has a new transportation czar. The boards of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA) and the Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority Thursday named Jannine Miller executive director of the two agencies. The two votes came one day after the...
Georgia Power’s top executive to head Southern Company
ATLANTA - Georgia Power Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack will take over leadership of the utility’s parent, Southern Co., later this year, Atlanta-based Southern announced Thursday. Womack, 64, will succeed Tom Fanning, Southern’s current chairman, president,...
Bulloch County lands second auto parts supplier for new Hyundai EV plant
ATLANTA - The Statesboro area has landed a second automotive parts manufacturer in recent months. Ecoplastic Corp. will build a new automotive parts plant in Bulloch County, a $205 million investment that will create 456 jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday. The...
Inspector general finds state workers got erroneous unemployment payments during pandemic
ATLANTA - Nearly 300 state employees erroneously received unemployment benefits totaling $6.7 million and averaging $23,700 per employee during the last two pandemic years, the Georgia Office of Inspector General (OIG) reported Wednesday. In a letter to David Dove,...