Georgia early voting turnout keeps setting records
Voters wait in line at a precinct in Cobb County. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Early voting turnout continued to set records in Georgia during the first week of the early voting period. More than 18,100 voters cast early ballots on Sunday, when early voting was...
Georgia fourth and eighth graders maintain pre-pandemic reading scores; eighth graders drop in math
ATLANTA – New results from “the nation’s report card” show that Georgia fourth and eighth graders stand about on par with their pre-pandemic performance in reading, but eighth-grade math scores dropped from pre-pandemic levels. The National Association for...
Walker, Warnock make history in run for U.S. Senate seat
ATLANTA - Georgia voters are being asked to choose between two nationally prominent Black men with deep ties to the state when they vote in a U.S. Senate race that could determine the balance of power in Washington. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican...
Graham ordered to testify in Fulton election probe
ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has been ordered to testify before the Fulton County special grand jury investigating attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that Graham is not...
Broadway superstar Lin-Manuel Miranda stumps for Warnock
ATLANTA – Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the hit musical "Hamilton," called on Latino Georgians this week to support U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., in a race that could determine the balance of power in Washington. Though...
Dooley endorses Walker in campaign ad
ATLANTA - Herschel Walker’s football coach is going to bat for the former University of Georgia standout’s U.S. Senate campaign. Former University of Georgia football Coach and Athletic Director Vince Dooley endorsed Walker Thursday in a campaign ad released by the...
Georgia unemployment remains at record low
ATLANTA - Unemployment in Georgia held steady last month for a third month in a row at a record low 2.8%, while the number of jobs hit an all-time high, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The state’s unemployment rate for September was well below the...
Record-setting midterms early voting even exceeding presidential early voting
The line outside South Cobb Regional Library in Mableton stretched around the block on the first day of early voting for the Nov. 3 elections in 2020. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - After eclipsing the 2018 midterm elections turnout on the first day of early voting...