Georgia job numbers reach all-time high
ATLANTA - While Georgia’s unemployment rate remained at 2.8% last month, the number of jobs hit another record high in August, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Job numbers increased 15,800 from July to August to more than 4.82 million. The largest...
Former lawmaker confirmed sole judge of Statewide Business Court
ATLANTA - Members of the Georgia House and Senate Judiciary committees confirmed former state Sen. Bill Hamrick Wednesday as sole judge of the Statewide Business Court. In unanimous separate votes, the lawmakers approved Gov. Brian Kemp’s nomination of the Carrollton...
State’s latest rural education grants showcase schools’ innovative ideas
ATLANTA - The Georgia Foundation for Public Education announced the awarding of $10,000 grants Wednesday to seven rural schools and school districts. The latest awards - which will fund projects ranging from virtual reality programming to building a pollinator...
Warnock, Walker agree to debate in Savannah
ATLANTA - After weeks of back-and-forth political posturing, Georgia’s U.S. Senate candidates have agreed to a televised debate. U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet Oct. 14 in Savannah. After the two sides agreed to...
COVID and monkeypox rates starting to decline
ATLANTA - Both COVID and monkeypox rates are starting to decline in Georgia, the state’s chief science officer said Tuesday during an update to the state Board of Public Health. “Last week, we saw a 38% decline in [COVID] cases in Georgia,” said Dr. Cherie Drenzek,...
Senate study committee considers how to beef up Georgia’s cybersecurity
ATLANTA - A committee of state senators met on the Georgia Tech campus Tuesday to learn how the state can boost its cybersecurity. Industry and academic experts described how cyberthreats have evolved over the past decades to the committee chaired by Sen. Jason...
Georgia man pleads guilty in meth-soaked rug case
ATLANTA - A Southwest Georgia man has pleaded guilty to drug charges after federal agents discovered a methamphetamine-soaked rug and packages of crystal methamphetamine at the Atlanta airport. Chad Williamson, 42, of Fitzgerald, pleaded guilty to possession of...
Port of Savannah posts another monthly cargo record
ATLANTA - August was another in a string of busiest months ever at the Port of Savannah. The Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) handled a record 575,513 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container cargo at Savannah last month, up 18.5% from August of last year....