Savannah Harbor dredging project completed
Savannah Harbor ATLANTA - The deepening of Savannah Harbor has been completed seven years after the $1 billion project began, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Wednesday. The harbor has been deepened from 42 feet to 47 feet to accommodate the giant...
Teacher raises highlight Georgia House budget
ATLANTA - Georgia House budget writers Thursday approved Gov. Brian Kemp's record $30.2 billion fiscal 2023 state budget, including the long-awaited second and final installment of a $5,000 teacher pay raise. The spending plan, which takes effect July 1, would...
Competing versions of COAM reform moving through General Assembly
ATLANTA - Legislation making major changes to regulations governing Georgia's coin-operated amusement machines (COAM) industry is back on the table in the General Assembly. But committees in the state House and Senate adopted significantly different versions of COAM...
Georgia unemployment rate drops again in January
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate fell for the 21st consecutive month in January to 3.2%, down slightly from the 3.3% jobless rate posted in December. At the same time, the number of jobs in the Peach State climbed to an...
General Assembly puts final touches on mid-year budget
ATLANTA - The Georgia House and Senate reached agreement Wednesday on a mid-year budget that provides pay raises and bonuses to state and University System of Georgia employees as well as school workers. Budget negotiators added nearly $450 million to the spending...
State poised to temporarily suspend gasoline sales tax
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp and legislative leaders moved Wednesday to temporarily suspend the state sales tax on gasoline amid record-high prices at the pump. Fuel prices that already had increased significantly in recent weeks with inflation have soared since the...
Georgia lawmakers condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine
Flag of Ukraine ATLANTA - The General Assembly weighed in Wednesday on the Russian invasion of Ukraine with condemnation and a determination not to do business with the government that brought on the war. The Georgia Senate unanimously passed legislation prohibiting...
Georgia House approves $1B state income tax cut
Georgia Rep. Shaw Blackmon ATLANTA - The Republican-controlled Georgia House of Representatives passed a $1 billion state income tax cut Wednesday over objections from Democrats that most benefits would go to upper-income taxpayers while some Georgians would pay more....