Georgia unemployment rate declines slightly
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 3.5%, seven-tenths below the national jobless rate, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. "After holding steady at 3.6% for nearly a year - and recent job growth - we're proving once again that...
Rural site development grants going to four Georgia recipients
ATLANTA - Four Georgia communities will receive $7.5 million in grants through a state program designed to foster economic development in rural counties. The OneGeorgia Authority's Rural Site Development Initiative helps communities identify, assess, and develop new...
State awards three grants in latest round of workforce housing program
ATLANTA - Three Georgia communities will receive $6.5 million in grants, the latest round of funding through the Rural Workforce Housing Initiative Gov. Brian Kemp launched more than two years ago. The money will go toward infrastructure improvements needed to service...
Georgia Senate Republicans vote on new leadership amid big shuffle
ATLANTA -- A major shakeup is underway in the leadership of the Georgia Senate, after the Republican caucus elected a new majority leader and tentatively named a new president pro tempore. The two positions rank just below the lieutenant governor, who is elected by...
State DOT completes Hurricane Helene recovery
ATLANTA - It took the Georgia Department of Transportation seven months to finish clearing the massive amounts of debris Hurricane Helene left across a wide swath of the state, an engineer with the agency said Wednesday. The DOT used 2,134 employees in the response to...
Fulton County Jail sergeant charged with civil rights violations
ATLANTA - A Fulton County Jail employee has been indicted in federal court for allegedly using excessive force against prisoners. Sgt. Khadijah Solomon, 47, is accused of repeatedly using tasers on compliant, non-resisting pre-trial detainees on three occasions last...
Federal budget cuts could push millions off healthcare insurance coverage
ATLANTA -- Federal budget cuts aimed at Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act could eventually cost 16 million Americans their health insurance coverage, and Georgia would not be immune from the impact, a health care advocacy group is warning. The state already lags...
Echols easily wins Republican PSC primary; Democrats Waites, Hubbard in runoff
ATLANTA - Republican Tim Echols Tuesday cruised to his party's nomination for another term on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC), which regulates utilities in the Peach State. Echols captured 75.8% of the vote in the PSC's District 2 to just 24.2% for...