Changing of the guard coming to Emory University
ATLANTA - A former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court will take over as interim president at Emory University to allow the current president to become the school's chancellor. Leah Ward Sears, who served on the high court for 17 years, has been a member of...
PSC hopeful Daniel Blackman tossed from ballot
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Wednesday disqualified state Public Service Commission (PSC) candidate Daniel Blackman from next month's Democratic Primary ballot. In a ruling that upheld a decision an administrative law judge handed down on...
University of West Georgia getting new president
ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted Wednesday to name Christopher “Mike” Johnson as the sole finalist for president of the University of West Georgia (UWG). Johnson, currently serving as chief of staff at the University of Houston, will...
Georgia Supreme Court maintains state restrictions on gun carry for adults under 21
ATLANTA - It will remain illegal for people under 21 to carry a handgun in most public places in Georgia after the state Supreme Court upheld state limits on the right to bear arms. In a unanimous decision issued Wednesday, the high court ruled against Thomas...
Augusta ‘ghost’ tax preparer guilty of filing false returns
ATLANTA - An Augusta woman has pleaded guilty to running a "ghost" tax preparation business out of her home. Kim Brown, 40, faces up to three years in prison on each of two counts of aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of false tax returns, a period of...
PSC staff disputes Georgia Power generating capacity request
ATLANTA - Georgia Power has overestimated how much additional electrical generating capacity it will need to meet the demands of data centers, representatives of the state Public Service Commission's Public Interest Advocacy (PIA) Staff testified Tuesday. But those...
Georgia schools accountability agency gets new leader
ATLANTA - A state agency created two decades ago to hold Georgia public schools accountable for student performance will have a new interim leader. Gov. Brian Kemp's policy director will take over as the interim executive director of the Governor’s Office of Student...
Georgia lawmakers to study chronic student absenteeism
ATLANTA - More students have been skipping school since the COVID-19 pandemic, and Georgia lawmakers are looking into the problem. A leading state Senate Republican announced Tuesday that he is forming a committee on the issue. Sen. John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, will also...