State Election Board grappling with mass voter challenges
ATLANTA - Georgia counties are systematically denying mass voter challenges brought by citizen activists instead of investigating them as the law requires, State Election Board Executive Director Mike Coan said Tuesday. The Republican-controlled board instructed Coan...
Georgia high school Class of 2024 posts record graduation rate
ATLANTA - Georgia's high-school seniors posted a record graduation rate of 85.4% this year, up from 84.4% in 2023, the state Department of Education reported Tuesday. The statewide graduation rate has increased by 18 percentage points since the state began using the...
Georgia Supreme Court reinstates abortion ban
ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court Monday reinstated Georgia's six-week abortion ban while the state appeals last week's Fulton County Superior Court decision declaring the law unconstitutional. Judge Robert McBurney ruled the Living Infants and Equality (LIFE) Act...
GEORGIA MATCH direct college admissions program entering second year
ATLANTA - More than 137,000 Georgia high school seniors will receive a personalized direct college admissions letter this month, as the GEORGIA MATCH program begins its second year. Each letter will list the public colleges and universities in Georgia that are holding...
Georgia election offices recovering from Helene
ATLANTA - Hurricane Helene isn't going to get in the way of preparations for the Nov. 5 election, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Monday. "We may have to move a few voting locations," Raffensperger told reporters during a news conference at the...
Preservationists worried over proposed land exchanges on Cumberland Island
ATLANTA - The National Park Service (NPS) is proposing four land exchanges at the Cumberland Island National Seashore the agency says would protect important parcels now privately owned from development. But the lack of details surrounding the plan currently available...
Southeastern senators urge passage of disaster relief for Helene victims
ATLANTA - Georgia's two U.S. senators have joined colleagues in five other Southeastern states ravaged by Hurricane Helene to ask for quick passage of a federal disaster relief package. Congress went into recess last week after passing a stopgap federal funding bill...
Georgia ports back in business after strike settlement
ATLANTA - The ports of Savannah and Brunswick reopened Friday after the union representing striking dockworkers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts reached a tentative agreement with the U.S. Maritime Alliance. The settlement deal between the alliance, which represents...