COVID, flu up sharply in Georgia
ATLANTA - Cases of COVID-19 and flu have risen sharply in Georgia since the Christmas holidays, State Epidemiologist Dr. Cherie Drenzek reported Tuesday. COVID cases have increased by about 50% since last week, hospitalizations are up 75%, and deaths have risen by...
State tax revenues down in December
ATLANTA - Georgia tax collections declined by 5% last month, down $159.1 million from the $3.21 billion in taxes the state Department of Revenue brought in during December of 2022. Individual income tax receipts were down 3.6%, driven largely by a 114% increase in tax...
Georgia schools getting electric buses through federal grant
ATLANTA - Seven Georgia school districts will receive nearly $60 million in federal funding for new electric and low-emission buses. The Georgia grant is part of $1 billion going to school systems across the country to pay for clean buses. The money comes from the...
State awards second round of grants through new rural housing program
ATLANTA - The state awarded more than $9 million Monday to support more than 400 housing units in four Georgia communities, the second round of grants through a program Gov. Brian Kemp created last year. The Rural Workforce Housing Initiative, which Kemp announced...
General Assembly starts slowly but likely to pick up soon
ATLANTA - The 2024 General Assembly session got off to a slow start under the Gold Dome Monday. With Democratic and Republican leaders already have been chosen last year at the start of the two-year legislative term, there were no leadership elections. Rep. Jon Burns,...
Good problem for General Assembly – what to do with surplus
ATLANTA - The 2024 session of the General Assembly starting Monday is expected to feature renewed debate over issues lawmakers have wrestled with for years, including private school vouchers, legalized gambling, and tort reform. What's different this year is that...
Georgia GOP, Dems gearing up for competitive elections
Former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Democrats and Republicans in Georgia are assembling all the tools they can muster to sway voters in what promises to be a hotly contested election year. On the GOP side, former U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler,...
Raffensperger urges lawmakers to target ‘swatting’
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is calling on the General Assembly to pass legislation increasing penalties for transmitting false alarms amid an outbreak of "swatting" incidents. False reports of criminal activity that send police to the homes...