Primary, secondary ticket sellers at odds over state legislation
ATLANTA - A four-hour Georgia House committee hearing Monday pitted primary sellers of tickets to concerts and sporting events against secondary sellers. Legislation introduced in the House this year would remove restrictions in current state law that prohibit ticket...
Kemp asking Georgia lawmakers to back another Savannah Harbor deepening
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp urged members of Georgia's congressional delegation Monday to support a request by the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) for a study of the economic and environmental impacts of another deepening of Savannah Harbor. The $1 billion Savannah Harbor...
Ossoff probe reveals children missing from state custody
ATLANTA - Nearly 1,800 children in the custody of the state of Georgia were reported missing between 2018 and last year, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff revealed Friday. Ossoff, D-Ga., obtained those numbers from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as part of...
Georgia Power seeking more energy generating capacity
ATLANTA - Georgia Power usually asks state energy regulators every three years to approve the utility's latest plan outlining the mix of energy sources it intends to rely on for power generation during the next two decades. But what the Atlanta-based utility describes...
Crime, economy top concerns for metro Atlanta residents
ATLANTA - Crime and the economy are the most pressing concerns for the Atlanta region, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) reported in an annual survey released Friday. Crime topped the 2023 Metro Atlanta Speaks survey, with 27% of respondents identifying it as the...
State licenses first pharmacies to sell cannabis oil to patients
ATLANTA - Georgia has become the first state in the nation to license pharmacies to sell low-THC cannabis oil to eligible patents. The state Department of Community Health announced on its website Thursday that the Georgia Board of Pharmacy has approved the sale of...
Federal judge tosses Georgia redistricting maps; Kemp calls special session
A federal judge Thursday rejected this congressional map Georgia Republicans drew in 2021. ATLANTA - A federal judge Thursday rejected both the congressional and legislative redistricting maps Georgia's Republican-controlled General Assembly drew two years ago and...
Rural Georgians suffering disproportionately from mental health issues
ATLANTA - Most calls from Georgians to a national mental health crisis hotline launched last year have come from rural areas of the state, particularly counties in South Georgia, a state mental health official said Thursday. The comparatively large volume of calls...