Georgia sees slight uptick in unemployment
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate rose slightly last month to 3.3%, up one-tenth of a point from the revised jobless rate of 3.2% the state posted in July, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday. Still, the state's August unemployment rate was...
Ossoff to state: Reject mining near Okefenokee
ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has reiterated his call for the state to reject permits for a planned titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp. "This is a unique natural resource, a blackwater swamp ... a site for recreation, outdoor education, and tourism," Ossoff,...
Georgia film industry generates $4.1 billion in fiscal ’23
ATLANTA - The film industry spent $4.1 billion in Georgia during the last fiscal year, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. That was below the $4.4 billion film and television productions spent in the Peach State during the previous fiscal year but above the $4...
Macon woman pleads guilty in tax fraud scheme
ATLANTA - A Macon woman has pleaded guilty in federal court to creating a false business claiming hundreds of non-existent employees in a tax fraud scheme that netted more than $3.5 million. Lonnise Janelle Andrews, 43, pleaded guilty this week to one count of making...
Georgia sets record for tourist visitors, dollars
ATLANTA - Georgia's tourism industry not only has recovered from COVID-19 but even surpassed pre-pandemic numbers. A record 167.7 million domestic and international visitors traveled to the Peach State during the last calendar year, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday...
COVID-19 rising but well below pandemic levels
ATLANTA - COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths in Georgia are rising but remain well below levels seen during the coronavirus pandemic, State Epidemiologist Dr. Cherie Drenzek said Tuesday. About 17.000 Georgians were hospitalized with the virus during the past week,...
Georgia hospital execs open to CON reform
ATLANTA - Representatives of Georgia hospitals expressed support Tuesday for streamlining the state's certificate of need (CON) process for licensing new health-care facilities and medical services without scrapping the law entirely. The Georgia Hospital Association...
Kemp again suspending gasoline tax collections
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp is suspending the state sales tax on gasoline and other motor fuels for the second time in a year and a half, citing increasing prices at the pump. The latest suspension will take effect at 12 a.m. Wednesday and run until 11:59 p.m. Oct. 12....