Fulton grand jury hands Trump fourth indictment
ATLANTA - A Fulton County grand jury indicted former President Donald Trump Monday night, charging the Republican with trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia that saw Joe Biden become the first Democrat to carry the Peach State since 1992....
State senators asked to fix contentious talks over local sales tax money
ATLANTA - The mayor of Tifton asked Georgia lawmakers Monday to fix a system of distributing local sales tax dollars that favors counties at the expense of cities. Under current state law, cities and counties that can't agree on how to allocate local sales tax...
Atlanta man charged with laundering pandemic relief funds
ATLANTA - An Atlanta man has been indicted on federal charges of money laundering and wire fraud in connection with funds allegedly obtained fraudulently through a COVID-19 relief program. Austin Martin Siampwizi, 46, is accused of laundering money procured from...
New Georgia teacher prep rules scrap ‘diversity,’ other ‘woke’ words
ATLANTA - Legal limits on how Georgia teachers can approach potentially divisive subjects are spreading from elementary and secondary school classrooms to university lecture halls. Controversial changes to rules for teacher training the Georgia Professional Standards...
Strong start to fiscal year at Georgia ports
ATLANTA - The Georgia Ports Authority is off to a strong start in the new fiscal year. The ports of Savannah and Brunswick handled 447,590 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in July, the first month of fiscal 2024. That represents a 17% increase over June...
State Health Benefit Plan premiums going up 5%
ATLANTA - State employees, public school teachers and retirees will pay 5% more for health insurance coverage next year on average. The Georgia Board of Community Health approved the premium increase Thursday, only the second in the last six years. The increase, which...
Audit finds more than $105M in unremitted funds at state labor department
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) withheld more than $105 million in penalties and fees accumulated in the last decade rather than turning it over to the state treasury, an internal audit has found. The funds - administrative assessment fees, interest...
State motor fuels taxes behind healthy July revenue report
ATLANTA - State tax collections posted a double-digit increase last month compared to July of last year, mostly driven by gasoline and other motor fuels taxes. Tax receipts in July - the first month of fiscal 2024 - rose by 13.1% over July 2022, the Georgia Department...