Georgia unemployment flat for ninth straight month
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate held steady at 3.1% last month for the ninth consecutive month, three-tenths of a point below the national jobless rate of 3.4%, state Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson reported Thursday. Georgia's labor force increased for the...
Kemp heading to Israel on trade mission
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp will lead an economic development mission to Israel this weekend, the governor's office announced Wednesday. The trip will mark Kemp's second overseas visit since he began his second term in office in January. He addressed the World Economic...
Report: Carbon emissions on the decline in Georgia
ATLANTA - Georgia's carbon emissions are declining despite strong economic and population growth, according to a statewide research initiative begun in 2020 by a multi-university collaboaration. Carbon emissions in the Peach State fell by 5% between 2017 and 2021,...
PSC approves Georgia Power fuel costs recovery rate increase
ATLANTA - The state Public Service Commission (PSC) Tuesday unanimously approved a fuel costs recovery plan submitted by Georgia Power that will increase the average residential customer's bill by $15.90 per month. The rate hike, which takes effect next month, was the...
Regents won’t raise tuition despite budget cut
ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia is holding the line on tuition despite a $66 million budget cut the General Assembly imposed in March. The system's Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a $3.18 billion fiscal 2024 operating budget with no...
Raffensperger launches professional licensing reform effort
ATLANTA - A new commission formed by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to look for ways to reform a business licensing process critics say is hampering workforce development held its first meeting Monday. The GA Works Licensing Commission includes...
Blue Bird workers in Fort Valley vote to unionize
ATLANTA - In a move that contradicts the South's non-union history, about 1,400 workers at Blue Bird Corp.'s Fort Valley school bus manufacturing plant have voted to join the United Steelworkers Union (USW). "We're proud that Blue Bird workers chose to join our...
Maker of EV battery materials coming to Bainbridge
ATLANTA - A manufacturer of materials for the lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles will invest $800 million in a plant in Southwest Georgia that will create more than 400 jobs, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. Chicago-based Anovion Technologies...