Kemp signs mid-year state budget
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp has signed a $32.5 billion mid-year state budget that includes property tax relief for Georgia homeowners and security grants for every public school in the state. "It delivers on the promises I made last year," Kemp, who won a second term in...
State Senate approves school safety bill
ATLANTA – The state Senate passed legislation Monday that will require Georgia public schools to conduct active-shooter drills by Oct. 1 of each year. Gov. Brian Kemp’s “Safe Schools Act” also creates a school-safety and anti-gang certification for...
Teacher planning periods and literacy popular with state lawmakers; vouchers opposed
ATLANTA – Education bills are getting a mixed reception in the General Assembly this year. Measures to protect teacher's time and amp up the state’s literacy rates have received nearly unanimous approval, while private-school vouchers have drawn fierce...
Georgia tax revenues still going strong for now
ATLANTA - The economic slowdown in Georgia many economists have been predicting for this year hasn't arrived yet. The state Department of Revenue collected more than $2.12 billion in taxes last month, an increase of 8.7% over February of last year, the agency reported...
State unveils new voter information system
ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger launched a new computer system this week designed to improve the tracking of registered voters. The $4 million Georgia Registered Voter Information System (GARViS) will contain more than 12 million voter records,...
Georgia House OKs $32.5B fiscal ’24 state budget
ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a $32.5 billion fiscal 2024 state budget Thursday after a debate over whether to restore full funding to Georgia's HOPE Scholarship program. The budget, which passed 167-1 and now moves to the state...
Burns urges Fulton DA not to ignore case backlog while investigating Trump
ATLANTA - While Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis investigates allegations that then-President Donald Trump interfered with the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, her office also should handle its day-to-day duties, state House Speaker Jon Burns said...
Georgia posts record-high job numbers
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate was flat in January, but job numbers hit an all-time high, state Commissioner of Labor Bruce Thompson reported Thursday. The jobless rate of 3.1% in January was the same as December, three-tenths of a percent lower than January's...