Walker wins national law-enforcement group’s endorsement
ALPHARETTA - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Herschel Walker landed an endorsement from a national law-enforcement organization Friday, even as Democrats continued to hammer away at false claims that he worked in law enforcement. The National Border Patrol Council...
Georgia Lottery funding for education hits $25 billion
ATLANTA - The Georgia Lottery Corp. hit a historic milestone this month, as the program’s total funding of education since its inception in 1993 reached $25 billion. There’s a lot of zeroes in there,” Gov. Brian Kemp quipped Thursday as Gretchen Corbin, the lottery...
Georgia Department of Education to offer career training courses to elementary students
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Education (DOE) announced Thursday that it is establishing new Career, Technical and Agricultural Education (CTAE) training courses for the elementary school grades. “These elementary Career, Technical, and Agricultural...
New management company taking over at Stone Mountain next week
STONE MOUNTAIN - The end of an era is coming to Stone Mountain. The Stone Mountain Memorial Association board voted unanimously Thursday to end a three-decade management agreement with Herschend Family Entertainment effective Aug. 1. Herschend had notified the board...
Poll shows Georgia Democrats could win this fall with strong turnout
Photo by Beau Evans ATLANTA - A new poll of battleground states gives Democrats the advantage in both the Georgia governor’s race and the U.S. Senate contest, but only if the party can get its voters to the ballot box. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is leading Democratic...
Georgia’s heartbeat law raises privacy, medical concerns, some advocates say
ATLANTA – Georgia’s abortion law is raising health and privacy concerns among patients and doctors, abortions-rights activists said this week after a federal court upheld the state’s ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. But proponents of the new...
Georgia gun manufacturer defends assault weapons in congressional hearing
ATLANTA - Efforts in Congress to ban the types of assault weapons used in recent mass shootings are aiming at the wrong target, the CEO of a Georgia gun manufacturer said Wednesday. “I believe our nation’s response needs to focus not on a type of gun but on the type...
Study finds low risk of fire from launch failures at Spaceport Camden
ATLANTA - The risk of a fire on Cumberland Island from a launch failure at a proposed commercial spaceport in Camden County is “so low as to not be credible,” according to a new study. ARCTOS, an engineering consultant with more than 60 years of experience in launch...