State suspending permit applications for titanium mine near Okefenokee Swamp
ATLANTA - The state has suspended consideration of permit requests for a proposed titanium mine near the Okefenokee Swamp after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ordered Twin Pines Minerals to reapply for a federal permit. In a memorandum issued a week...
VA hospital in Atlanta area may be named in honor of Johnny Isakson
ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., and a Republican colleague introduced bipartisan legislation into the Senate Thursday to name the veterans hospital in Decatur after the late Sen. Johnny Isakson. The bill, cosponsored by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., would designate...
Attorney General Carr taps Fulton prosecutor to head state unit targeting gangs
ATLANTA - Fulton County Deputy District Attorney Cara Convery has been hired to lead Georgia’s first statewide Gang Prosecution Unit, Attorney General Chris Carr announced Wednesday. The General Assembly passed legislation this year backed by Gov. Brian Kemp that...
Telecom providers, EMCs renew dispute over broadband in rural Georgia
ATLANTA - Telecom providers are complaining that financial incentives the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) offered them a year and a half ago to expand broadband service into rural Georgia aren’t working. But representatives of the state’s electric membership...
State tax revenues see slight uptick
ATLANTA - Georgia tax collections rose slightly last month compared to May of last year after two consecutive months of soaring revenues caused by a delay in last year’s filing deadline until mid-May. The state Department of Revenue collected almost $2.7 billion last...
Georgia confirms first monkeypox case
Monkeypox rash lesions (photo credit: UK Health Security Agency) An Atlanta man has contracted monkeypox, Nancy Nydam, spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), confirmed this week. The man has a history of international travel. DPH first...
How Georgia plans to spend $600 million in federal funds to support people with disabilities and the elderly
ATLANTA - Georgia will now have until 2025 to spend almost $600 million in federal pandemic relief the state was awarded for services that help people with disabilities and the elderly live at home instead of in institutions. Funds for home- and community-based...
Kemp ad disputes Abrams’ portrayal of Georgia as ‘worst state’ to live
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp’s first TV ad of the general election campaign fires back at Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams for a statement she made last month that Georgia is “the worst state in the country to live.” The 30-second ad, released Tuesday, takes exception...