Georgia joins multi-state challenge to Biden administration repeal of COVID-related immigration policy
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia has joined 19 other mostly Republican-led states in suing the Biden administration over the upcoming termination of a policy that allows border officials to turn away immigrants due to COVID-19. The suit, filed in...
UGA poll finds Trump endorsements could have greatest effect in down-ballot Republican primary races
President Donald Trump rallied for then-Republican U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler ahead of the Senate runoff elections in Dalton, Georgia, on Jan. 4, 2021. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Donald Trump's endorsement doesn't seem to mean much in Georgia's...
Georgia unemployment down, wages up
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate fell to an all-time low of 3.1% last month, creating a tight labor market that drove up wages. The jobless rate in Georgia was five-tenths of a percent lower than the national average for...
Different filing deadlines prompt spike in state tax revenues
ATLANTA - Georgia tax collections soared 45.5% last month compared to March of last year, an anomaly the state Department of Revenue attributed to different tax filing deadlines this year compared to fiscal 2021 and fiscal 2020. The state brought in $2.76 billion in...
Kemp signs Freedom to Farm Act
Gov. Brian Kemp signs the Freedom to Farm Act Wednesday in Musella. ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp traveled to the South Georgia Farm Belt Wednesday to sign three agricultural bills, including legislation making it harder to file nuisance lawsuits against farmers. The...
Leader of three Georgia transportation agencies leaving for private sector
Chris Tomlinson ATLANTA - The head of three state transportation agencies is leaving next month for the private sector. Chris Tomlinson has served as executive director of the State Road and Tollway Authority, the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority and the...
Kemp signs two gun bills
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Tuesday allowing Georgians to carry concealed firearms without a permit. The Georgia Senate's Republican majority passed the bill late last month, voting along party lines. The state House of Representatives followed suit...
Board of Regents holding the line on tuition again
The Arch on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens ATLANTA - All but one of Georgia's public colleges and universities will not be raising tuition for the third year in a row. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday to hold the line...