Kemp inks new legislative and congressional district maps
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed new legislative and congressional district maps Thursday and immediately was hit with a lawsuit claiming they’re unconstitutional. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU’s Georgia chapter and a Washington, D.C.-based law firm...
Middle, South Georgia law enforcement agencies land federal grants
ATLANTA - The Justice Department has awarded more than $2.2 million in federal grants to support a variety of community safety and criminal justice initiatives in Middle and South Georgia. “These grants are substantial investments toward both necessary and innovative...
Georgia lawmakers looking to beef up rural hospital tax credit
ATLANTA – Heading into the 2022 General Assembly session, a push is on to raise the annual cap on Georgia's rural hospital tax credit from $60 million to $100 million. In 2021, the program reached that cap by August, giving rural lawmakers and advocates for rural...
Kemp commits $100 million to fight newest COVID-19 surge
ATLANTA - Georgia is throwing money and manpower at the latest surge in coronavirus. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday that the state will spend $100 million to put up to 1,000 additional health-care workers on the job battling the spike in COVID-19 cases driven by...
Georgia adds Juneteenth to list of state holidays
ATLANTA - State workers will get a day off to observe Juneteenth for the first time this year, subject to the approval of the General Assembly. A memo Gov. Brian Kemp sent to state agency heads last week lists Juneteenth – marking the freedom of enslaved Americans at...
Georgia COVID-19 cases hit new high
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp ordered up to 2,500 Georgia National Guard troops to prepare for deployment Tuesday as the state set a record high for coronavirus cases, Atlanta’s WGCL-TV reported Tuesday. The state Department of Public Health (DPH) reported 13,670 new...
Oglethorpe County ranks tops in Georgia for small businesses
ATLANTA - Oglethorpe County has the strongest small business presence in Georgia, according to a new study. The report, compiled by the New York City-based financial technology company SmartAsset, ranked counties by the percentage of total tax returns filed by small...
Biden administration nixes Georgia Medicaid waiver over work requirement
Gov. Brian Kemp proposed a Medicaid waiver program in 2019 that includes a work requirement. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - The Biden administration Thursday rejected Georgia’s bid to make a limited expansion of Medicaid subject to a work requirement. The state...