Port of Brunswick lands $14.6 million federal grant
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg ATLANTA - The Port of Brunswick is receiving a $14.6 million grant to add a fourth roll-on/roll-off vessel berth at the Colonel’s Island Terminal, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Thursday. ...
Politics, pandemic dominate Georgia news headlines in 2021
ATLANTA - From upset victories by Democrats in two U.S. Senate runoffs in January to the December launch of a rare primary challenge of a sitting governor, politics dominated Georgia’s news landscape in 2021. Only the ups and downs of the coronavirus pandemic...
Study: Medicaid dominated federal grants to Georgia early in pandemic
ATLANTA - Medicaid accounted for the largest share of federal grant funding to Georgia during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, with COVID-19 aid a close second, according to a new study. The report from The Pew Charitable Trusts found that 37% of the...
Georgia man pleads guilty to running nationwide tax fraud scheme
ATLANTA - A Georgia man pleaded guilty Wednesday to promoting a tax fraud scheme to more than 200 participants in 19 states. Iran V. Backstrom, also known as Shariyf Noble, of Milledgeville also pleaded guilty to helping others prepare and file false tax returns for...
Judge dismisses indictment of Trey Kelley in fatal hit-and-run crash
Georgia Rep. Trey Kelley ATLANTA - A judge has dismissed an indictment charging Georgia Rep. Trey Kelley, R-Cedartown, in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash in 2019. Kelley was charged with reckless conduct, a misdemeanor, for failing to call law enforcement...
Temporary restraining order blocks Spaceport Camden for now
ATLANTA - Opponents of a planned commercial spaceport in Camden County will get a chance after the holidays to make their case. A judge in Glynn County granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday blocking Camden County from buying the 4,000-acre tract intended as...
Kemp takes aim at another federal vaccine mandate
Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium hosted a mass COVID-19 vaccine site this year.. (Mercedes-Benz Stadium photo) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr are challenging a fourth Biden administration mandate related to the coronavirus pandemic. A...
Georgia growth outstrips most states in slow-growing nation
ATLANTA - While only four states have grown more than Georgia since the release of the 2020 U.S. Census, the Peach State’s population increase came as the nation’s population grew at the slowest rate since its founding. Georgia gained 73,766 residents between July...