Georgia jobless rate reaches historic low
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate dipped to 3.1% last month, the lowest in the state’s history, the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) reported Thursday. October joblessness in Georgia was well below the national...
Georgia lawmakers hear pitch on vehicle-miles-traveled tax
As electric vehicles sales increase, gasoline tax revenue is expected to decline. ATLANTA - With sales of electric vehicles on the rise, transportation agencies are going to have to find a way to raise tax revenue other than the gasoline tax, a transportation...
New Congressional map released by House, GOP leaders
ATLANTA - Republican lawmakers on Wednesday released a new congressional map that would make one metro Atlanta district more friendly to the GOP while leaving another solidly in Democratic hands. The General Assembly has been meeting in special session for two...
Georgia DOT launches safe driving partnership with nonprofit
Georgia Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation (DOT) is targeting distracted and impaired driving through a partnership with a nonprofit foundation. The DOT is entering a two-year partnership with the Lutzie...
Kemp, Carr sue Biden White House over health care workers’ vaccine mandate
ATLANTA - Georgia filed another lawsuit Tuesday over President Joe Biden’s controversial OVID vaccine mandates, this time for health care workers. Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr are seeking to prevent the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
Lieutenant governor hopeful Butch Miller pushing to repeal Georgia income tax
Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller ATLANTA - Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller pre-filed legislation Monday calling for the repeal of the state income tax. Miller, R-Gainesville, who is running for lieutenant governor, cited the large...
Suspended district attorney pleads guilty to four felony charges
ATLANTA – A suspended Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit district attorney has pleaded guilty to four felony charges. Mark Preston Jones will serve one year in prison and four years on probation, according to the sentence handed down Monday by Superior Court...
Georgia House wraps up legislative redistricting with passage of state Senate map
ATLANTA - The Georgia House of Representatives Monday adopted a new map of state Senate districts drawn by majority Republicans over the objections of minority Democrats. The 96-70 House vote nearly along party lines sent the bill to Gov. Brian Kemp’s desk, ending...