UPDATE: Almost 60% of new Georgia COVID outbreaks are in K-12
Image: Georgia Department of Public Health Almost 60% of all new COVID-19 outbreaks are now in Georgia’s K-12 schools, the state’s top epidemiologist said Tuesday. Cherie Drenzek, state epidemiologist for the Georgia Department of Public Health, said the highly...
Georgia needs to update lead standards, health official says
https://youtu.be/6_P1cRiaMkI ATLANTA - A top state public health official told a House of Representatives study committee on Monday that Georgia should require a full clearance inspection after a lead abatement inspection. Currently, according to Christy Kuriatnyk,...
Georgia Democrats call for mask mandates on college campuses
The Capitol building in Atlanta looms on "crossover" eve on March 12, 2020. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Democrats on the Georgia House Higher Education Committee urged Gov. Brian Kemp Monday to drop his opposition to mask mandates and leave the decision to...
Georgia lawmakers want agriculture department involved in cannabis oil program
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Agriculture should play a role in the state’s fledgling medical marijuana program, a member of a legislative oversight committee said Monday. “This is an agricultural product. We’re an agricultural state,” Georgia Rep. Micah...
Biden’s approval numbers fall in Georgia, new survey shows
President Joe Biden’s approval rating in Georgia – nationally regarded as one of several key swing states in the 2022 midterm election and the presidential race in 2024 – is declining, according to a new survey. A Civiqs survey released last week show 53% of Georgia...
Kemp, Biden double down over COVID mandates
ATLANTA – The war of words between President Joe Biden and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp over new White House COVID mandates continued Friday afternoon, with Kemp accusing the administration of playing “pandemic politics.”“Look, the public already doesn’t trust the federal...
Georgia Democrats pushing bill linking public transit to affordable housing
A passenger disembarks from a MARTA train at the Buckhead Station in Atlanta. ATLANTA - Public transit projects for the first time would receive federal funding based on their connectivity to affordable housing under legislation proposed Friday by several members of...
Georgia farmers finding new market in rural hospitals
ATLANTA - Last week’s meeting of a legislative committee looking for ways to improve rural Georgia’s economy was full of discouraging statistics depicting losses in population, failing schools and inadequate health care. But in the midst of that gloom and doom,...