Kemp vows to fight Biden’s new COVID mandates
Gov. Brian Kemp is vowing to fight President Joe Biden’s newly announced COVID-19 mandates. ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp is vowing to fight President Joe Biden’s newly announced COVID-19 mandates, which now include requiring employers with more than 100 workers to...
Campus protests to demand mask mandate
The Arch at the University of Georgia in Athens ATLANTA - University System of Georgia (USG) students, faculty and staff plan to launch daily protests of the system’s lack of a mask mandate at campuses across the state starting Monday. The plan was announced in an...
University System of Georgia keeping COVID-19 vaccinations, masks voluntary
The University System of Georgia is encouraging but not requiring students and professors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 (Mercedes-Benz Stadium photo) ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia is doing everything it can to prevent the spread of COVID-19 short of...
Grady cancels non-essential procedures as COVID hospitalizations soar
ATLANTA - As COVID hospitalizations soar in Georgia and Democrats and Republicans spar over how to deal with them, the state’s largest hospital system is canceling all non-essential medical procedures and surgeries. In a statement issued Wednesday, Grady Health System...
Georgia tax collections robust in August
ATLANTA - The economic impact of the surging delta variant of COVID-19 has yet to be felt in Georgia. Tax collections in the Peach State rose by 12.7% last month compared to August of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported Wednesday. Revenues are up 6.2%...
Georgia airports facing significant funding deficit
ATLANTA - Georgia airports need $1.3 billion for projects including runway extensions and terminal improvements, Carol Comer, director of the state Department of Transportation’s Intermodal Division, said Wednesday. That need translates to $411 million a year for...
Update: Kemp responds to Democrats’ call for action over rising hospitalizations
Coronavirus has sickened hundreds of thousands people and killed thousands more in Georgia. (Image: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ATLANTA - Two of Georgia’s senior congressmen are urging Gov. Brian Kemp to take action in the wake of a surge in COVID...
Trump returns to Georgia for first time since Senate runoffs
Former President Donald Trump will headline a Sept. 25 rally in Perry, his first appearance in the Peach State since the U.S. Senate runoff elections back in January.The Save America rally will be held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 2...