Rural Georgia lagging rest of state in quality-of-life indicators
David Bridges (Photo credit: Albany Herald) ATLANTA - Rural Georgia is suffering from failing schools, inadequate health care and lack of economic opportunity, conditions that make politicians’ boasts the state is No. 1 for doing business ring hollow. That’s the...
Georgia tourism industry getting boost from federal coronavirus relief funds
ATLANTA - Georgia will use $5.8 million in federal coronavirus relief aid to market a tourism industry that suffered losses during the pandemic, Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday. Travel spending, tourism jobs and overall economic impact from tourism have all...
Raffensperger fires back at federal lawsuit over Georgia election law overhaul
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is turning up the heat on the Justice Department over its lawsuit challenging controversial election law changes the General Assembly adopted last March....
Georgia wins another tri-state water wars case
Allatoona Lake ATLANTA - Georgia has scored another victory in the decades-long tri-state water wars with Alabama and Florida. In a decision issued late last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted Georgia’s request for water allocation from Allatoona Lake,...
Gary Black gains Senate endorsement from former Congressman Doug Collins
Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins has endorsed Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black for U.S. Senate. Black, who is seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock next...
Pandemic-driven court backlog blamed for Georgia crime wave
Pete Skandalakis (Photo credit: Newnan Times Herald) ATLANTA - The partial shutdown of the court system in Georgia during the coronavirus pandemic is contributing to the crime wave plaguing Atlanta and other cities, a representative of the state’s prosecutors said...
Georgia joins 20-state lawsuit aimed at transgender rights
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia has joined 19 other Republican-led states in suing the Biden administration over directives allowing transgender workers and students to use bathrooms and locker rooms and join sports teams matching their gender...
Kemp sending more Georgia National Guard troops to COVID-19 fight
Georgia Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey talks about coronavirus testing at a news conference on March 5, 2020. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp committed up to 2,500 Georgia National Guard troops Monday to fighting the surge of COVID-19 cases...