Georgia 400 toll lanes being delayed by unexpectedly high contractor bid
Georgia 400 ATLANTA - A plan to add toll lanes to Georgia 400 in Fulton and Forsyth counties hit a major roadblock Thursday when the State Transportation Board rejected the only qualifying bid on the project. Board members agreed with the findings of a board committee...
Top state elected officials break ground for new law enforcement headquarters
State troopers helped keep order during protests last summer. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Georgia’s top elected leaders used a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to thank state troopers for their contributions during last summer’s civil unrest and during the more...
Georgia PSC to put off deciding who pays for Plant Vogtle cost overruns
The cooling tower for one of two new nuclear reactors being built at Plant Vogtle looms in the distance. ATLANTA - The state agency that regulates Georgia utilities is no longer going to approve incremental costs associated with the Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion. The...
Kemp sending more hospital staff to fight COVID-19 surge
ATLANTA - Georgia’s health agency will more than double the number of temporary hospital staff to help cope with the current surge in COVID-19 patients, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday. The Department of Community Health (DCH) will commit $125 million in addition to...
Georgia ports keep setting cargo records
Port of Savannah ATLANTA - The beginning of a new fiscal year meant more records at Georgia’s two coastal ports. The Port of Savannah handled 450,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containerized cargo last month, an increase of 25% over July of last year, the...
Coronavirus pandemic causes slight drop in Georgia Milestones test scores
ATLANTA - Georgia elementary and secondary students scored slightly lower on end-of-course tests last spring, a trend state Department of Education (DOE) officials attributed to the disruptions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Also, fewer students took the...
Coal ash pond closure-in-place plans drawing fire
Plant Hammond near Rome was retired in 2019. ATLANTA - The state is moving forward with plans to leave in place coal ash from some of Georgia Power’s closed ash ponds despite objections from neighbors and environmental groups. The Georgia Environmental Protection...
Georgia prevails over Alabama in water wars lawsuit
Lake Lanier ATLANTA - Georgia has won another legal battle in the decades-long tri-state water wars. U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash sided with Georgia this week in a lawsuit the state of Alabama filed challenging Georgia’s use of water from Lake Lanier. The suit...