Delays for distribution of government food benefits to the hungry
ATLANTA — The one in eight Georgians who rely on the government for food may have to wait for weeks to get their spending allotment on the cards they use to buy groceries. In Georgia, deposits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, normally start...
Democrats take rare statewide election wins
ATLANTA — Two Democrats swept the only statewide elections on Tuesday's ballot, upending total Republican control over the five-member Public Service Commission. The agency, which regulates utilities and sets consumer rates, is expected to play a central role in...
Low-income families that rely on federal government for food still face uncertainty
ATLANTA — People in Georgia who rely on the federal government for food may or may not start receiving money Wednesday, amid head-spinning pronouncements from Washington. An estimated 1.4 million Georgians receive subsidies for groceries through the federal...
Uncertainty still hangs over federal program that feeds the hungry
ATLANTA — Georgia politicians continued to blame each other Monday for the lapse in funding for federal food assistance, amid confusion about the government's reaction to two federal lawsuits. On Friday, judges ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to...
Another special election scheduled for December
ATLANTA — Voters in Clark and Oconee counties will vote Dec. 9 in a special election to replace former state Rep. Marcus Wiedower, R-Watkinsville, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Monday. Raffensperger scheduled the special election for the same...
Courts order federal government to fund food program, but some still preparing for disruptions
ATLANTA — Judges in two federal lawsuits Friday ordered President Donald Trump's administration to continue funding its food assistance program during the government shutdown, but it was unclear how quickly payments would resume to recipients, who had been warned that...
Carr joins other attorneys general in call for crackdown on intoxicating hemp products
ATLANTA — While Georgia lawmakers consider new regulations for intoxicating hemp products, Attorney General Chris Carr is joining most of his peers across the country in a call for a federal law that would sweep the products from all store shelves. Gas stations,...
Political shutdown fight over food stamps comes to Georgia
ATLANTA — The stalemate in Washington could cause gnawing hunger for more than a million Georgians starting Saturday, when federal funding for low-income food subsidies, informally referred to as food stamps, runs out. The administration of President Donald Trump has...