Georgia House Republicans elect Matt Hatchett majority whip
Georgia Rep. Matt Hatchett ATLANTA - Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives Friday elected Rep. Matt Hatchett, R-Dublin, to serve as majority whip. Hatchett, an ally of House Speaker David Ralston, defeated Rep. Barry Fleming, R-Harlem, during a meeting...
Kemp launches effort to boost Georgia’s electric mobility industry
ATLANTA - Kia Motors America, which operates an assembly plant in Troup County producing 340,000 vehicles a year, recently dropped “Motors” from its name and is now known simply as “Kia America.” The reason? The Korean automaker’s $25 billion plan to transition to...
Feds sign off on final portion of pandemic relief for Georgia schools
ATLANTA – Georgia schools are about to receive the final $1.4 billion installment of $4.2 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds the state Department of Education was allocated through legislation Congress passed in March. The U.S. Department of Education...
Ralston opts not to seek U.S. Senate seat
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston ATLANTA - Georgia House Speaker David Ralston has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate next year. Ralston, R-Blue Ridge, had been considering seeking the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock but has...
Initial unemployment claims in Georgia hit pandemic low
ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims fell in Georgia last week, running counter to an increase at the national level. Jobless Georgians filed 12,605 initial claims last week, down 1,870 from the previous week and the lowest weekly total since the coronavirus...
Panel: Overcoming vaccine hesitancy key to getting past COVID-19
Coronavirus (Image: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ATLANTA - Georgia and other states with low COVID-19 vaccination rates are in a race against time with fast-replicating variants of the virus, a faculty member at the Morehouse School of Medicine said...
Duncan proposes tax credit to raise money for law enforcement
Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan called on the General Assembly Thursday to create a $250 million state tax credit aimed at reducing crime statewide. The Law Enforcement Strategic Support (LESS Crime) Act will be the cornerstone of Duncan’s 2022...
Bryan Miller, Zell’s grandson, enters race for lieutenant governor
Bryan Miller ATLANTA - The grandson of the late U.S. Sen. and Gov. Zell Miller is running for lieutenant governor on a platform that includes restoring full funding of the HOPE Scholarship program his grandfather started. Bryan Miller of Watkinsville announced...