Kemp to add crime to agenda for General Assembly redistricting session
ATLANTA - Georgia’s top elected leaders vowed Monday to make the current spike in violent crime across the state and particularly in Atlanta a top priority. Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday he will add crime to the General Assembly’s agenda for a special session on...
Democrats attack Georgia election law at U.S. Senate hearing
Democrats argued at a U.S. Senate committee hearing in Atlanta Monday that Georgia's new election law restricts opportunities for early voting.(Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Georgia’s new election law is a thinly disguised Republican attempt to reverse GOP losses...
Interstate 16 reopens early at site of damage to bridge overpass
Georgia Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry ATLANTA - Both westbound travel lanes of Interstate 16 in Treutlen County reopened Friday, one day after a bridge over the highway was heavily damaged and two days earlier than expected. As of late Friday...
Georgia DOT planning larger private sector role in toll lanes projects
Lessons learned from the Northwest Corridor project are helping the Georgia DOT plan toll lanes along I-285. Photo credit: Georgia DOT ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation first turned to the private sector to help finance a major road-building project...
Sierra Club ads accuse Southern Co. of dragging feet in phasing out coal
Georgia Power's coal-burning Plant Scherer in Monroe County. ATLANTA - Atlanta-based Southern Co.’s commitment to combating climate change is under fire in an ad campaign launched by the Sierra Club this week. With a six-figure ad buy in the Atlanta market, the...
Georgia’s pre-K program returning to in-person classes
ATLANTA - All 60,000 Georgia preschoolers will be back in the classroom when the 2021-22 term begins later this month. During the coronavirus pandemic, pre-K providers were given the option of offering classes in-person, virtually or through a hybrid of live and...
Damaged bridge forces closure of Interstate 16 in Treutlen County
Georgia Commissioner of Transportation Russell McMurry ATLANTA - It will take at least several days to reopen a stretch of Interstate 16 between Macon and Savannah after a bridge over the highway was hit by a dump truck early Thursday. The incident occurred on Georgia...
Georgia’s jobless rate falls to pandemic low
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 4% last month, the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic began in March of last year and 8.5% below the April 2020 pandemic peak of 12.5%. “We have gained back 76% of the jobs lost...