Two-year-old Gang Task Force starting to pay dividends in Georgia
DECATUR - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Gang Task Force took part in 549 gang-related investigations during the fiscal year that ended June 30, up from 343 in fiscal 2020, its first full year in operation. “Two years in, this Gang Task Force certainly has made...
Incumbent Warnock holds early fundraising lead in U.S. Senate race
ATLANTA - Two Republicans challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia say they’re encouraged by their early fundraising results. But with a head start on the two, Warnock sported a much larger campaign war chest through the end of the second quarter...
Georgia senators backing new Medicaid expansion bill
ATLANTA - Georgia’s two U.S. senators are pushing legislation to let Georgia and 11 other states that have not expanded Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act do so through a new “look-alike” federal program. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff...
Transportation agencies pick route for Atlanta-to-Charlotte high-speed rail line
ATLANTA - Federal and Georgia transportation planners are looking to run a high-speed rail line connecting Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., via Athens. The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Georgia Department of Transportation, working with state transportation...
Atlanta fintech company fined for making unauthorized consumer loans
Atlanta-based GreenSky has been fined for making unauthorized loans for home repairs. ATLANTA - An Atlanta-based financial technology company is being fined $2.5 million following a federal investigation into complaints of unauthorized loans. GreenSky Inc. announced...
Democrat Patty Durand enters race for Georgia Public Service Commission seat
Patty Durand ATLANTA - A longtime consumer advocate in the energy industry is running for a seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). Patty Durand, a Democrat from Peachtree Corners, announced Tuesday she will challenge incumbent Republican Commissioner Tim...
Former state ethics commission chair running for Congress
Jake Evans ATLANTA - Cobb County lawyer Jake Evans announced his candidacy Tuesday for Georgia’s 6th Congressional District seat. Evans, a Republican, recently stepped down as chairman of the state ethics commission to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath of...
State finishes fiscal year with big tax revenue haul
ATLANTA - Georgia hauled in $3.2 billion more in taxes during the last fiscal year – a period dominated by a worldwide pandemic – than it brought in during fiscal 2020, Gov. Brian Kemp reported Monday. That represented a 13.5% increase in tax revenues during fiscal...