Georgia mental health advocates release platform to improve access to care
Georgia Rep. Sharon Cooper ATLANTA - A coalition of mental health and substance abuse organizations is pushing for Georgia to do something about the state’s dismal status as 51st in the nation in access to mental health care. The Georgia Mental Health Policy...
Nathan Deal endorses Gary Black for U.S. Senate
Gary Black ATLANTA - Former Gov. Nathan Deal endorsed Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black Monday for the U.S. Senate. “I’ve known Gary for over 20 years. We worked together for the entire time that I was governor,” said Deal, who served as Georgia’s chief...
Former state lawmaker running for 6th Congressional District seat
Meagan Hanson ATLANTA - Former state Rep. Meagan Hanson is running for Congress in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District in Atlanta’s northern suburbs. Hanson, a Republican from Sandy Springs, served one term in the Georgia House of Representatives before losing her...
Georgia environmental agency gives OK to Spaceport Camden
ATLANTA - The state of Georgia has given the green light to plans to build a commercial spaceport in southeastern Georgia. In a letter dated Thursday, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) agreed with officials from Camden County that no insurmountable...
Solar rooftop installers warn looming cap threatens industry in Georgia
ATLANTA - Six years ago, the General Assembly passed legislation allowing Georgia property owners to use third-party financing to install rooftop solar panels at their homes and businesses. Now, representatives of solar installers and their environmentalist allies are...
Kemp reelection campaign off to record fundraising start
Gov. Brian Kemp (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp is sitting on a record campaign war chest for this early stage of his reelection bid with no declared Democratic challenger and a Republican primary opponent considered a heavy underdog. Kemp had raised...
High concentration of Georgia jobless claims not involving layoffs slowing benefits processing
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - The processing of first-time unemployment claims in Georgia is being slowed down because the vast majority do not involve layoffs, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Only 10% of May’s 74,783 initial...
Expanded federal child tax credit to kick in next week
President Joe Biden is pushing to extend an expansion of the federal child tax credit through 2025. (Official Biden Twitter video) ATLANTA - The expanded federal child tax credit Congress passed this year is expected to lift nearly 700,000 Georgia children out of...