Lieutenant governor hopeful Butch Miller reports more than $2M in early fundraising
Butch Miller ATLANTA - Georgia Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller has raised more than $2 million in the five weeks since entering next year’s race for lieutenant governor, Miller’s campaign reported Thursday. The fundraising haul for the Republican was...
Purple Innovation to more than double Georgia workforce
ATLANTA - A Utah-based manufacturer of mattresses and pillows that announced a year ago it would build its first East Coast plant in Georgia is expanding that facility. Purple Innovation, best known for creating the Purple Mattress, will create an additional 500 jobs...
Federal judge rejects bid to quash portions of Georgia election law
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - A federal judge Wednesday threw out a challenge to portions of Georgia’s controversial new election law as poorly timed. U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee ruled that with runoff elections for...
Georgia PSC gives green light to Georgia Power solar energy purchases
ATLANTA - Georgia energy regulators have authorized Georgia Power Co. to move forward with plans to buy 970 megawatts of solar power from five other utilities. The state Public Service Commission (PSC) voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of five power-purchasing...
Politics still dominant motivator in Georgia redistricting
ATLANTA - Georgia citizens want new congressional and legislative district maps that are fair, transparent and drawn without regard to politics. One after another, they said so during the first four of 11 public hearings the General Assembly is holding across the...
Dogfighting operators plead guilty, face prison terms
ATLANTA - The operator of an illegal dog-fighting facility broken up in Dodge County three years ago has pleaded guilty in federal court. James Lampkin, 46, of Eastman, is awaiting sentencing after admitting to a charge of conspiracy to violate the Animal Welfare Act,...
Work search requirements about to kick in for unemployed Georgians
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Starting July 4, unemployed Georgians will have to submit evidence they’re looking for work to the state Department of Labor. Reinstatement of the work search requirement comes as Georgia ends its participation in...
Pete Robinson, influential lobbyist and former Georgia lawmaker, dies at 66
ATLANTA - Former Georgia legislator and longtime Gold Dome lobbyist Pete Robinson has died at the age of 66, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported Thursday. Robinson died early Thursday at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he was being treated for bile...