Georgia Power Foundation awards grant to Georgia Justice Project
ATLANTA - Georgia Power Co.’s nonprofit foundation announced an investment of $500,000 Wednesday toward helping remove barriers to employment and housing for Georgians with criminal records. The grant, part of a $75 million commitment the foundation made in May toward...
Ossoff unveils plan to install clean-energy projects along interstate highways
LAGRANGE - Undeveloped interstate highway rights of way could be used to house solar panels, broadband projects and electric-vehicle charging stations under legislation being introduced by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. The Sustainable Highways Innovation Act is modeled after...
Kemp appoints new commissioner to state Department of Human Services
ATLANTA - A veteran of the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is stepping up to become the agency’s commissioner. Gerlda Hines, who has been serving as the department’s chief of staff, will take over the lead role July 1, Gov. Brian Kemp announced late...
Kemp appoints committees to allocate federal pandemic aid
Gov. Brian Kemp ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp is turning to a bipartisan group of Georgia lawmakers, state agency heads and other state officials to help determine how to spend $4.8 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds. Kemp named three committees Tuesday to sift...
July 1 bringing in mix of new state laws
ATLANTA - The controversial election bill the Republican-controlled General Assembly passed in March garnered the most publicity by far of anything lawmakers did during this year’s session. But the legislature approved a host of other bills during 40 days under the...
High-speed internet provider, South Georgia EMC unveil broadband project
ATLANTA - A new partnership between a South Georgia utility and an internet services provider will invest $49 million to serve 8,400 customers with high-speed broadband. Irwin EMC and Conexon Connect announced plans Tuesday to deploy a 1,900-mile fiber-to-the-home...
South Georgian found guilty in dog fighting operation
ATLANTA - A federal jury has convicted a South Georgia resident on charges stemming from a dog-fighting operation. Kizzy Solomon, 44, of Camilla, was found guilty last week of 15 counts of aiding and abetting the possession and training of dogs for purposes of...
State Sen. Tyler Harper announces bid for Georgia agriculture commissioner
Tyler Harper ATLANTA - State Sen. Tyler Harper, R-Ocilla, has jumped into the race for Georgia agriculture commissioner, a post incumbent Commissioner Gary Black is vacating to run for the U.S. Senate. Harper, a seventh-generation farmer and South Georgia native, has...