Georgia seeking to postpone limited Medicaid expansion
Georgia Commissioner of Community Health Frank Berry ATLANTA - State health officials are asking the federal government’s permission to delay the implementation date of a limited, Georgia-specific expansion of Medicaid for at least a month. In a letter dated June 24,...
Pay-for-play era about to hit college sports
ATLANTA - The landscape of college sports in Georgia is about to change forever. Legislation taking effect July 1 will let student-athletes at Georgia colleges, universities and technical colleges receive compensation for their name, image and likeness (NIL)....
Feds sue Georgia over new election law
Attorney General Merrick Garland ATLANTA - The Justice Department sued the state of Georgia Friday over passage of an election reform law it claims violates the 1965 Voting Rights Act by intentionally discriminating against Black voters. The Republican-controlled...
Giuliani loses law license over false claims of fraud in Georgia election
Rudy Giuliani urges Georgia Senate members to pick the state's Electoral College electors at a hearing on Dec. 3, 2020. (Georgia Senate video) ATLANTA - New York’s highest court Thursday suspended the law license of Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s...
Controversial unemployment benefits cutoff looming in Georgia
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims in Georgia fell by 1,826 last week, but they’re about to drop much more dramatically as the state cuts off benefits jobless Georgians have been getting during the coronavirus pandemic....
Nuclear Regulatory Commission probe behind another delay at Plant Vogtle
ATLANTA - A new inspection of the nuclear expansion at Plant Vogtle the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the NRC) announced this week could further postpone completion of the long-delayed project. Donald Grace of Critical Technologies Construction, who serves as an...
Toll lane revenues show Georgia traffic getting back to normal
Chris Tomlinson ATLANTA - Traffic is picking up in Georgia as the coronavirus pandemic wanes, and it’s reflected in new revenue projections for the state’s toll lanes. The State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) expects to generate $39.5 million from tolls during the...
Longtime state agency manager named acting University System of Georgia chancellor
Teresa MacCartney ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia Board of Regents Wednesday named state government veteran Teresa MacCartney acting chancellor of the system while the board continues its search for a permanent successor to the retiring Steve Wrigley....