Unemployed Georgians facing cutoff of federal benefits
State lawmakers and labor advocates protest last month outside the Georgia Department of Labor office in Atlanta. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Georgia is about to join 25 other mostly Republican-led states in cutting off supplemental federal unemployment benefits...
Kemp names first Black women to lead state revenue, technology agencies
Robyn Crittenden ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp appointed two Black women Thursday to head Georgia’s revenue and technology agencies, the first to hold those posts in the state’s history. Robyn Crittenden becomes the new commissioner at the state Department of Revenue,...
Initial jobless claims tick upward in Georgia
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims in Georgia increased last week, but state labor officials expect the trend to be short-lived. Jobless Georgians filed 22,524 claims last week, up 284 from the previous week, the state...
U.S. Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
ATLANTA - The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday denied a bid by Georgia and 17 other Republican-led states to overturn the Affordable Care Act. In a 7-2 ruling, the justices declared the two plaintiffs in the case had no legal standing to bring the suit because they could...
Former state DOT workers charged in purchasing cards scam
ATLANTA - Two former Georgia Department of Transportation employees have been indicted on charges of misusing state-issued purchasing cards. Oscar Cooke of Riverdale and Roosevelt Addie of Jonesboro worked as mechanics at the DOT’s District 7 maintenance shop in...
Georgia Power, Georgia Tech dedicate microgrid project
Georgia Power Chairman, President and CEO Chris Womack speaks at a ceremony dedicating a microgrid project at Georgia Tech. ATLANTA - Officials with Georgia Power and Georgia Tech have cut the ribbon on a project that will be used to evaluate how so-called...
Georgia DOT planning more ambitious toll lanes project for Interstate 285
The Northwest Corridor gives drivers the choice of getting out of congested general-purpose lanes. Photo credit: Georgia DOT ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Transportation unveiled a proposal Wednesday to improve the capacity of planned toll lanes along...
Schedule set for redistricting town hall hearings
ATLANTA - The two committees in the General Assembly in charge of drawing new congressional and legislative district lines this year have set the schedule for 10 remaining town hall hearings across Georgia. The House Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment...