Pleas for transparency, fairness dominate opening redistricting hearing
The Georgia Capitol building in Atlanta (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - The Georgia House and Senate committees in charge of drawing new congressional and legislative district lines this year heard an earful Tuesday from activists calling for fairness in a process...
Georgia landline phone customers to see lower bills
ATLANTA - The diminishing number of Georgians with landline telephones in their homes are about to see a savings on their bills thanks to the sunsetting of a decade-old program. The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce the fee...
New alliance pushing COVID-19 testing for vaccine hesitant
ATLANTA - With COVID-19 vaccinations lagging in Georgia, a newly formed coalition launched an initiative Tuesday to convince unvaccinated Georgians to get tested for the virus. Forty organizations make up ACT Against COVID – the Alliance for Comprehensive Testing –...
Georgia schools committed to resuming in-person classes
ATLANTA - School districts across Georgia are preparing to reopen their classrooms to full-time in-person learning this fall with the help of more than $4 billion in federal funding. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden signed in March...
Georgia lawmakers taking on crime wave
A criminal justice expert says fallout from the deaths of Black men at the hands of white police officers last year has resulted in a reduced police presence on city streets. This protest outside the Georgia Capitol took place last June. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA...
Gainesville inland port lands federal grant
The Appalachian Regional Port near Chatsworth opened in 2017. Photo credit: Georgia Ports Authority ATLANTA - Georgia’s next inland port will be built with the help of a $2 million federal grant. The funding will build road and other infrastructure improvements...
Business group loses preliminary motion in suit over Georgia losing All-Star Game
Truist Park in Cobb County will not be hosting this year's All-Star Game. ATLANTA - A federal judge Thursday denied a bid to force Major League Baseball (MLB) to reverse its decision to pull this year’s All-Star Game out of Georgia in protest of a state law putting...
Initial unemployment claims drop sharply in Georgia
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims in Georgia dropped significantly last week, echoing a national trend that has held for six weeks running. Jobless Georgians filed 22,240 initial claims last week, down 2,382 from the...