Regents name new Georgia State University president
M. Brian Blake ATLANTA - The University System Board of Regents Thursday selected a top administrator at Georgia Washington University in the nation’s capital sole finalist for president of Georgia State University. Subject to a final board vote, M. Brian Blake will...
Georgia announces annual bond sale
The Savannah Convention Center expansion is receiving $90 million in state bond funding this year. ATLANTA - The state agency in charge of bond sales Wednesday approved the sale of nearly $1.1 billion in general obligation bonds to finance a variety of building...
Port of Savannah weathered pandemic better than expected
The CMA CGM Marco Polo, the largest ship ever to call at the Port of Savannah, arrived May 26. Photo credit: Savannah Morning News ATLANTA - The Port of Savannah is experiencing strong year-over-year growth despite the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic....
Ossoff moving stock holdings into blind trust
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., is putting his entire stock portfolio into a blind trust, the first-year senator announced Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise. Stock holdings by members of Congress became an issue early last year when...
Filing deadline postponements continue skewing Georgia tax revenues
ATLANTA - Georgia tax collections rose dramatically in May for the second straight month, a trend due not so much to a boost in economic productivity but to changes in the filing schedule. The state Department of Revenue brought in $2.66 billion in tax revenue last...
Feds looking to shut down Georgia tax return preparer
ATLANTA - The Justice Department is seeking to bar a tax return preparer in Wilkinson County from continuing his business. A civil complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia alleges that Shondre D. Pitts of Irwinton has a long history of...
Republican businessman running to succeed Congressman Jody Hice
Mike Collins ATLANTA - A second Republican candidate has entered the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, who is leaving Congress to run for Georgia secretary of state. Mike Collins, a small business owner from Jackson, announced Tuesday that he will...
Georgia redistricting kickoff set for next week
Georgia has had 14 congressional districts for the last decade. ATLANTA - The once-a-decade process of redrawing Georgia’s congressional and legislative district lines is about to begin. The state House and Senate committees in charge of redistricting will hold a...