CVS bringing time-delay safes to Georgia pharmacies to curb opioid theft
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr (right) addresses news conference on a new anti-opioid initiative by CVS. The company's Tom Moriarty is on the left. (Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell - Marietta Daily Journal MARIETTA - One of the nation’s leading drug store chains is...
Pandemic-driven judicial emergency coming to an end in Georgia
ATLANTA - In another sign that the coronavirus pandemic is waning, Georgia Chief Justice Harold Melton announced Friday the statewide judicial emergency he first declared in March of last year is about to end. Following a meeting with members of the state’s Judicial...
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black running for U.S. Senate
Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black ATLANTA - U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., has drawn the most well-known Republican challenger to date to his looming reelection bid next year. Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Gary Black entered the 2022 Senate race...
New ‘leadership committees’ promise to change political landscape in Georgia
ATLANTA - Candidates for state offices next year will have a lot more cash at their disposal thanks to a law that promises to fundamentally alter the nature of campaigning in Georgia. The new law, which takes effect July 1, authorizes the creation of “leadership...
Feds order Georgia to revise health insurance waiver application
The Biden administration is sending a key component of Gov. Brian Kemp’s health-insurance reform plan back to the drawing board. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is directing the state to revisit the data supporting a waiver Georgia is seeking...
State Sen. Bruce Thompson enters race for labor commissioner
State Sen. Bruce Thompson ATLANTA - State Sen. Bruce Thompson launched a campaign for Georgia commissioner of labor Friday with an attack on the leadership of incumbent Commissioner Mark Butler. “The Department of Labor has been completely mismanaged and has failed...
Georgia outdoing comparably-sized states in distributing unemployment benefits
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor is continuing to score higher than comparable states in timely delivery of unemployment benefits despite a barrage of complaints from recipients of long delays. The Peach State ranks...
Georgia Board of Education targets teaching of ‘critical race theory’
ATLANTA - The state Board of Education voted Thursday to essentially endorse Gov. Brian Kemp’s opposition to teaching “critical race theory” in Georgia schools, despite criticism it would muzzle open discussion of America’s history of racism. A resolution board...