Georgia Department of Labor shifting focus to job openings
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - With first-time unemployment claims continuing to fall and more and more businesses reopening, the Georgia Department of Labor is shifting its focus to helping companies fill job openings. Jobless Georgians filed...
Child tax credits, paid family leave for Georgians pitched in White House plan
The Biden administration is pitching Georgia on a $1.8 trillion plan aimed at helping families cover child-care costs via tax credits, boosting federal funds for college education and creating a national program for paid family leave.
Georgia college athletes set to earn compensation in Kemp-signed bill
Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Thursday allowing student athletes at Georgia colleges, universities and technical colleges to receive compensation for the use of their name, image and likeness.
Bills signed to allow takeaway alcohol at Georgia restaurants, distillery sales
Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation Wednesday allowing restaurants to sell curbside takeaway alcoholic beverages and distillers to sell liquor on their premises in Georgia.
Kemp signs paid parental leave for state workers, teachers
Georgia Rep. Houston Gaines, R-Athens (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - State employees and teachers will be able to take up to three weeks of paid parental leave under legislation Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday. The bill, which sailed through the Georgia...
Georgia Supreme Court returning to in-person sessions
The Nathan Deal Judicial Center in downtown Atlanta houses the Georgia Supreme Court. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme Court will resume conducting oral arguments in person beginning June 9, Chief Justice Harold Melton announced Wednesday. The high...
Candidates launch 2022 campaigns in Georgia against Raffensperger, McBath
More candidates threw their hats in the ring Tuesday to run for top offices in Georgia’s 2022 elections including secretary of state and a suburban Atlanta congressional district.
Kemp signs business bills in Cobb County ceremony
Gov. Brian Kemp signed six bills aimed at spurring business investment during a ceremony May 4 at the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. Photo credit: Thomas Hartwell, Marietta Daily Journal SMYRNA - Gov. Brian Kemp signed a half dozen bills Tuesday aimed at spurring business...