Oconee County ranks tops in Georgia for small businesses
ATLANTA - Oconee County has the highest concentration of small businesses in Georgia, according to a new study from a New York-based financial technology company. The report, compiled by SmartAsset, ranked counties based on the percentage of the county’s total tax...
University System of Georgia holding the line on tuition
The Arch at the University of Georgia ATLANTA - Students at Georgia’s 26 public colleges and universities won’t be hit with a tuition increase this fall for the second year in a row. The University System of Georgia Board of Regents (USG) voted Tuesday to hold the...
Georgia pauses Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines amid blood-clot cases
Georgia has paused distribution of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as part of a nationwide halt after reports of blot clots in six people in the U.S. who had received the shot.
Georgia traffic, internet needs highlighted in Biden infrastructure plan
White House officials highlighted sluggish highway traffic, slow bus travel and spotty rural internet service in Georgia Monday as part of pitch to boost support for President Joe Biden’s $2.3 trillion infrastructure package.
Trade settlement saves 2,600 jobs slated for Georgia electric vehicle battery plants
ATLANTA - Two South Korean electric vehicle battery manufacturers have reached an 11th-hour settlement to a trade dispute that was threatening an estimated 2,600 jobs in Georgia. SK Innovation, which is planning to build a pair of plants in Jackson County, will pay LG...
Georgia tax revenues show modest March increase after February spike
ATLANTA - Tax collections in Georgia rose a modest 3.7% last month, as the state Department of Revenue accelerated the processing of refunds following a delay in February that sent tax revenues soaring. The state brought in nearly $1.9 billion in taxes in March, an...
New state contracting option could ease Talmadge Bridge project
Raising the Talmadge Bridge would ease access to the Port of Savannah. ATLANTA - Transportation planners may be able to use legislation the General Assembly passed recently originally aimed at freight rail to make more room for large cargo ships calling at the Port of...
Sierra Club challenging plan to charge Georgia Power customers for coal ash cleanup
An aerial view of Georgia Power's Plant Scherer (File photo) ATLANTA - The Sierra Club filed an appeal Friday to a court decision upholding Georgia Power Co.’s plan to collect from customers $525 million in coal ash pond closure costs. The state Public Service...