State budget heavy with spending on education, health care sails through Senate committee
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery ATLANTA - Georgia Senate budget writers put their stamp Monday on Gov. Brian Kemp’s $27.2 billion fiscal 2022 state spending plan. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted unanimously to send the proposed budget...
Bill to block locals from limiting fuel sources in Georgia nears passage
Legislation to block local governments in Georgia from limiting what fuel sources offices, houses and other buildings can use is poised to clear the General Assembly after a key vote on Monday.
Republicans Hice, Belle Isle announce primary challenges to Raffensperger
U.S. Rep. Jody Hice ATLANTA - U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro, and former Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle announced their candidacies for Georgia secretary of state Monday by attacking incumbent Brad Raffensperger’s handling of last year’s elections. Hice, who...
Chief labor officer bill clears legislative committee by a single vote
The pandemic has sparked legislation to add a "chief labor officer" to the Georgia Department of Labor. ATLANTA - A controversial proposal to hire a “chief labor officer” to help handle an unprecedented deluge of unemployment claims brought on by the pandemic squeaked...
Kemp signs bills to cut Georgia income tax, boost foster-care credit
Gov. Brian Kemp signed two bills Monday that will hand Georgians a slight income-tax cut and let foster parents tap into a larger tax credit when adopting children.
Biden, Harris visit Atlanta in wake of spa shootings, COVID-19 relief passage
President Joe Biden swung through Atlanta Friday in his first trip to Georgia since winning the 2020 election to show support for the Asian American community after this week’s mass shootings at local spas and to tout the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 federal relief package.
Plant Vogtle expansion ‘likely’ to miss in-service target date
The cooling tower at Plant Vogtle's Unit 3 stands in the background. ATLANTA - The first of two new nuclear reactors being built at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle likely won’t go into service this November as planned, the Atlanta-based utility announced Friday. The...
Federal COVID-19 relief funds spark debate in General Assembly
ATLANTA - Legislative Democrats and advocates for low-income Georgians say the state should spend its windfall from the latest federal COVID-19 relief bill on making a full economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. But Republican leaders say it’s too soon to...