Kemp fills out roster of legislative floor leaders
Gov. Brian Kemp (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp Thursday named four returning members of the Georgia House of Representatives and three new state senators to his roster of floor leaders for the 2021-2022 General Assembly term. Republican Reps. Bert...
Federal unemployment benefits to jobless Georgians to continue
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Eligible Georgians will continue to receive the $300 weekly unemployment checks Congress approved last week without a lapse, even though President Donald Trump signed the bill a day after the program’s Dec. 26...
New year brings new laws to Georgia
ATLANTA - Legislation the General Assembly passed this year covering a wide range of subjects from health care to law enforcement to Georgia’s foster care system will take effect with the new year. Here is a summary of key bills that will take effect Jan. 1: House...
COVID-19 vaccines headed for Georgians 65-years and up, first responders
COVID-19 vaccines are set to roll out for Georgians ages 65-years and older, police officers and firefighters in the coming weeks as hospitals, health clinics and nursing homes continue divvying up a limited supply of early doses, Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday.
Kemp pushes back at criticism from Trump over election
Gov. Brian Kemp ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp said Wednesday he’s focused on Georgia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic and next week’s runoffs for the state’s two U.S. Senate seats, calling everything else a “distraction.” Kemp was responding to criticism leveled by...
Georgia’s new nexus degree program yields first graduates
Madeline Ramos ATLANTA - Madeline Ramos and Louis Sanville made history this month when they became the University System of Georgia’s first nexus degree graduates. Ramos and Sanville completed the 60 credit hours required to graduate from Columbus State University...
Mail-in ballot signature audit for Cobb County finds no fraud: GBI
Georgia investigators found no evidence of fraud in an audit of more than 15,000 absentee ballots in Cobb County stemming from a probe Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger launched earlier this month.
Academic studies differ on impact of Trump tax cuts
John Goodman ATLANTA - The tax cuts President Donald Trump steered through Congress in 2017 will save the average Georgia household more than $39,000 over their lifetime, a new study has found. But according to another broader study of tax cuts in multiple countries...