Poll finds Georgia Senate runoff races in virtual dead heat
ATLANTA - Georgia’s two U.S. Senate races are too close to call heading into the final three weeks before the Jan. 5 runoffs, according to a new poll from Insider Advantage and Atlanta’s Fox 5. The poll of 500 likely Georgia voters, conducted Monday by telephone,...
Biden stumps for Ossoff, Warnock after clinching Electoral College
President-elect Joe Biden campaigned in Atlanta Tuesday for the state’s two Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate ahead of their runoff elections on Jan. 5.
Georgia PSC adopts two-tiered rates for broadband utility pole attachments
ATLANTA - Georgia utility regulators Tuesday approved an offer by electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) to provide steep discounts to telecom providers that expand broadband service into rural areas of the state unserved by broadband. But a resolution the state...
Chamber of commerce execs call for new COVID-19 economic stimulus
Chris Clark, president and CEO, Georgia Chamber of Commerce ATLANTA - Congress should not adjourn for the holidays without passing a new economic stimulus package to help businesses and their employees affected by the coronavirus pandemic, top state and national...
Signature-match audit ordered for Cobb County absentee ballots
Georgia officials will conduct a signature-match audit of absentee ballot envelopes in Cobb County to promote faith in the election system ahead of next month’s U.S. Senate runoff elections, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced on Monday.
Georgia’s 16 Electoral College votes officially cast for Biden, Harris
Georgia’s members to the Electoral College have cast their 16 votes for a Democratic presidential candidate for the first time in nearly 30 years.
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine rolling out across Georgia this week
ATLANTA - Georgia health-care workers and nursing home residents will start receiving immunizations against COVID-19 this week as the state Department of Public Health gets its first shipments of a vaccine produced by Pfizer. The first shipment of 5,850 doses arrived...
Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit seeking to overturn Georgia presidential results
President Donald Trump lost a major ruling Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit filed by Texas challenging the Nov 3 election results in Georgia. and three other states. (White House video) ATLANTA - The U.S. Supreme Court early Friday evening...