Pilot projects targeting economy, health care in rural Georgia
Barbara Rivera Holmes, Albany Chamber of Commerce ATLANTA - Efforts to foster economic development and improve health care in rural Georgia are starting to pay off, a panel of business and academic leaders said Monday. A public-private partnership launched last summer...
Georgia election-fraud lawsuit denied, results set for second certification
Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results are set to be certified again after a federal judge in Atlanta dismissed a major lawsuit Monday that sought to overturn the results and declare President Donald Trump the winner.
Loeffler, Warnock square off in U.S. Senate runoff debate; Perdue no-show
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and her Democratic challenger, Rev. Raphael Warnock, squared off on stock trades, police support and election integrity in a debate Sunday night ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff election.
Trump assails Georgia election, urges voters to back Perdue and Loeffler
President Donald Trump ATLANTA - President Donald Trump argued Saturday night why he should be declared the winner of last month’s presidential election while urging his Georgia supporters to re-elect the state’s two Republican senators in next month’s runoffs. In...
Obama, Pence rally in Georgia for U.S. Senate runoffs
Former President Barack Obama rallied online Friday to turn out the vote for Georgia’s two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in the Jan. 5 runoff elections.
Legislative Democrats air complaints over unemployment claims processing
Georgia Rep. Sandra Scott ATLANTA - A group of Georgia House Democrats called on state Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler Friday to open a call center to help process unemployment claims. Members of the House Democratic Caucus Subcommittee on COVID-19 said they have...
Georgia schools, food banks push to feed children amid COVID-19 pandemic
It was a special day when donors dropped off string cheese at the Rincon Library outside Savannah. Luxury items like that weren’t always on the menu at the COVID-19 pandemic’s peak this past summer, when the library-turned-food bank was often serving 90 meals a day to Rincon’s neediest children.
Georgia Senate panel hosts Giuliani as election officials dispute fraud claims
Georgia lawmakers aired claims of 2020 election fraud Thursday afternoon at a hearing that featured President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph Giuliani.