Three-bill package pre-filed in Georgia House deals with annexation disputes
The Georgia Capitol building in Atlanta (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Legislation that would make changes to the municipal annexation process in Georgia, including giving local school systems more input, was prefiled in the General Assembly this week. Three bills...
Winter sports spark new worries for COVID-19 spread in Georgia
Georgia public schools are grappling with how to host indoor winter sports safely as the COVID-19 pandemic flares up across the state and throughout the U.S.
Election recount confirms Biden wins Georgia
A nearly weeklong hand recount of the more-than 5 million ballots cast in Georgia’s presidential election has confirmed a Democratic candidate won the state for the first time since 1992.
Judge halts move by Trump-backed attorney to block election results in Georgia
A federal judge tossed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block the presidential election results in Georgia from being certified in a hearing that pitted attorneys for a firebrand supporter of President Donald Trump against a surprising tag-team of Republican and Democratic defendants.
Georgia unemployment rate drops significantly in October
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 4.5% last month, the lowest since the coronavirus pandemic broke out last March, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Joblessness, which hit a record low of 3.1% before...
Georgia school board moves to wipe out year-end test grades
Year-end standardized tests for Georgia public schools are poised to count for zero this school year after state education officials moved Thursday to lower the weight those scores have on students’ final grades from 20% to 0.01%.
Justice Blackwell leaves Georgia Supreme Court
Former Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith R. Blackwell ATLANTA - Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith R. Blackwell has left the bench to rejoin his former law firm. Blackwell, who retired from the court on Wednesday, will join Atlanta-based Alston & Bird LLP in...
Georgia election recount nears completion with few ballot issues
Election officials in Georgia are poised to wrap up a statewide hand recount of the 2020 presidential election Wednesday night after days of fending off unfounded fraud allegations and wrangling in some counties that located previously uncounted ballots.