Georgia EMCs, telecom providers float competing rural broadband offers
ATLANTA - Electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) are offering to accelerate the deployment of high-speed internet in rural Georgia through a deep discount to telecom providers for attachments to EMC utility poles. But one of those providers, the Georgia Cable...
Biden speaks in Warm Springs, Atlanta one week before Nov. 3 election
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden rallied in Warm Springs, Ga., Tuesday to deliver a speech focused on unity and healing with one week left before the general election on Nov. 3.
New state wildlife management area to open on Georgia coast
Part of the Cabin Bluff property in Camden County will become a state wildlife management area. (Photo Credit: The Nature Conservancy) ATLANTA - The Georgia Board of Natural Resources voted Tuesday to acquire nearly 8,000 acres of the historic Cabin Bluff property in...
Biden gives endorsements in Georgia’s U.S. Senate races
Two Democratic candidates running for U.S. Senate seats from Georgia gained the backing of presidential nominee Joe Biden on Monday, a day before the former vice president is set to visit the state ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
New Georgia law aims at transparency in health insurance plans
Georgia Rep. Mark Newton ATLANTA - Health-care transparency legislation aimed at filling a gap in Georgia’s new surprise billing law will take effect this Sunday, in time for the annual insurance enrollment period. House Bill 789 will establish a rating system...
Georgia grinds toward Election Day amid long lines, COVID-19 pandemic
With the Nov. 3 elections just around the corner, Georgians are already heading to the polls in record-breaking numbers amid the dual challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the biggest test of the state’s new voting machines.
Initial unemployment claims declining in Georgia
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims in Georgia declined by 9,274 last week to 44,892, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The agency also announced Georgians have received more than $15 billion in...
Georgia ports bouncing back from pandemic
Cargo containers at the Port of Savannah ATLANTA - Georgia’s deep-water ports are recovering quickly after taking some hits during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) said Thursday. The number of twenty-foot...