Coronavirus slamming Georgia music industry
Chuck Leavell ATLANTA - Georgia’s music industry has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, music artists and industry professionals said Thursday. The highly contagious virus has forced the cancellation of hundreds of music festivals and tours,...
Poll shows Democrats Biden, Ossoff leading in Georgia
ATLANTA - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has opened up a 7-point lead over President Donald Trump in Georgia, according to a poll released Wednesday, fewer than three weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Biden is leading the incumbent Republican president 51%...
Coronavirus relief funds to rescue Georgia’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund
Gov. Brian Kemp ATLANTA - The federal government is stepping up with $1.5 billion to replenish Georgia’s depleted Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday. The money, which will come through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic...
Georgia expecting record turnouts for both in-person and mail-in voters
The line outside South Cobb Regional Library in Mableton stretched around the block on the first day of early voting for the Nov. 3 elections on Oct. 12, 2020. (Photo by Beau Evans) ATLANTA - Georgians are mailing in absentee ballots and voting early in record numbers...
University System of Georgia’s economic impact growing
The Arch at the University of Georgia ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia (USG) delivered an economic impact of $18.5 billion to the Peach State during fiscal 2019 while generating 157,770 jobs, system Chancellor Steve Wrigley reported this week. That...
Health care, COVID-19 focus of 7th Congressional District debate
Health care, immigration and COVID-19 took center stage at a debate Tuesday between candidates running for Georgia’s hotly contested 7th Congressional District seat ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
McBath, Handel trade blows in 6th Congressional District debate
It was a dogfight from the start in a debate Tuesday between U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Karen Handel ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
PSC debates focus on Plant Vogtle, pandemic-driven suspension of service disconnections
ATLANTA - The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) is holding the line on electric rates by aggressively pursuing renewable and nuclear power while de-emphasizing coal, two Republican commissioners seeking reelection said Tuesday But their Democratic challengers...