Environmental, community activists seek tighter restrictions on data centers
ATLANTA - Environmental advocates and community activists Tuesday supported a proposal to add data centers to the list of large development projects subject to state review. But they also called for the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) to lower the...
Interim U.S. Attorney named official appointee
ATLANTA -- Georgia has a new U.S. attorney, after the federal judges for the Northern District of Georgia appointed Theodore S. Hertzberg to lead the district office Monday. Hertzberg had been serving as an interim lead after U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi...
Court upholds key provision of state elections overhaul
ATLANTA - A federal judge has upheld a portion of a controversial 2022 Georgia election law dealing with absentee ballots. In a 50-page ruling Monday, U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee declared that the state had a "compelling governmental interest" in restricting the...
State tax collections on the rise in August
ATLANTA - Georgia's net tax collections rose by 3.2% last month compared to August of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported Tuesday. The agency brought in $2.41 billion in tax revenue in August, an increase of nearly $74.1 million over the same month a...
Grieving parents urge self-protection as lawmakers struggle to rein in social media
ATLANTA -- Vincent LaBella did not see signs that his daughter was suffering until the police issued a warrant that allowed him to see the social media activity on her phone. He had noticed that his young teen was glued to the device, but so were her friends. They...
Kemp sending Georgia National Guard troops to join crackdown on D.C. crime
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday that he is sending 316 members of the Georgia National Guard to Washington, D.C., to support President Donald Trump's use of troops to crack down on crime in the nation's capital. The Georgia Guard contingent heading to...
Korea expressing ‘concern and regret’ over detention of workers at Hyundai plant
ATLANTA - Federal law enforcement authorities are defending the detention Thursday of 475 workers at Hyundai's electric vehicle battery plant west of Savannah - most Korean nationals - amid complaints from the South Korean government and Democrats. The U.S. Department...
Many Georgia teachers say they are overworked, underpaid and exposed to violence
ATLANTA -- Educators in Georgia's public schools blame long work hours, low pay and misbehaving and even violent students for teacher shortages that undermine education, says the latest annual workforce survey from the largest teacher association in Georgia....