Study predicts Spaceport Camden would boost tourism
ATLANTA - A proposed commercial spaceport on the Georgia coast could attract 4,000 to 5,000 tourists with each satellite launch, according to a new study. Spaceport Camden also would support 38 to 45 permanent tourism industry jobs, the Center for Business Analytics...
20%, 10% or zero: Survey asks how much year-end tests for Georgia schools should count amid COVID-19
A survey is open to solicit feedback from Georgia students, parents, teachers and community members on whether year-end test scores should be nixed, kept the same or cut in half during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia Supreme Court rules in favor of rural Macon County hospital
Georgia Supreme Court Justice Sarah H. Warren ATLANTA – The Georgia Supreme Court Monday overturned a lower-court ruling requiring a hospital in rural Montezuma, Ga., to get the state’s permission to expand its capacity to serve psychiatric/substance abuse patients....
Democratic U.S. Senate candidates in Georgia rally together in Atlanta area
Democratic U.S. Senate contenders in Georgia rallied Saturday to hand out yard signs and push for consolidating the state’s left-leaning voter population ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Loeffler rallies with Tennessee’s Blackburn on abortion, Supreme Court pick
U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., hit the campaign trail Friday to rally with fellow Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee in support of anti-abortion policies and the nominee for an open U.S. Supreme Court seat amid the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia receiving additional federal COVID-19 aid for nursing homes
ATLANTA - Georgia will draw down an additional $113 million in federal coronavirus relief to help nursing homes and other long-term care facilities cope with the pandemic, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Friday. The funding comes to augment more than $36 million the state...
Two constitutional amendments, one statute on statewide ballot
ATLANTA - Georgians heading to the polls next month will decide the fate of two amendments to the state Constitution supporters have been pushing for years. A third ballot question is being pitched as a way to increase Georgia’s stock of affordable housing. Here is a...
Year-end tests poised to count for less in Georgia K-12 schools amid pandemic
State school officials balked Thursday at approving steps that would wipe out the weighted grades for year-end tests amid the COVID-19 pandemic, choosing instead to cut those grade weights in half from their usual amount.