Georgia educators call for more Black male teachers, more career pathways
Georgia Sen. P.K. Martin IV ATLANTA - Georgia schools need to diversify their teaching ranks and offer students more career pathway options, school teachers, administrators and education leaders said Thursday. A state Senate study committee heard testimony from a...
Georgia first-time unemployment claims resume decline
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Initial unemployment claims in Georgia declined last week, resuming a downward trend that began two months ago, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The 43,526 first-time claims filed last week was down...
Georgia joins multi-state settlement over Anthem data breach
ATLANTA - Georgia will receive more than $1.3 million from a multi-state legal settlement with Anthem stemming from a 2014 data breach that compromised the personal information of 78.8 million Americans. In February 2015, Anthem revealed that cyber attackers had...
Georgia launches new hotline to report human trafficking
Georgia officials have launched a new hotline for alerting authorities to instances of human and sex trafficking as part of Gov. Brian Kemp’s crackdown on trafficking cases in the state.
Hundreds of buildings being eyed for possible renaming on Georgia college campuses
An advisory group mulling whether to rename buildings and academic colleges on the University System of Georgia’s 26 campuses has whittled down to a list of 840 buildings and nearly 40 college and university names for further research.
Kemp extends COVID-19 restrictions in Georgia through Oct. 15
Gov. Brian Kemp has extended social distancing and sanitization restrictions for businesses, gatherings and long-term elderly care facilities in Georgia amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
UGA satellite set to launch Thursday
(L-R) Post Doc research scientist David Cotten of the Center for Geospatial Research, Senior computer science and astrophysics major Caleb Adams, Professor of Geography Deepak Mishra, and senior mechanical engineering major Megan Le Corre are working together along...
Georgia joining multi-state effort to stop investment fraud scheme
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia is joining 29 other states in a coordinated crackdown on an alleged fraudulent precious metals scheme that has solicited more than $180 million from seniors and other investors. Attorney General Chris Carr and...