President Trump courts Black voters in Atlanta
President Donald Trump unveiled a "Platinum Plan" for Black Americans in Cobb County Friday. ATLANTA – Black Americans will recognize President Donald Trump’s historic achievements for the Black community by supporting the Republican’s re-election bid in record...
Ponzi scheme lands Georgia man in prison for five years
ATLANTA - A Georgia man has been sentenced to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for running a Ponzi scheme that ensnared more than 100 victims. Syed Arham Arbab, 23, of Atlanta also was ordered to pay $509,032 in restitution to his...
U.S. Senate race in Georgia intensifies with Supreme Court pick
The race for a hotly contested U.S. Senate seat in Georgia kicked up a notch last week with the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and calls for a Democratic candidate to drop out in favor of the frontrunner.
Georgia joins $60 million legal settlement with C.R. Bard
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia has joined a 48-state legal settlement requiring C.R. Bard Inc. and its parent company to pay $60 million for the deceptive marketing of transvaginal surgical mesh devices. Thousands of women implanted with...
Year-end school tests poised to count ‘essentially zero’ in Georgia amid pandemic
Georgia’s top school official aims to make year-end standardized tests count “essentially zero” toward students’ final grades in the 2020-21 school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Georgia law enforcement officials cite public distrust of police for hurting morale
ATLANTA - Deteriorating public support for law enforcement is driving police officers away from the profession and making it harder to attract new recruits, representatives of state and local police agencies said Thursday. While cops expect criminals to see them in a...
Initial unemployment claims hit uptick in Georgia after weeks of declines
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Jobless Georgians filed 49,421 initial unemployment claims last week, up 7,341 from the previous week, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. First-time claims had been on the decline for seven weeks in a...
Drop boxes for absentee ballots roll out in Georgia ahead of Nov. 3 election
Drop boxes to deposit absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election have been set up by the dozens across Georgia as an option for voters who prefer not to show up in-person at a polling place during the COVID-19 pandemic.