New poll shows presidential race a tossup in Georgia
ATLANTA - Another poll shows President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden running neck and neck in Georgia. A survey of 782 Georgia voters conducted Aug. 24-25 by Public Policy Polling, a North-Carolina based Democratic polling firm, found Biden holding...
Big-name backers join Loeffler, Collins on campaign trail in U.S. Senate race
Top Republican candidates in Georgia vying to fill former U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson’s term in the U.S. Senate rolled out big-name backers on the campaign trail this week ahead of the Nov. 3 special election.
Georgia tourism industry ravaged by coronavirus showing signs of rebirth
Rashelle Beasley, director of the Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau, models I Love ABY tourism promotion merchandise ATLANTA - When Georgia’s economy ground to a virtual standstill after Gov. Brian Kemp issued a stay-at-home order to discourage the spread...
Georgia launches online absentee ballot request system
ATLANTA - Georgians can request an absentee ballot for the November election by going online to a website Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s office launched Friday. Located at ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov, the website allows users to request that an absentee ballot...
U.S. Marshals rescue 39 missing children in Atlanta, Macon
The U.S. Marshals Service along with state and local agencies have rescued 26 missing children in Georgia at risk of trafficking and abuse over a two-week period this month in Atlanta and Macon, according to an announcement Thursday.
Year-end tests for Georgia K-12 schools still up in the air amid COVID-19
Georgia school officials have adopted changes to reduce the number of year-end tests K-12 students must take, but it remains up in the air whether final assessments will be scrapped entirely this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Initial unemployment claims in Georgia decline for fifth straight week
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Initial unemployment claims in Georgia fell below 100,000 last week for the fifth week in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. For the week ending Aug. 22, 56,768 jobless Georgians filed first-time...
State economic development agency board approves Savannah Convention Center expansion
Savannah Convention Center ATLANTA - Georgia’s economic development agency signed off Wednesday on the first phase of the planned expansion of the Savannah Convention Center. The Department of Economic Development’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to sell $70...