Early mail-in vote counting, online request portal OK’d for Nov. 3 election
Absentee ballots can be opened a week earlier than usual ahead of elections in Georgia following emergency steps the State Election Board took Monday to help ease a vote-tally bottleneck amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming Nov. 3 general election.
Senate challenger Ossoff raises nearly $3 million in July
Jon Ossoff ATLANTA - Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jon Ossoff raised $2.9 million last month, the investigative journalist’s campaign reported Tuesday. About $1 million of that money came during a five-day stretch at the end of July immediately after news coverage...
Georgia among 44 states pushing to reimburse elderly victims of coronavirus-related fraud
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and 43 of his colleagues around the country are urging Congress to make elderly victims of fraud eligible for federal assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. The bipartisan group of...
Coronavirus-wary Georgia college students, teachers worried about return to in-person classes
ATLANTA - Students at more than half of the University System of Georgia’s 26 colleges and universities will return to classes next week with one eye on their studies and another on a widening global pandemic. As the number of deaths from coronavirus in Georgia...
Georgia tax revenues increase in July after three months of red ink
ATLANTA - Georgia tax collections rebounded last month after a dismal second quarter, boosted by a delay in the normal income tax filing deadline from mid-April until mid-July. Tax revenues in July increased by $311.8 million over July of last year – or 17% - the...
Georgia Democrats sue to curb long lines on Election Day
The Democratic Party of Georgia filed a lawsuit Thursday to force Georgia election officials to take steps to cut down long lines at voting precincts ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Unemployment claims decline in Georgia amid complaints of slow processing
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - First-time unemployment claims in Georgia fell by 11,053 last week to 73,931, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Still, the nearly 3.4 million initial claims the state agency has processed since March...
COVID-19 liability protections take effect for Georgia hospitals, businesses
Georgia hospitals and businesses are set to gain new liability protections amid the COVID-19 pandemic through legislation Gov. Brian Kemp signed this week.