Kemp launches campaign for COVID-19 safety awareness
Gov. Brian Kemp’s office has launched a marketing campaign for Georgia businesses to show they are keeping up good social distancing, sanitizing and masking practices amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mask wearing mandate coming to Georgia college campuses
ATLANTA - All University System of Georgia (USG) students, faculty, staff and visitors to the system’s 26 college and university campuses will be required to wear masks starting July 15. USG officials announced the new policy Monday, basing the decision on a recent...
Atlanta mayor tests positive for COVID-19
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced Monday evening she has tested positive for the virus but has not experienced any symptoms.
Kemp issues statewide emergency order amid Atlanta violence
Gov. Brian Kemp placed Georgia under a state of emergency Monday afternoon following a pair of fatal shootings near a burned-down Wendy’s in Atlanta that has been a focal point for recent protests against police brutality and racial injustice.
MARTA launches mask giveaway program
A MARTA employee (right) hands out a free mask Monday at the Five Points Station. ATLANTA - MARTA employees and volunteers began handing out the first of up to 2 million free masks Monday at rail stations and bus stops. The mask giveaway is part of the transit...
COVID-19 lawsuit protections draw praise, concerns in Georgia
A mix of relief, fear and uncertainty has cropped up for business leaders and worker advocates in Georgia eyeing new protections for companies and hospitals against coronavirus-related lawsuits.
Legalized gambling fails to reach finish line again in General Assembly
Legalized gambling legislation fizzled again this year in the General Assembly. ATLANTA - With state tax collections running below expectations even before the coronavirus pandemic hit, supporters of legalized gambling in Georgia were optimistic they could finally...
Georgia unemployment claims down for ninth straight week
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Initial unemployment claims in Georgia declined again last week for the ninth week in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Jobless Georgians filed 117,485 initial unemployment claims during the...