Sports leagues, conventions get green light in Georgia amid COVID-19
Gov. Brian Kemp moved late Thursday to ease more social distancing restrictions for businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, including ending capacity limits for restaurants and lifting the shelter-in-place order for many people 65-years and older.
MARTA’s new budget holds the line on fares
MARTA's Buckhead station ATLANTA - Bolstered by federal coronavirus relief funds, MARTA’s governing board adopted a $1.2 billion budget Thursday without raising fares or laying off employees. The transit agency received $298.6 million in federal aid from the CARES Act...
Police violence, prosecutor abuses targeted in Georgia Democratic bill push
Democratic state lawmakers in Georgia unveiled a broad package of criminal justice reform measures Thursday aimed at ending the state’s stand-your-ground law, punishing police officers for racial profiling and creating a group able to discipline district attorneys for abuses of power.
Nonprofit coalition asking Georgia lawmakers to raise taxes, not slash spending
ATLANTA - More than three dozen businesses and nonprofit organizations are calling on Gov. Brian Kemp and the General Assembly to raise more revenue to overcome a looming fiscal 2021 budget shortfall rather than impose deep spending cuts. In a letter released...
Georgia unemployment claims down for fifth week in last six
Georgia Commissioner of Labor Mark Butler ATLANTA - Initial unemployment claims in Georgia declined again last week, as more and more businesses brought back employees laid off to limit the spread of coronavirus. The state Department of Labor processed 135,254 claims...
Ossoff scores victory in Senate Democratic primary
Jon Ossoff ATLANTA - Investigative journalist Jon Ossoff has won Georgia’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary, piling up enough votes to avoid an August runoff. Ossoff declared victory in Tuesday’s primary on Wednesday night after enough ballots had been counted to show...
Less-bad budget cuts pitched for public health, child welfare in Georgia
State officials overseeing mental health, child welfare and elderly services in Georgia at risk of deep budget reductions prompted by the coronavirus pandemic pressed lawmakers Wednesday to ease up on some spending cuts amid less dire tax revenue collections.
U.S. Senate hopefuls Ossoff, Amico demand all votes be counted
Sarah Riggs Amico ATLANTA - Democratic U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Sarah Riggs Amico demanded Wednesday that every vote be counted a day after a primary election marred by confusion over new voting machines and poorly trained poll workers. With about 81% of...