Fast-moving Helene bearing down on Georgia
ATLANTA - Georgians were bracing Thursday for Hurricane Helene, a massive storm with a wind field spreading out 400 to 500 miles expected to reach South Georgia Thursday night and cut a swath through the rest of the state Friday morning. "This is one of the biggest...
Georgia lands $1.3 billion to expand broadband
ATLANTA - The U.S. Commerce Department Thursday gave initial approval to more than $1.3 billion in federal funding to expand broadband connectivity in Georgia. The money is part of a federal investment of more than $2.9 billion to deploy broadband infrastructure in...
Georgia Supreme Court disqualifies West, De la Cruz from presidential ballot
ATLANTA - Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz will appear on the Nov. 5 ballot in Georgia, but votes for them won't count. That's the result of a Georgia Supreme Court ruling Wednesday disqualifying West and De la Cruz. The expedited decision,...
State Operations Center up and running with Helene headed to Georgia
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp activated the State Operations Center Wednesday in anticipation of the arrival of Hurricane Helene, a day after declaring a state of emergency throughout Georgia. Forecasters expect Helene to make landfall along the eastern part of the...
Lawsuits aimed at State Election Board piling up
ATLANTA - Several Georgia Democrats filed a lawsuit Wednesday to force Gov. Brian Kemp to order a hearing on allegations that three Republican members of the State Election Board (SEB) violated the law. State Sen. Nabilah Islam Parkes of Duluth, Randal Mangham - a...
Alternative siting of solar panels could take pressure off Georgia farmland
ATLANTA - Creative thinking could help offset the growing impact of solar farms in rural Georgia, a state environmental regulator told a state Senate study committee Wednesday at a hearing in Moultrie. Jim Cooley, director of district operations for the Georgia...
Georgia students beat nation again in SAT scores
ATLANTA - For the seventh year in a row, Georgia public-school students outperformed their counterparts in the nation’s public schools on the SAT, the state Department of Education reported Wednesday. Georgia public-school students recorded a mean score of 1030, 35...
Kemp declares state of emergency as Helene approaches
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency in Georgia Tuesday with Tropical Storm Helene expected to make landfall along Florida's Gulf Coast as a Category 3 hurricane Thursday night. The fast-moving storm is expected to travel northeast into Georgia late...