Georgia’s new voucher program is starting, with lower demand than expected
ATLANTA -- Thousands of Georgians will soon be spending money from the state's new subsidy for private K-12 education, as the first quarterly payouts appear in "promise scholarship" accounts. More than 15,000 students applied for one of the $6,500 annual subsidies,...
Synovus, Pinnacle Financial Partners to merge
ATLANTA - Columbus-based Synovus Financial Corp. and Pinnacle Financial Partners, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., have announced a planned merger, an $8.6 billion deal that will create the highest-return regional bank in the Southeast. Under an agreement announced...
Republican contender suspends U.S. Senate race
ATLANTA -- The field in the next election for U.S. Senate in Georgia just shrank. John King, one of the two Republicans who declared his candidacy to unseat Democratic incumbent John Ossoff next year, has suspended his campaign. "Right now it’s clear there’s little...
New Georgia Senate panel to take up abolishing state income tax
ATLANTA - The state Senate is about to begin laying the groundwork for making Georgia the 10th state with no income tax. Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, who chairs the budget-writing Senate Appropriations Committee, announced plans Thursday for a series of hearings a...
Pilgrim’s to build food plant in Northwest Georgia
ATLANTA - A leading food company will build a plant to produce prepared foods in Northwest Georgia, a $400 million investment expected to create more than 630 jobs when at full capacity, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday. The new Pilgrim's plant will be located in...
Partnership between Georgia technical colleges, university system targets nursing students
ATLANTA - Nursing students graduating with an associate's degree from Georgia technical colleges will be allowed to transfer directly into participating four-year public colleges and universities under an agreement between the technical college and university systems....
Three weeks later, Trump administration gives Georgia its afterschool money
ATLANTA -- Federal dollars that Georgia has been counting on to cover afterschool program costs have been disbursed. The administration of President Donald Trump was expected to release funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program July 1 but...
Study: Medicaid cuts could shutter 37 Georgia nursing homes
ATLANTA - Cuts to Medicaid contained in President Donald Trump's new budget bill put 37 Georgia nursing homes at risk of closing, according to a study released by Brown University's School of Public Health. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that the...