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State launches website for new school vouchers program

ATLANTA - The state is laying the groundwork for a private-school vouchers program by launching a website with details on the initiative. The new site, mygeorgiapromise.org, includes information on the Georgia Promise Scholarship, which the Republican-controlled...

State medical cannabis registry reaches 25,000

ATLANTA - Georgia's medical cannabis program has hit an important milestone. Enrollment in the registry of patients eligible to receive the drug hit 25,000 during the weekend. That growth means the Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, the state agency that...

Trump taps Doug Collins for Veterans’ Affairs post

ATLANTA - President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, Trump announced on social media Thursday. "Doug is a veteran himself, who currently serves our nation as a chaplain in the...

Georgia ports report busy October following strike

ATLANTA - The Georgia Ports Authority experienced its third busiest October on record, handling 494,261 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs), the agency reported Thursday. That number fell short only of October 2021 and October 2022, when more than half a...