Women share experience with Georgia abortion ban during Senate hearing led by Democrats
ATLANTA -- When Kaycee Maruscsak's baby died before birth, she had to carry the infant's corpse in her womb for more than a week because, she said, doctors refused to remove it for fear of violating Georgia's abortion restrictions. "I should not have had to wait eight...
State awards $26.5 million in transportation grants and loans
ATLANTA - The State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA) awarded a record $26.5 million in Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank (GTIB) loans and grants Tuesday that will help fund 13 transportation projects across the state. This latest round of GTIB awards stems...
Boost in storage helping Port of Savannah weather tariffs
ATLANTA - Increased storage capacity is helping the Port of Savannah offset some of the impacts of the tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. Last month was Savannah's second busiest May on record, exceeded only by May of 2022. Savannah handled 500,900 twenty-foot...
Georgia Republicans, Democrats disagree over bombing Iran
ATLANTA - Georgia politicians are reacting to President Donald Trump's weekend decision to bomb Iranian nuclear sites mostly along party lines. Republicans have rushed to support the president's action, while Democrats criticized Trump for ordering the bombing without...
Seven charged with running online fentanyl, meth market
ATLANTA - Seven Georgians have been indicted in federal court for allegedly conspiring to ship thousands of parcels containing fentanyl and methamphetamine across the country using a dark web vendor account. While the indictment was returned by a federal grand jury in...
After years of trying, environmentalists neutralize a mining threat near Okefenokee
ATLANTA -- The Alabama company that planned to mine titanium dioxide next to the Okefenokee Swamp has agreed to sell its property to an environmental fund, ending -- for now -- a threat to more than 350,000 acres of designated national wilderness that is home to...
State to pay for thousands to get a private K-12 education this year
ATLANTA -- This fall, thousands of Georgia students will attend a private school or study at home, and state government will help them pay for it. Republican lawmakers led a push last year to give families $6,500 a year per student toward private education. Georgia...
Georgia unemployment rate declines slightly
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 3.5%, seven-tenths below the national jobless rate, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. "After holding steady at 3.6% for nearly a year - and recent job growth - we're proving once again that...