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- News
- Georgia News
$350 Per Person: Kemp Dedicates $1 Billion for Those on Medicaid, SNAP, TANF
Georgia’s electricity rates lower than national average, but higher than nearly all of its neighbors
How the Foreclosure Rate in Georgia Compares to the Nation
Two Georgia health systems to receive $300M in federal funds
It’s That Time: Student Advisory Council Applications Now Being Accepted
- National News
Study: Remote Learning Meant Younger, Disabled, Minorities, Fell Further Behind
From $39k to $155k, teacher salaries in the U.S. are all over the map
Less demand fuels national gas price drop to below $4 per gallon
Fed study: Ending pandemic unemployment aid connected to ‘substantial rise’ in employment
Report: Labor productivity dropped most since 1948
- Crime & Safety
South Georgia Sheriff Arrested on Sexual Battery Charge
NOAA still expects above-normal Atlantic hurricane season
Impairment, Drugs, & Driving: Study Finds Doctors’ Orders Are Often Ineffective, Ignored by Drivers
Georgia Joins Lawsuit Against Jeweler That Defrauded 46K Servicemembers
Feds: Georgia Woman Used PPP for Breast Augmentation, Liposuction
- Health
Poll: Americans more worried about COVID, less confident in vaccination
Monkeypox outbreak declared national public health emergency
First settlement reached for health-care workers in lawsuit filed over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Public Health Emergency Extension Means Medicaid Eligibility On Hold
Georgia State Research Uses AI for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s, Autism, and More
- Georgia News
- Politics
- Local Gov’t Around GA
Savannah Council Approves Memorandum to Recruit Its Own US Attorney to Prosecute Federal Offenses
Georgia cities such as Atlanta using COVID-19 relief funds to pay retention bonuses
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
Georgia’s Cobb County school system allows employees, not teachers, to carry guns at school
Defund the police? Atlanta Police got more money, not less, after George Floyd’s death
- Georgia Legislature
Heightened Level of Openness for Board of Education Meetings Now Law in Georgia
Georgia Senate committee to examine oversight of local developmental authorities
Georgia commission will examine state’s civics education, make recommendations for improvements
Georgia Senate committees to study growth of electric vehicles statewide and HBCU expansion
Georgia House subcommittee to examine recruiting and retention challenges for state’s workforce
- State Politics
Georgia lawmaker would support more funding for Georgia medical board to bolster inspector ranks
Georgia Joins 22-State Suit Over Interstate Travel & Masks
Decision awaited in lawsuit that could block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law from taking effect
Georgia officials want federal help to pay for electric vehicle infrastructure
Federal appeals court rules that Georgia’s fetal heartbeat bill can take effect
- National Politics
Bipartisan group of lawmakers blast IRS for backlogs, customer service issues
Unclaimed property becomes revenue for some states
U.S. House passes $740 billion green energy, health care package that also expands IRS
Critics: Small businesses in the crosshairs of new IRS auditing ‘army’
Rubio wants Congressional hearings into FBI raid of Trump home
- Local Gov’t Around GA
- Opinions
- Columns
Op-Ed: States embracing tax cuts, but Congress headed in wrong direction
Op-Ed: Celebrate our independence by reflecting on the promise of our republic
Op-Ed: The slippery slope of red flag gun laws
Op-Ed: Student loan forgiveness won’t solve anything
COLUMN: Why Are Local Governments So Quick to Limit Free Speech
- Columns
- Justice & Sunlight
- Courts
National survey: Majority of Americans believe there’s a two-tiered justice system
Kemp Appoints Judge Hamrick to State-wide Business Court
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
Kemp Appoints Hunter to Richmond County State Court
Kemp Announces Appointment to Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit Superior Court
- Law Enforcement
Kemp Appoints Mike Register as New GBI Director
Georgia State Patrol Pins First Female Pilot
Sheriff’s Office Mourning Passing of Deputy Killed Tragically on Duty
Poll: Americans trust armed citizens more than law enforcement to protect them in mass shooting
Patriotic pups: How one 11-year-old’s idea led to a statewide and national movement
- Courts
