On a warm September afternoon, Mona Scott sat on the front porch while her home baked like an oven. As she ran a frozen water bottle across her forehead and arms, Scott told CNN her air conditioning broke 10 days earlier and had not yet been fixed.
ATLANTA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 23 other state attorneys general in a letter to President Joe Biden warning of legal action if the White House’s proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate is implemented.
ATLANTA - One of Gov. Brian Kemp’s former top staffers is Georgia’s new commissioner of human services.
The share of Americans under the age of 65 without health insurance fell every year between 2010, when the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, and 2016, when President Barack Obama left office. Though the U.S. uninsured rate among Americans younger than 65 has inched up over the years since, it remains well below […]
As Donald Trump returns to Georgia later this month, criminal investigators in the state have been quietly conducting interviews, collecting documents and working to build a line of communication with congressional investigators as they aim to build a case against the former President for hi…
ATLANTA — As part of the State of Georgia’s recognition of National Small Business Week 2021, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday a new position in state government to support and empower Georgia’s small business community.
After nearly two decades of combat, the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan marks the end of the longest war in American history. Since 2001, nearly 2,500 American service members have been killed in the conflict — in addition to tens of thousands of contractors, civilians, Afghan and allied military personnel. The servicemen and servicewomen […]
Reported cases of COVID-19 at the University of Georgia fell sharply for the week of Sept. 6-12, down by two-thirds from the preceding week, according to data released today on the University Health Center’s website, which provides weekly updates to the campus community. The number of reported cases is the lowest in a month, since […]
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(The Center Square) – Georgia's public aerospace programs are understaffed and underresourced, top school officials told a legislative panel Wednesday.
ATLANTA – The president of the Medical Association of Georgia said Wednesday this flu season could be worse than last year’s, and again stressed the importance of getting a COVID-19 vaccine. “COVID-19 is a respiratory infection, so co-infection can bring a much higher risk of mortality,” said Dr. Lisa Perry-Gilkes. “Getting vaccinated is the best […]
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp has announced the HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) Scholarship Program has helped more than 2 million Georgia students pursue post-secondary education in Georgia.
ATLANTA — Almost 60% of all new COVID-19 cases are now in Georgia’s K-12 schools, the state’s top epidemiologist said Tuesday.
ATLANTA — The U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday it has opened a statewide investigation into conditions inside Georgia’s prisons.
ATHENS — Beginning Dec. 1, the University of Georgia will host its first Winter WonderLights show with a Garden of Delights, Candy Cane Lane and Cone Tree Plaza, among other magical features, along a half-mile trail at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia here.
EATONTON — The television in the little girl’s bedroom suddenly comes on in the middle of the night. She stares at the screen that reveals only a snowy picture. Walking over to the TV, she calmly says, “They’re here.” The entire theater screams in fright.
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Agriculture should play a role in the state’s fledgling medical marijuana program, a member of a legislative oversight committee said Monday.
ATLANTA — President Biden’s approval rating in Georgia – nationally regarded as one of several key swing states in the 2022 midterm election and the presidential race in 2024 – is declining, according to a new survey.
Initial tests show that lowland gorillas at Zoo Atlanta have the Covid-19 virus, the zoo said in a media update on its website.
At Virginia Tech last Friday, the packed crowd bounced to "Enter Sandman." At the University of Wisconsin the next day, fans jumped around to "Jump Around."
ATLANTA – The war of words between President Joe Biden and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp over new White House COVID mandates continued Friday afternoon, with Kemp accusing the administration of playing “pandemic politics.”
Pejman Rohani, a professor in the Odum School of Ecology, was recently quoted in a WIRED article about future flu seasons, following the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID pandemic, flu cases and deaths dropped. Experts say this is most likely due to non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), such as mask wearing, handwashing and social distancing. Although less […]
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ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp is vowing to fight President Joe Biden’s newly announced COVID-19 mandates, which now include requiring employers with more than 100 workers to mandate either vaccinations or weekly tests.
ATLANTA – As COVID hospitalizations soar in Georgia and Democrats and Republicans spar over how to deal with them, the state’s largest hospital system is canceling all non-essential medical procedures and surgeries. In a statement issued Wednesday, Grady Health System CEO John Haupert said, “The Labor Day weekend proved to be labor-intensive at Grady. Seriously […]
Tropical Storm Mindy, which formed in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday afternoon, has made landfall over St. Vincent Island in the Florida Panhandle, the National Hurricane Center said.
(The Center Square) – Atlanta is one of the best places to retire, a new report by personal finance website WalletHub shows.
ATLANTA — Attorney General Chris Carr announced Tuesday the indictment of Chattahoochee Circuit District Attorney Mark Preston Jones on charges of two counts of influencing witnesses, two counts of bribery, two counts of violation of oath by public officer, two counts of attempted violation …
ATLANTA — A new study from a Washington, D.C.-based think tank shows a decline in the number of child-care workers in Georgia over the last several years, a decline that has been particularly devastating during the coronavirus pandemic.
(The Center Square) – Georgia's rural leaders said communities continue to face a lack of support from the state as the COVID-19 pandemic deteriorates the qualify of life in rural areas.
ATLANTA — Attorney General Chris Carr has joined 17 states in filing a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court to support the First Amendment rights of Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission. The Mission is seeking Supreme Court review of a recent ruling by the Washington State Supreme Court that denied…
ATLANTA — Attorney General Chris Carr is cautioning Georgians who are planning a move to look out for fake change-of-address websites.
One person is dead and four people were injured in a shooting Saturday night in Warner Robins, Georgia, police said.
The number of confirmed Covid deaths in Georgia has now surpassed 20,000, state officials said Friday.
ATLANTA – Former President Donald Trump has endorsed University of Georgia football great Herschel Walker for the U.S. Senate and state Sen. Burt Jones for lieutenant governor. Trump’s friendship with Walker goes back to 1984, when Walker signed with the United States Football League’s New Jersey Generals, a team Trump owned. Trump urged Walker to […]
ATLANTA – Former President Donald Trump has endorsed University of Georgia football great Herschel Walker for the U.S. Senate and state Sen. Burt Jones for lieutenant governor. Trump’s friendship with Walker goes back to 1984, when Walker signed with the United States Football League’s New Jersey Generals, a team Trump owned. Trump urged Walker to […]
Just one week after his wife was killed in a house fire, a father of four from Buford has died of complications from COVID-19, family members said.
(The Center Square) – Georgia will spend $5.8 million in federal COVID-19 relief to help bolster the state's tourism industry, Gov. Brian Kemp announced this week.
(The Center Square) – Georgia experienced a double-digit increase in personal income growth over the course of a year, reflecting the strongest rise ever in the first quarter, according to a new report.
Former President Donald Trump on Thursday gave Republican former football star Herschel Walker his "Complete and Total Endorsement" in Georgia's US Senate race, praising him as "a friend, a Patriot and an outstanding American who is going to be a GREAT United States Senator."
A Texas woman told police in 2002 that Georgia US Senate candidate Herschel Walker had threatened and stalked her, according to a police report obtained by CNN.
ATLANTA — A Glynn County grand jury indicted former Brunswick District Attorney Jackie Johnson Thursday for misconduct in the investigation of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery last year.
ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is turning up the heat on the Justice Department over its lawsuit challenging controversial election law changes the General Assembly adopted last March.
ATLANTA — Attorney General Chris Carr joined a coalition of 16 states in an effort to stop the Biden administration’s so-called “interim guidance,” which the officials say drastically and intentionally curtails enforcement of immigration laws. The policy halts nearly all deportations and imm…
ATLANTA – Georgia has scored another victory in the decades-long tri-state water wars with Alabama and Florida. In a decision issued late last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted Georgia’s request for water allocation from Allatoona Lake, which supplies Cobb County and the city of Cartersville. The Corps’ decision on the Allatoona Lake […]
ATLANTA — Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins has endorsed Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black for U.S. Senate.
Apple has enlisted eight states in a program that allows people to "seamlessly and securely" add their driver's license or state IDs to their Apple Wallet to use at airport security checkpoints.
ATLANTA — The state has broken its record for COVID patient hospitalizations and has reached 5,880, a Public Health spokeswoman announced.
ATHENS — Researchers at the University of Georgia have provided multifaceted evidence to suggest the likely origins behind the global spread of Salmonella Enteritidis, which has caused recurring outbreaks of the foodborne pandemic linked to poultry products.
ATLANTA — In response to Hurricane Ida making landfall Sunday along the Gulf Coast, Georgia Power is sending approximately 500 company personnel and contract teams to Mississippi to assist its sister company, Mississippi Power, with their restoration efforts. Georgia Power’s restoration work…
(The Center Square) – Georgia has disbursed only $21.3 million of the $989 million in Emergency Rental Assistance program money the state has been allotted from the federal government, officials said.
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp committed up to 2,500 Georgia National Guard troops Monday to fighting the surge of COVID-19 cases across the state.
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