State job’s number hits new all-time high as GDOL hosts virtual job fair
ATLANTA, GA – Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced today that Georgia's August unemployment rate was 2.8 percent for the second consecutive month while...
Post-flood emergency operations winding down in Chattooga County
Schools in Northwest Georgia's Chattooga County returned to class Tuesday for the first time since flooding last week cut off water for thousands of...
Walker, Warnock finally agree on U.S. Senate debate in Savannah
The controversial debate about debates in Georgia's nationally watched U.S. Senate race is over — for now — with both Sen. Raphael Warnock and...
Study finds Georgia electric car charging network is on track to support growth
A nationwide analysis from the Fuels Institute analyzed how many electric car charging stations states are likely to need by 2030 to support the...
Education spending gets election-year attention as Kemp unveils plan to combat learning loss
(GA Recorder) — If he’s re-elected this November, Gov. Brian Kemp said he’ll push for a state budget with $65 million dedicated to fighting...
U.S. Senate Republicans shy away from proposed 15-week national abortion ban
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — U.S. Senate Republicans are skeptical about a 15-week nationwide abortion ban that GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced Tuesday, with some...
Queen Elizabeth II lies in state as crowds pay respects
LONDON (AP) — The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II left Buckingham Palace for the last time Wednesday, borne on a horse-drawn carriage and saluted...
Biden pitches ‘moonshot’ to cut the number of cancer deaths in half
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Hoping to channel the momentum that led scientists to land Americans on the moon more than 50 years ago, President...
New fight opens in Congress over VA policy that sidesteps state abortion bans
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Democrats in the U.S. Senate are confident the Department of Veterans Affairs can implement a new policy that allows its...
GOP balks at White House request for billions for public health, natural disasters, Ukraine
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Republicans in Congress are lukewarm about providing $47 billion in new emergency spending for the ongoing Ukrainian war against Russia’s...
Nikki Haley stumps for Kemp, Walker in first of many big-name visits
(GA Recorder) — Former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley came to Georgia Friday to stump for Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and...
15 people killed on Georgia’s roads over the Labor Day holiday weekend
The Georgia Department of Public Safety says 15 people died in traffic crashes on Georgia's roads over the long Labor Day holiday weekend. Two...