Forecasters see full Georgia economic recovery in 2022, but some won’t feel it
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — Next year will be the year Georgia recovers from its nearly two-year COVID-19 slump, according to University of Georgia economic...
Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers to be sentenced Jan. 7
The three white men convicted last month of murdering unarmed Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery outside Brunswick, Ga., nearly two years ago will find out...
Democratic governors press U.S. Senate to act on voting rights legislation
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and 16 other Democratic governors are urging the U.S. Senate to pass two bills that aim to...
Broader jury pool sought for Arbery death hate crimes trial
Attorneys in the upcoming federal hate crimes trial of the three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery want the jury pool to...
Advocacy group pushes tort reform in Georgia
When a Georgia woman didn’t notify her insurance provider about a lawsuit filed against her for hitting a bicyclist with her car, the insurer...
24 charged with forcing migrants into ‘modern-day slavery’
For years, migrant workers who paid for help entering the U.S. ended up forced to perform farm labor for little to no pay, federal...
988 will be the ‘911’ for mental health/addiction crisis calls. Georgia preps for the...
When people think about calling 911 in an emergency, they’re usually thinking about getting help — and fast.
That means call centers need people to...
David Perdue files election lawsuit with recycled, already-disproven claims of fraud
Georgia Republican David Perdue, whose run for governor launched this week has filed a lawsuit that recycles claims of fraud already disproven by investigators...
CDC: 25 states report omicron strain of COVID-19, but delta remains biggest threat
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Twenty-five states including Georgia have identified cases of the new omicron variant of COVID-19, federal public health officials said Friday as...
FDA authorizes COVID-19 pre-exposure prevention for certain individuals
The Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for the first injectable monoclonal antibody medication for pre-exposure prevention of COVID-19 for...
State agency drops plan to limit at-home care for dozens of people with disabilities
State agency officials have abandoned a controversial plan that would have limited at-home nursing care for about 200 people with disabilities, potentially upending life...
Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champ Demaryius Thomas dies at 33
Demaryius Thomas, who earned five straight Pro Bowl honors and a Super Bowl ring during a prolific receiving career spent mostly with the Denver...