State to practice severe weather safety drills Wednesday
Georgians can expect severe weather drills on Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. as the state observes Fall Severe Weather Preparedness Day.
The Georgia Emergency Management...
Georgia sues Biden administration in federal court over vaccine mandate
(GA Recorder) — Gov. Brian Kemp, Attorney General Chris Carr, Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and the University System of Georgia’s Board of Regents, along...
COVID-19 shots for kids 5-11 on the way to states after FDA gives green...
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday granted emergency authorization to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5- to 11-year-olds,...
Georgia jobless rate lowest in decades, but workers quitting clouds good news
(GA Recorder) — Fewer Georgians filed initial unemployment insurance claims last month than in the weeks leading up to the pandemic last year, and...
Georgia US senators one step closer to Medicaid win
Georgia’s two Democratic U.S. senators celebrated a small victory after President Joe Biden unveiled a $1.75 trillion spending bill that includes a key provision...
Atlanta TV news anchor Jovita Moore dies at 53 after battle with brain cancer
WSB-TV news anchor Jovita Moore, who inspired tens of thousands of people for her bravery in her cancer fight, has died after a battle...
Viral video, tight community prolong search for impartial jurors in Arbery case
BRUNSWICK (GA Recorder) — The selection of jurors for the trial of three men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery will present a puzzle for...
What’s in — and out — of Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending and climate...
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — President Joe Biden’s sprawling social spending and climate package has been slimmed down into a still-massive $1.75 trillion plan that...
State Election Board OKs rule making online absentee ballot requests harder
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — Requesting an absentee ballot online will no longer be as easy as filling out an electronic form under a change...
Medicare penalties hit U.S. hospitals hard, including in Georgia
Medicare is reducing payments to nearly half of the nation’s hospitals for excessive patient readmissions, including 81 in Georgia, Kaiser Health News reported Thursday.
The...
Understaffed state psychiatric units leave patients in limbo
Many patients dealing with mental health crises are having to wait several days in an ER until a bed becomes available at one of...
Link confirmed between Georgian’s death and aromatherapy spray
CDC testing has confirmed that an aromatherapy spray or one of its ingredients caused melioidosis infections in four people, including a Georgian who died...