Biden travels to New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia for 9/11 observances
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — To honor the nearly 3,000 Americans who died 20 years ago on 9/11, President Joe Biden is visiting the sites of the...
New device shortage, high death toll reported as Covid wave continues
Since it hit the United States a year and a half ago, the Covid pandemic has led to several significant shortages in the care...
Kemp vows fight Biden plan to mandate COVID vaccines, tests for U.S. workers
Gov. Brian Kemp quickly vowed to go to court and other Georgia Republicans responded with angry charges of government overreach after President Joe Biden...
Georgia Regents make no COVID policy changes at board meeting
Despite ongoing protests by university staff and calls for changes to COVID-19 policy, the Georgia Board of Regents took no action during its meeting...
Biden lays out plan to mandate vaccines or testing for millions of workers
WASHINGTON — Millions of U.S. government workers, contractors, and healthcare workers will be required to get vaccinated under a new national strategy to combat...
Kemp urged to order elective surgery halt as some Georgia hospitals already hitting pause
(GA Recorder) — Hospitals are once again pausing non-essential procedures as the number of COVID-19 patients in Georgia medical facilities surpasses January’s highs and...
Will state and business crime crackdown efforts undo Georgia’s new justice reforms?
(GA Recorder) — If Gov. Brian Kemp persists with his tough-on-crime plans during an anticipated special session late this fall, powerful business lobbyists with...
House reconciliation package would provide path to citizenship
WASHINGTON DC (GA Recorder) — A provision tucked in the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package would direct Congress to chart a path for citizenship for...
Georgia jobless rate near pre-pandemic lows but COVID surge complicates outlook
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — Georgia’s unemployment rate has steadily improved toward pre-pandemic levels — July’s unemployment rate was 3.7%, according to the Bureau of...
‘Grim milestone’: State’s confirmed pandemic deaths reach 20,000
The number of confirmed Covid deaths in Georgia has now surpassed 20,000, state officials said Friday.
In addition, there are more than 3,000 “probable’’ deaths...
Georgia election officials prep for new voting law’s impact
(GPB) — It would be easy to lose track of all the changes to Georgia’s voting rules made by the 98-page Senate Bill 202,...
Feds expand Pell Grant program for prisoners working on college degrees
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) —Prison inmates in Georgia and around the U.S. are getting the chance to do something that was almost unheard of a...