Emory Healthcare postpones some elective surgeries due to bed shortage
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 surge around Georgia, Emory Healthcare postponed some elective surgeries this week due to a shortage of beds and continues to...
Supreme Court eviction ban rejection increases pressure to dole out rental aid
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s rejection of the Biden administration’s last-ditch effort to extend a federal ban on evictions has put...
DPH calls on Georgians to reduce strain on emergency services
The Georgia Department of Public Health is calling on Georgians to help reduce the strain on the state's emergency health services amid the current...
Georgia behavioral health services strained by budget woes, pandemic fallout
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — Officials with the state Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities say the agency is feeling the squeeze as more...
Tallulah Falls School shifts to online learning due to rise in COVID
Tallulah Falls School is among the latest Georgia schools to pause in-person learning as COVID cases continue to rise. The private school in north Habersham...
Covid data disappearing in Georgia, other states despite latest surge
Two state government websites in Georgia recently stopped posting updates on Covid-19 cases in prisons and long-term care facilities, just as the dangerous delta...
Georgians struggle to secure rent aid as end of federal eviction ban looms
(GA Recorder) — A nationwide eviction moratorium is again hanging on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling as the Biden administration requests that the latest...
Suit backed by Georgia lawmaker challenges state’s ballot barcode system
(GA Recorder) — A self-described voting watchdog organization and a Republican state legislator who represents a suburban Atlanta district are suing to prevent the...
Dems call on Kemp to lead fight against COVID as Guard troops deployed
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — The governor has called in the Georgia National Guard to help hospitals as they continue to swell again with COVID-19...
House passes voting rights bill named for John Lewis but Senate approval unlikely
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The U.S. House on Tuesday passed, 219-212, along party lines a bill to reinstate a core section of the Voting...
Herschel Walker bulls way into Republican field challenging Warnock
(GA Recorder) — Herschel Walker, the University of Georgia football star-turned Donald Trump ally, has launched a campaign to be Georgia’s next Republican U.S....
Kemp deploys National Guard to fight COVID surge
ATLANTA - As COVID cases and hospitalizations continue to rise, Gov. Brian Kemp deployed the Georgia National Guard Tuesday to hospitals across the state.
Kemp...