COVID relief helps students, teachers get ready for school days back in class
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — Children across Georgia are counting down the remaining days of summer freedom as they prepare to head back to school for what...
State has paid staffing firm $434 million as pandemic deal continues
Georgia’s tab for providing staffing help to hospitals and nursing homes in the pandemic has grown to $434 million.
The payments have gone to Jackson...
Biden boosts assistance to fight COVID-19 as delta variant surges
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Amid a rise in infections and hospitalizations from the surging delta variant of COVID-19, the Biden administration is boosting money...
Top Georgia leaders pitch plans to tap state treasury to spend on police
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — The sharp uptick in violent crime around Atlanta is prompting state leaders to create new ways to pay for more...
State labor department spends millions to rent career centers closed to public
(GA Recorder) — The Georgia Department of Labor is paying more than $6.6 million a year for 21 career centers that have been closed...
Zell Miller’s grandson launches campaign for lieutenant governor
ATLANTA — The grandson of the late Georgia Governor Zell Miller is running for lieutenant governor. Bryan Miller of Watkinsville announced Thursday he will...
Jury convicts suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck
ATLANTA — A jury today convicted suspended Georgia insurance commissioner Jim Beck of all 37 counts of fraud and money laundering charges against him....
What’s preventing Georgia Medicaid kids getting referrals to care?
Compared with other states, Georgia has a stunningly low rate of referring poor children to specialty services under Medicaid, according to a recently released...
Governor wants lawmakers to take on crime in special session this fall
(GA Recorder) — Gov. Brian Kemp wants lawmakers to take on crime around Atlanta this fall when they meet for a special session.
At a...
Kemp names Verda Colvin to fill Georgia Supreme Court seat
(GA Recorder) — Gov. Brian Kemp picked a Georgia Court of Appeals judge to become his newest appointee to the state Supreme Court, making...
Senate Democrats push voting rights bills, lambast Georgia election law
If the rules in Georgia’s controversial 2021 voting overhaul were in place before last November’s historic U.S. Senate races were pushed to Jan. 5...
Georgia jobless claims fall to COVID-era low
ATLANTA (GA Recorder) — The latest jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor has some good news for Georgia.
The state’s unemployment rate dropped...