Statewide absentee ballot signature audit to ‘restore faith’ gets UGA assist
A University of Georgia research team will conduct a statewide voter signature match audit as claims of voting irregularities in the Nov. 3 election...
Congress close to emergency aid deal with added unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON — A coronavirus relief deal appeared within reach late Wednesday following months of stalemate in Congress, potentially providing much-needed help to Americans facing...
COVID hospitalizations hit new record in Georgia
Georgia has set a new record for the number of people hospitalized for COVID on a single day.
The total reached 3,221 — surpassing the...
Billion dollar Plant Vogtle tab debate could be on the line with PSC runoff
Georgia Power’s overdue and over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear plant expansion served as a handy punching bag for the challenger in a Tuesday debate as...
Biden rallies for Democrats in Senate runoffs ‘to get something done’
President-elect Joe Biden came to Atlanta Tuesday for his first public speech since Monday when the Electoral College confirmed his win in the Nov....
Specter of large-scale loss of housing looms in Georgia amid pandemic
The grim statistics of COVID-19 include more than just the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
A national report says Georgia has the highest percentage...
State election officials launch absentee ballot signature audit
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Monday that investigators will audit voter signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in Cobb County in the latest...
Georgia Democrats formally cast 16 electoral votes for Joe Biden
Georgia’s Democratic electors hailed it as history in the making Monday when they awarded President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the state’s...
Raffensperger launches signature match audits
(ATLANTA) - After weeks of prodding by the governor and President Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Monday called for signature match audits...
Health facilities in coastal Georgia receive state’s first shipments of COVID vaccine
Two public health facilities with ultracold freezers required for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine received the first shipments of 5,850 doses Monday, Georgia Department of...
U.S. Senate campaigns deploy team effort to win ‘unprecedented’ stakes
The last time two U.S. Senators from Georgia were up for election at the same time, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were at...
Conservationists ruffled over plan to remove rare woodpecker protection
For some, the federal proposal to bump a rare Southern bird from the endangered species list represents a great success story in conservation.
But to...