Senate GOP emergency relief plan leaves out direct aid to states
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans unveiled their latest coronavirus relief proposal Tuesday but were met with swift objections from Democrats.
The GOP plan failed to include...
Labor Day nothing to celebrate for Georgia workers still displaced by pandemic
When her job at a Macon daycare cut her hours from 40 to 10 in March, Kalie Mitchum put off applying for unemployment in...
Holiday traffic death toll reaches 18
The Georgia Department of Public Safety says 18 people have died in holiday traffic accidents statewide since Friday. Nine of the fatalities occurred between...
Kemp urges vigilance over holiday weekend to protect fragile gains
Big crowds over the long Labor Day weekend could create ideal conditions to spread COVID-19 and reverse the fragile gains made in recent weeks...
Milestones test might be back for Georgia students despite pandemic
Georgia schools should plan to offer high-stakes tests like Georgia Milestones this year after tests were called off last spring due to the pandemic,...
Georgia ACLU says state wrongly erased 200K voters from rolls in 2019
A report released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia found that the state likely improperly purged 200,000 people from the voter...
Students and staff navigate uneasy return to Georgia’s college campuses
Georgia Southern University sophomore Clara Jordan watches nervously as her classmates walk the campus with their masks slung under their noses or strapped on...
Kemp names State Patrol captain to lead emergency management agency
A Georgia State Patrol supervisor will become the state’s next top emergency management official at the end of the year.
Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday...
Judge grants more time for absentee ballots mailed by Election Day to count
Thousands of Georgians will likely get more time to mail absentee ballots to their county’s election office after a federal judge ruled Monday that...
Confederate statues would be removed from national parks under new push in Congress
WASHINGTON — The Georgia Monument at the Chickamauga portion of the Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park features an obelisk with a Confederate soldier...
Kemp renews Public Health State of Emergency, COVID-19 safety measures
Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the Public Health State of Emergency through October 10. The governor on Monday signed two executive orders, one extending...
John Lewis’ presence felt as crowd rallies at March on Washington
WASHINGTON – On the 57th anniversary of the original March on Washington and in the throes of a pandemic, thousands of demonstrators on Friday...