State agency to recommend pay hike for caregivers who aid Georgians with disabilities
(GA Recorder) — A key state agency will recommend a slightly higher wage increase for caregivers who work with people with disabilities in Georgia...
DACA recipients to gain health coverage under new plan from Biden administration
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he will direct his administration to allow undocumented people in the Deferred Action for...
Georgia food banks gear up for summertime demand a year after pandemic food stamp...
(GA Recorder) — Since last summer, thousands of Georgians have turned to food banks, kitchens, and shelters in order to make up for the...
U.S. Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to reject limits on access to abortion...
(GA Recorder) — An appeals court in New Orleans late Wednesday partly blocked a judge’s order that would have overturned federal approval of the abortion...
Georgia’s university workers rip state budget cuts at Gwinnett College building groundbreaking
(GA Recorder) — The financial year for Georgia’s 26 public colleges and universities starts in July, with significant cuts for all institutions in the...
Democratic attorneys general urge appeals court to keep abortion pill available
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — Democratic attorneys general from 23 states and the District of Columbia weighed in with the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals...
Georgia continues charging so-called tampon tax despite latest legislative repeal effort
(GA Recorder) — When Laura Strausfeld was a law student, she went to the drugstore to pick up a box of tampons, throwing a...
Louisville gunman legally purchased AR-15 six days before shooting
LOUISVILLE (Kentucky Lantern) — The AR-15 rifle used to kill five people in Louisville was purchased legally, police said Tuesday.
In a morning news conference, Louisville...
U.S. Department of Justice asks appeals court to pause abortion pill ruling
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The federal government on Monday asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to place on hold a Texas judge’s ruling...
Georgia lawmakers seek to regulate hemp-based recreational products
(GA Recorder) — In the final days of this year’s legislative session, a bill aimed at regulating hemp products fell short after lawmakers tried...
Biden administration appeals judge’s ruling ordering abortion pill off U.S. market
WASHINGTON (GA Recorder) — The U.S. Department of Justice launched an appeals process Friday that will likely put a landmark decision about access to...
Federal judge orders abortion pill off U.S. market but immediate appeal expected
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — A federal judge in Texas revoked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s two-decade-old approval of the abortion pill Friday, though...