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WEB6 days ago · Georgia unemployment increases for fourth straight month. by Dave Williams | Sep 19, 2024. ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate rose in August for the fourth month in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The state's jobless rate of 3.6% last month was up two-tenths from July's 3.4% but still six-tenths lower than the national...
Lawsuits aimed at State Election Board piling up
WEB1 day ago · Woolard said calling out the State Election Board is not a partisan issue, pointing to a lawsuit a Georgia-based advocacy group headed by former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner has filed suit seeking to block the election rules changes. “We can disagree on policy issues,” she said. “But we have to uphold the law.”.
State Election Board doubles down on rules changes
WEBAug 19, 2024 · ATLANTA – For the second time this month, the Republican-controlled State Election Board approved a change to Georgia’s election rules critics say could make it easier to delay the official vote count this fall. The change, which passed 3-2, requires local election officials to submit to the secretary of state a report reconciling the total ...
Alternative siting of solar panels could take pressure off Georgia ...
WEB1 day ago · The study committee was formed this year to look for steps the state could take to preserve Georgia’s farmland. Cooley said a particularly creative way solar project developers could help offset the impact of solar farms is to co-locate them with farms, a concept known as “agrovoltaics.”. Solar panels could be built on pastureland to ...
General Assembly passes Republican-drawn congressional map
WEBDec 7, 2023 · ATLANTA – The Georgia House gave final passage to a new congressional map for the state Thursday, the final act in a weeklong special legislative session called after a federal judge declared the current map violates the Voting Rights Act. The Republican-controlled House approved the map 98 …
Harris wraps South Georgia campaign swing with Savannah rally
WEBAug 29, 2024 · ATLANTA – Vice President Kamala Harris capped a two-day campaign swing through South Georgia late Thursday afternoon with a rally in Savannah. The newly minted Democratic presidential nominee pulled no punches in describing the race against Republican former President Donald Trump as an uphill battle. “This is …
Democrats urge Kemp to remove State Election Board members
WEBAug 26, 2024 · ATLANTA – Georgia Democrats called on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp Monday to remove three GOP members of the State Election Board for approving “11th-hour” changes to state elections laws they say could disrupt the November elections. The board has adopted rules changes in recent weeks that, among other things, would empower local election ...
Kemp signs $36.1 billion state budget - Gwinnett Daily Post
WEBMay 7, 2024 · ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed what he called an “historic” $36.1 billion state budget Tuesday containing healthy raises for state employees and public school teachers. The fiscal 2025 budget, which takes effect July 1, represents an increase of $3.7 billion over the fiscal 2024 budget the General Assembly adopted last spring, including ...
General Assembly starts slowly but likely to pick up soon
WEBJan 8, 2024 · ATLANTA – The 2024 General Assembly session got off to a slow start under the Gold Dome Monday. With Democratic and Republican leaders already have been chosen last year at the start of the two-year legislative term, there were …
Expected surge in Medicaid enrollment behind state spending …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · ATLANTA – The Georgia Board of Community Health approved a $5.7 billion budget request for fiscal 2026 Thursday for the agency that runs the state’s Medicaid program. That represents a $347 million increase over the Department of Community Health’s (DCH) current spending plan, which took …