House passes deal on stopgap funding, avoids government shutdown
House and Senate leaders reached a bipartisan agreement Tuesday night to pass a three-month funding stopgap, averting a government shutdown in the midst of a pandemic...
GOP leaders’ push for a Supreme Court vote gains support late Monday
WASHINGTON — Two key Republican senators indicated Monday they won’t stand in the way of a furious effort by the Senate GOP to confirm...
Georgia mayors push for urgency as time runs short for 2020 census
Time is running out to be counted, and Georgia’s local leaders are calling on residents to make sure they are signed up.
The deadline to...
Joe Biden launches new ad blitz In Georgia aimed at Black voters
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden launched a new slate of ads in Georgia Tuesday aimed at Black voters in the state, as his campaign expands investment...
Trump says he’ll announce Supreme Court pick by Friday or Saturday
President Donald Trump said Monday that he would announce a replacement for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg by either Friday...
Governor green lights senior care visits but safety guidelines a tall order
Gail Reid regularly joined her mother at her Dunwoody assisted living facility’s dining room before COVID-19 and shelter-in-place orders abruptly ended Reid’s access to...
Hospitals in Georgia, U.S. charging insurers more than twice Medicare rates, study finds
Hospitals in the United States are charging private insurers 2.5 times what they get paid under the government Medicare program for the same services,...
New $300 unemployment boost arrives but some film workers left out
Over a half-million Georgians have received their first federal unemployment insurance supplement in more than a month this week as the state Department of...
Collins campaign gobsmacked over fraudster’s dodgy UK perfume spree
WASHINGTON — Someone in the United Kingdom smells a whole lot better thanks to U.S. Rep Doug Collins’ campaign for the Senate.
That’s because a...
Northern senators say Sonny Perdue’s trade-war relief favors South’s farmers
U.S. Department of Agriculture Commissioner and former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue drew withering criticism this week from senators from northern farming states who complain...
Amid campus COVID spread Georgia colleges to push for in-person class
University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley Tuesday defended his decision to bring students back to campus for in-person learning and pledged to continue...
Kemp order opens path for long-term care residents to host family, friends
More visitors will be allowed into long-term care facilities under new state guidelines issued late Tuesday.
Gov. Brian Kemp authorized in-person visitation “subject to specific...