Georgia college students adapt to online classes, new kind of tests
Georgia Southern University’s Dr. Isaac Chun-Hai Fung stays away from campus these days unless he has a class to teach, and he’s not the...
State budget faces ‘steep cliff’ without renewed weekly jobless pay
The state’s revenues were up about 7% last month over the pre-pandemic August of last year, allowing Georgia to chalk up a second consecutive...
Politically connected firm earning millions in state COVID contract
A health care staffing company with strong political connections has been paid more than $40 million by the state of Georgia to supply medical...
Waiving SAT as HOPE requirement beyond 2021 an open question
Charles Mendels has helped thousands of students prepare to get into college as the founder and head tutor at Atlanta-based Access Test Prep.
He and...
Secretary of state’s office says 1,000 Georgians voted twice in primary
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is asking for prosecutors to investigate more than 1,000 people suspected of committing felony voter fraud by casting...
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...