Georgia schools set new guidelines for closings, quarantine
Georgia schools could close their doors for more than two weeks if a student or teacher tests positive for COVID-19, according to revised guidelines...
State revises insurance waiver request and pushes timetable back
Georgia has streamlined its proposal to the feds for a waiver on health insurance rules, and has postponed its launch till 2022.
State officials cited...
Court ruling against Georgia’s anti-abortion law roils election year
A federal judge’s decision to throw out Georgia’s controversial anti-abortion law has set the stage for an appeal and reignited the fiery debate over...
Advocates ask lawmakers to end ‘archaic’ citizen’s arrest law
Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law drew withering criticism Monday from civil rights advocates who called for a House legislative committee to push for a repeal...
Ga. House hearings begin to consider changes to citizen’s arrest law
State lawmakers today are set to debate revising or repealing Georgia’s citizen’s arrest law as they examine how to avoid the type of vigilantism...
Defense bill could erase Confederate’s Benning and Gordon base names
WASHINGTON — Key U.S. senators are preparing for battle with the White House over renaming military facilities that honor Confederates — and they’re expecting...
Georgia local officials try to control spread of COVID-19 virus with mask orders
Macon Mayor Robert Reichert saw the rising number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 and went as far as he thought he could go with...
Georgia parents pushed to make IRL/online school choice soon
School districts around Georgia are announcing plans to reopen in a few weeks and many parents are agonizing over a choice between sending their...
Georgia’s contact tracers could be swamped by state’s COVID-19 spike
In May, state public health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey announced plans to quadruple the number of contact tracers across the state, up to 1,000...
Georgia Power customers could get billed for COVID-19 safety costs
Georgia Power can recover $7.7 million it spent on COVID-19 safety expenses but drew criticism over the message that it sends when it sticks...
Kemp asks local officials to promote mask wearing, but not order it
Gov. Brian Kemp made a direct appeal to local officials in a Tuesday phone call to use their influence – rather than a mandate...
Kemp sends National Guard to Atlanta hotspots after weekend violence
Gov. Brian Kemp Monday authorized the deployment of as many as 1,000 National Guard troops to protect state buildings after a violent weekend in...