Apr 20 WATCH: Georgia governor aims to reopen some businesses as early as Friday By Associated Press Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has rolled out aggressive plans to reopen the state’s economy, saying many businesses shuttered to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus may reopen their doors as early as Friday. Continue reading
Apr 17 Tyson Foods says four employees have died from coronavirus By Russ Bynum, Associated Press A major U.S. meat producer says four of its poultry workers in Georgia have died after becoming infected by the coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 13 WATCH: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp gives coronavirus update By Candice Norwood Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp holds a news conference to give an update on the state's efforts to fight the novel coronavirus. Continue reading
Apr 09 Georgia postpones primaries again because of coronavirus By Ben Nadler, Associated Press It comes after Wisconsin went ahead with elections on Tuesday, forcing thousands of voters to stand in hourslong lines amid the pandemic. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 3:51 A Brief But Spectacular take on being a rural area’s only doctor Dr. Karen Kinsell is the only physician in Fort Gaines, Georgia, a town of 3,000 people, where 40 percent of residents live below the poverty line. Some of her patients can’t afford to pay her, but she says her office… Continue watching
Jan 17 Watch 6:07 How a revitalized recording studio is bringing Georgia’s Macon into the spotlight By Jeffrey Brown, Rhana Natour Many a masterpiece has been recorded at Capricorn Sound Studios in Macon, Georgia. Otis Redding’s manager, Phil Walden, co-founded the label, and Capricorn went on to produce a decade of southern rock hits. But as the music industry changed, Capricorn… Continue watching
Jan 06 Georgia’s new GOP senator sworn into office amid impeachment By Alan Fram, Ben Nadler, Associated Press Wealthy Republican businesswoman Kelly Loeffler was sworn in Monday as the newest senator from Georgia, a political newcomer who takes office amid a presidential impeachment, swirling tensions with Iran and at the dawn of what looms as a bruising national… Continue reading
Dec 19 Georgia restores 22,000 purged voter registrations By Ben Nadler, Kate Brumback, Associated Press After purging more than 300,000 voters from the rolls, Georgia election officials restored roughly 22,000 of them Thursday, citing an error in the way their voting history had been screened. Continue reading
Dec 18 Georgia purge removes nearly 309,000 voter registrations By Scott Bauer, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Steve Jones allowed Georgia's purge to move forward Monday after a lawyer for the state said the voter maintenance program was already running and that any voters deemed to have been wrongly removed could have their registrations… Continue reading
Dec 04 Georgia governor picks political newcomer for U.S. Senate By Ben Nadler, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Gov. Brian Kemp’s selection of Kelly Loeffler pushed aside intense criticism from hardcore Trump advocates who said Loeffler is too moderate and inexperienced for the job. Many of those critics wanted Kemp to tap Rep. Doug Collins, one of Trump’s… Continue reading