Tag: Georgia

A month after easing lockdown restrictions, the state is still seeing a steady stream of unemployment claims, economic data shows.

It was the first of three virtual meetings that Biden’s campaign scheduled across Georgia on Thursday, a part of the Democrat’s effort to keep up a traditional campaign at a t …

It’s tempting to celebrate the data as a sign that reopening Georgia won’t worsen its COVID-19 outbreak, but it’s still early to draw that conclusion.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia set a new all-time high for unemployment in April, with the jobless rate rising to 11.9% as waves of workers lost their jobs due to COVID-19. The state only …

While Georgia’s Department of Public Health is playing a key role in battling the coronavirus pandemic, its leaders say it will have to furlough staffers – including those working in infectious …

A 14% cut in state spending in Georgia would lead to more than a thousand employees being laid off or bought out and thousands more being forced to take unpaid days off. It would mean fewer state …

Humans don’t always do what’s best for whales. But on St. Simons Island, Georgia, people rushed to action to try and save 50 beached whales. Mark Strassmann explains.

A pair of suspects have been arrested in connection with slayings of two stepsisters, who were found murdered underneath a Georgia bridge with bags over their heads.

With help from a kindhearted FedEx delivery driver, Tony Hawk managed to make the year of a young kid from Georgia. The story starts cute enough: A young man chases down his friendly neighborhood …

All of Georgia’s lawmakers in the U.S. House asked Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday to involve the Justice Department in investigations of the slaying of Ahmaud Arbery as well as potential …