Republican lawmakers pushing to spend public money to pay for private or home schooling say they are responding to parental frustration over lack of in-person schooling.
Aspiring Georgia sheriffs would have to earn their law enforcement certification before they pin on their badge under a bill advancing in the state Senate.
On Friday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that the State of Georgia has received more than $552 million in stimulus funds through the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp endorsed legislation that would bar future governors from limiting in-person religious services during a public health emergency.
Georgia state senators are passing a bill permanently expanding who can administer vaccines during public health emergencies and making some reporting mandatory about who gets vaccinated.
The group that oversees high school athletics and activities in Georgia is endorsing a plan allowing home-schooled athletes play on their local public school team.
A South Carolina Senate committee will consider this week whether to restore a small annual raise for most teachers delayed because of budget uncertainties due to COVID-19.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Georgia U.S. Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock outlined COVID-19 relief the two senators are working to deliver to Georgia families Thursday morning.
Georgia gas prices have risen 3.0¢ per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.25 per gallon on Feb. 8, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 5,883 stations in Georgia.
The Georgia state House has voted in favor of extending by one year a law that protects businesses from being sued by a person that blames them for contracting COVID-19.
A Georgia state House member says drivers should not be able to avoid penalties by telling judges they have purchased hands-free devices for their cellphones.
State leaders, including Governor Brian Kemp, talked about their determination to give local communities, schools, and businesses the tools they need to get through the COVID-19 crisis and move forward in 2021.
We’re in the final days leading up to Georgia’s historic Senate election. Though some voters have already cast their ballot, most have yet to. It’s why voter events were scattered across the CSRA on Saturday.
Senator Kelly Loeffler paid a visit to Evans on Sunday for a rally alongside former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. Meanwhile, Reverand Raphael Warnock visited Macon, Georgia for his own rally.
Votes are still being counted in Atlanta-area counties as Americans watch from around the nation to see whether Georgia will give Democrat Joe Biden the electoral votes he needs to become president.
Georgia’s secretary of state, who’s in charge of elections in the state, plans a news conference this morning amid delays, confusion and technical glitches in the state’s still incomplete vote-counting.
A judge is allowing two law firms to collect $75 million from the state of South Carolina for helping negotiate a settlement with the federal government over nuclear material left at the Savannah River Site.
State officials have launched a pilot program allowing anyone in South Carolina to pick up an at-home COVID-19 saliva-based testing kit from any of their county health departments.
If a firefighter is diagnosed with one of several types of cancer listed in a new law, the state will provide a one-time payment of $20,000 upon diagnosis and $12,000 a year to help cover out-of-pocket medical expenses.
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize recipient was the United Nation’s World Food Programme, an organization lead by former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley.
The South Carolina Department of Corrections has come up with a plan to slow the spread of COVID-19 in a number of facilities: air ionizers in the ventilation systems.
