State & National News

COVID hospitalizations hit new record in Georgia

Georgia has set a new record for the number of people hospitalized for COVID on a single day. The total reached 3,221 — surpassing the...

Billion dollar Plant Vogtle tab debate could be on the line with PSC runoff

Georgia Power’s overdue and over-budget Plant Vogtle nuclear plant expansion served as a handy punching bag for the challenger in a Tuesday debate as...

Biden rallies for Democrats in Senate runoffs ‘to get something done’

President-elect Joe Biden came to Atlanta Tuesday for his first public speech since Monday when the Electoral College confirmed his win in the Nov....

Specter of large-scale loss of housing looms in Georgia amid pandemic

The grim statistics of COVID-19 include more than just the number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. A national report says Georgia has the highest percentage...

State election officials launch absentee ballot signature audit

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Monday that investigators will audit voter signatures on absentee ballot envelopes in Cobb County in the latest...

Georgia Democrats formally cast 16 electoral votes for Joe Biden

Georgia’s Democratic electors hailed it as history in the making Monday when they awarded President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris the state’s...

Raffensperger launches signature match audits

(ATLANTA) - After weeks of prodding by the governor and President Trump, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Monday called for signature match audits...

Health facilities in coastal Georgia receive state’s first shipments of COVID vaccine

Two public health facilities with ultracold freezers required for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine received the first shipments of 5,850 doses Monday, Georgia Department of...

U.S. Senate campaigns deploy team effort to win ‘unprecedented’ stakes

The last time two U.S. Senators from Georgia were up for election at the same time, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were at...

Conservationists ruffled over plan to remove rare woodpecker protection

For some, the federal proposal to bump a rare Southern bird from the endangered species list represents a great success story in conservation. But to...

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Texas suit that tried to overturn election results

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday turned aside a Texas lawsuit that sought to derail the presidential election results from Georgia and...

States a step away from COVID-19 vaccine rollout after federal panel OK

WASHINGTON — A federal advisory panel on Thursday gave the green light to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer, completing the...