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Columbia County Job Fair To Be Held This Week
There are numerous jobs available in multiple county government departments. The job fair will be held from 10 am until 1 pm in the lobby at the Performing Arts Center in Evans. Employees just work at least 30 hours or more per week to be eligible for benefits. New employees...
$10K Lottery Ticket Sold in Woodstock
A lottery ticket worth $10,000 was recently sold in Woodstock in the Aug. 20 Mega Millions drawing, the Georgia Lottery Corp. announced. After no ticket matched all six numbers drawn Aug. 20 — the white balls 5, 20, 26, 49 and 51, plus the gold Mega Ball 24, the jackpot for the next drawing on Aug. 23, is an estimated $527 million ($261.9 million cash). If won at that level, it would be the 13th largest prize in the history of the game. ...
AT&T workers go on strike across Atlanta and Southeast over stalled contract negotiations
Thousands of AT&T workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) are on strike, accusing the telecom giant of negotiating in bad faith over a new union contract. That included a few dozen workers picketing outside AT&T’s corporate office in Midtown Atlanta on Tuesday. The strike, which began...
Rich. Co. BOE Director calls on Georgia State Elections Board to halt rule changes ahead of November Election
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – We are now less than three months away from the 2024 Presidential Election. The Georgia State Election Board (SEB) wants to impose new rules that would go into effect for the November Election. But the Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials (GAVREO), which consists of election staff from around […]
Georgia Today: Ga. Republicans rally in Hall County; General Mills discrimination lawsuit
On the Wednesday Augsut 21st edition of Georgia Today: Georgia republicans rally in Hall County for former president Donald Trump; More Georgia plaintiffs join a racial discrimination suit against cereal maker General Mills; And Richmond Hill residents air their grievances about the city's response to Tropical Storm Debby. Peter Biello:...
Mail processing delays in Georgia affecting tax payments
ATLANTA – Chronic delays in mail processing and delivery Georgians have been experiencing for months have cropped up again in connection with federal tax payments. U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., launched an inquiry Wednesday with the Internal Revenue Service after hearing from constituents who are being charged penalties and interest fees on late or missing payments they mailed to the IRS on time. “These tax filings are not arriving by...
University System of Georgia Board of Regents adopts $3.6B budget request
Last week, the University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a $3.6 billion fiscal 2026 budget request. The 2026 budget, which takes effect next July, represents a $221.1 million increase over this year's spending plan. By far the largest increase - $167.8 million - would cover projected enrollment growth. The regents also adopted a $193.1 million capital budget request, down slightly from the $198 million the university system sought for the current fiscal year. The largest portion of the capital budget -- $91.8 million -- would go toward five proposed building projects. The wish list includes $31 million for a new Science,...
Georgia Senate committee explore benefits of safe gun storage for owners with testimonies
On Tuesday, the Senate Study Committee on Firearm Safety Storage held its first meeting to discuss how Georgia can encourage safe firearm storage in households with young children. Senate Resolution 203, the legislation to form the study committee, highlights that securely storing firearms is a way to decrease firearm violence...
Georgia gets two grants to pursue cleaner aviation fuel
ATLANTA – The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded two grants to help accelerate the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Georgia. LanzaJet, a SAF producer, will receive nearly $3.1 million to support its new production facility in Soperton, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., announced Tuesday. Another $240,000 will go to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to strengthen the regional supply chains and infrastructure needed to deploy SAF at the world’s...
Georgia lawmaker urges panel to consider better firearms safety rules to deter child gun deaths
ATLANTA — A Georgia state senator is trying to change the terms of an entrenched partisan debate, saying he's not interested in restricting gun ownership but in preventing the fatal shooting of children. The statement Tuesday by Decatur Democrat Emanuel Jones reflects the strategies of those who are trying...
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