Governor expects compliance with social distancing and sanitation rules.
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Georgia has COVID testing capacity, leaders urge people to get tested
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp at the Capitol on April 27. Credit: screenshot By Maggie Lee Georgians who have even mild COVID-19 symptoms can and should get tested, say Georgia’s governor and its top public health official. “If you’re feeling bad, if you have those symptoms that I went over … body pain, cough, fever … […]
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Activists: State must clarify restrictions on short-term rentals amid coronavirus crisis
On April 9, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp issued an executive order suspending short-term rental stays to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, a move that some activists worried could be detrimental for the many folks who find themselves in precarious living situations during the global pandemic — especially if the language of the order isn’t clarified.
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Governor’s gang legislation divides Georgia House
“How about let’s give the locals adequate resources to deal with gangs?”
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Questions linger over which way Georgia’s criminal justice system will trend
“Justice” is in the eye of the beholder
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Kemp emphasizes workforce development in speech to Kiwanis
But at the state Capitol, senators had just OK’d a cap on dual enrollment.
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Georgia governor proposes $2,000 teacher raises
Now comes the difficult part of Georgia’s annual legislative session
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Rural teens flocking to cash-strapped education program; GBPI reviews dual enrollment
Students from rural Georgia are among the fastest-growing cohort of high school students enrolling in a budget-challenged program that pays for high school students to attend college class, according to a new report from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Meantime, the governor’s floor leaders are heading an effort for the Legislature to contain the program’s escalating costs.
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Purina celebrates cat food factory that brings jobs, sustainable practices to Hartwell
At a commemorative opening ceremony Monday in Hartwell, Nestlé Purina PetCare is to celebrate a cat food manufacturing plant that promises to help lift a rural part of Georgia where manufacturing is king and locals work hard to attract new industry.
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Georgia governor proposes modest increase in Medicaid spending; critics say it’s not near enough
For Kemp’s team, it’s ideally a short-term assist that would boost folks into the kind of jobs that come with health care benefits. For critics, it’s a plan that leaves too many people out.
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Gov. Kemp proposing Georgia-style insurance market
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is asking the federal government to endorse and send money for a plan to make individual health insurance cheaper.
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Judge hits pause on plan to restrict abortion in Georgia
A federal judge in Atlanta says that there’s got to be a day in court for a law that would nearly close the door on abortion in Georgia.
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Georgia’s economic outlook is not bad — so proposed state budget cuts raise questions
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has asked many departments for ideas to cut spending over the next 21 months. But with economists predicting only a mild recession — if any for Georgia — lawmakers have some questions about this idea.
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Private wildlife sanctuaries open to public Saturday as part of Atlanta Audubon tour
The private gardens of four homes will be open to visitors Saturday as part of the Atlanta Audubon Society’s tour of seven certified wildlife sanctuaries, which is part of a month-long celebration of “Georgia Grows Native for Birds Month,” as proclaimed by Gov. Brian Kemp.
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Doraville’s top cop to stand in for indicted Georgia insurance commissioner
“No. 1, we have to have a person of very high integrity in the current situation that we’re in,” Gov. Brian Kemp said.
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Kemp’s first trade mission as governor: South Korea
A Georgia delegation headed by Gov. Brian Kemp is heading to South Korea to pitch the state to companies there, and visit companies that already invest here.
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Kemp appoints five to state board that oversees film industry; board appears in transition
Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday appointed five members to what appears to be a board in a state of transition at a time the department it oversees has been thrust into the spotlight to manage the fallout the state’s anti-abortion law will have on the film, television and commercial production industries.
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Georgia governor signs near-total abortion ban. Next stop, court.
And one more: Georgia joins the list of states where abortion will be a political talking point for the next election cycle or two.
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Kemp glad nothing happened on state takeover of Atlanta airport
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp told the Rotary Club of Atlanta Monday that sometimes you can be thankful that legislation never made it out of the Georgia legislature.In this case, he was referring to bills that would have either involved a state takeover of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport or would have created a legislative oversight committee to review the airport’s operations.
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Oil drilling off Georgia’s coast an issue for Trump’s nominee for Interior secretary
The debate over oil exploration and drilling in federal waters off the Georgia coast, and much of the nation’s offshore waters, is likely to resume this week in a confirmation hearing for President Trump’s nominee to head the Department of the Interior.
