Latest Georgia Headlines
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Growing Virus Outbreak in Northeast Georgia Causes Concern
May 8 2020 // Gov. Brian Kemp warned on Tuesday that a growing coronavirus outbreak is stressing resources in northeast Georgia. Kemp has moved aggressively to allow businesses to reopen even though infections are on the rise in some...
Federal Aid Denied to Georgia County for Damage from April Tornado
May 8 2020 // A county in Georgia will not receive any federal relief funds after a tornado that swept through the South in April destroyed dozens of homes in the area, authorities said. Murray County Commissioner Greg Hogan told news...
Few New Restrictions as Georgia’s Shelter-at-Home Order Ends
May 4 2020 // Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp will allow his statewide shelter-in-place order to expire at midnight Thursday but is extending his emergency powers to June 12 and telling the elderly and medically fragile to stay at home until...
Effective May 1st, 2020 Berkley Luxury Group will be writing upscale real estate condos, co-ops, rental properties and Class A office buildings in the state of Georgia.
May 4 2020 // Rutherford, NJ, May 4, 2020 Berkley Luxury Group, a Berkley company offers nationwide insurance solutions with two divisions, Berkley Luxury Real Estate Specialists and Berkley Fine Dining Specialists. The name is designed...
Georgia Coronavirus Deaths Top 1,000 Amid Reopening Effort
Apr 30 2020 // Georgia officials reported Tuesday the coronavirus has killed more than 1,000 people statewide as some local officials urged people to continue isolating at home in spite of the governor’s aggressive efforts to...
Kemp Tours Storm-Damaged Towns in South Georgia
Apr 27 2020 // Gov. Brian Kemp traveled Friday to towns in south Georgia where severe storms recently damaged several homes and businesses. Kemp flew to Pelham to assess damage in that community and the surrounding area, according to a...
Trump ‘Disagreed Strongly’ with Georgia Gov.’s Plan to Reopen State
Apr 24 2020 // President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he “disagreed strongly” with the decision by Georgia’s Republican governor to reopen salons, gyms and other nonessential businesses that had been shuttered to...
More States Making Plans to Lift Coronavirus Restrictions
Apr 23 2020 // More states in the U.S. South and Midwest signaled readiness on Wednesday to reopen their economies in hopes the worst of the coronavirus pandemic had passed, but California’s governor held firm to sweeping...
Georgia Gambles on Reopening Business Amid Pandemic
Apr 23 2020 // A handful of mostly southern U.S. states will begin loosening economic restrictions this week in the midst of a still virulent pandemic, providing a live-fire test of whether America’s communities can start to reopen...
Georgia Businesses May Be Slow to Reopen Despite Governor’s Encouragement
Apr 23 2020 // Gov. Brian Kemp’s call to reopen shuttered businesses in Georgia left many business owners wary and confused this week as they considered how to protect themselves and their customers in a state where coronavirus...
Georgia Governor Gives Certain Businesses Green Light to Reopen Friday
Apr 22 2020 // Georgia’s governor announced plans Monday to restart the state’s economy before the end of the week, saying many businesses that closed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus could reopen as early as...
4 Tyson Foods Poultry Workers in Georgia Die of Coronavirus
Apr 21 2020 // Four employees of a major poultry producer’s operations in rural southwest Georgia have died after becoming infected with the coronavirus, a company spokesman said Friday. Tyson Foods spokesman Gary Mickelson said...
On the Front Lines: Georgia Insurance Commissioner Deployed by National Guard
Apr 21 2020 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John F. King has been on the front lines during times of crisis for the United States for most of his career. A former Georgia police chief and current Major General in the U.S. Army National...
More Storms Hit South, Tornadoes Threaten Region
Apr 20 2020 // High winds, hail and heavy rain pounded parts of Alabama on Sunday, as forecasters warned residents to brace for possible tornadoes and flooding later in the day across a wide swatch of the southern United States. More...
D&O Insurance Coverage and Coronavirus: Avoiding Exclusions
Apr 20 2020 // Sometimes an article needs an introduction to put the subject in context for the reader. Sadly, no introduction is needed for the coronavirus. It will have affected everyone who reads this. Some will have suffered...
North Carolina Diocese Faces 2 Suits Over Alleged Priest Abuse
Apr 17 2020 // Two lawsuits have been filed against the Catholic Diocese of Charlotte claiming two boys were sexually abused in separate instances by the two priests they sought out for help with personal problems decades ago. One of the...
Destruction from Storms Across Southeast ‘Worst in a Decade;’ Death Toll Rises to 30
Apr 15 2020 // Storms that killed more than 30 people in the Southeast, piling fresh misery atop a pandemic, spread across the eastern United States on Monday, leaving more than 1 million homes and businesses without power amid floods...
Georgia Contractor Fined $170K After Worker Falls to Death
Apr 15 2020 // A Georgia construction company was fined around $170,000 after a worker fell to his death in February at the Interstate-285/Georgia 400 interchange, officials said. Martin-Pinero Construction was cited by the U.S....
Widespread Damage, At Least 19 Deaths from Easter Storms Across South
Apr 14 2020 // Severe weather swept across the South Monday, killing at least 19 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in...
11 Deaths Confirmed in Mississippi, Tornado Damage Reported Across Southeast
Apr 13 2020 // There are 11 confirmed deaths, multiple injuries and damage in 18 counties in Mississippi due to severe weather that hit the state April 12, according to an initial damage report from Mississippi Emergency Management...
