Latest Georgia Headlines
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Three Killed in Georgia House Fire as Propane Tanks Explode
Mar 15 2023 // Three people were killed in a house fire as multiple propane tanks exploded, officials said. ”Explosions were going off inside the home” when firefighters arrived early Saturday morning, Barrow County Fire...
Georgia Senate Gives Final Approval to School Safety Bill
Mar 15 2023 // The Georgia Senate gave final approval Monday to a school safety bill pushed by Gov. Brian Kemp that includes annual active shooter drills, sending it to the Republican governor’s desk for his signature. The Senate...
Georgia Business Owner Sentenced in $54M California Workers’ Comp Fraud
Mar 13 2023 // Wesley Owens, 54, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Beau Wilson, 38, also of Atlanta, pleaded no contest to multiple felony counts of insurance fraud and conspiracy in Los Angeles Superior Court over charges filed after a...
Georgia Insulation Maker Fined $432,400 After Worker’s Head Injury
Mar 10 2023 // The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Organization has cited a Georgia insulation manufacturer after a 21-year-old worker suffered severe head trauma when he was caught in a machine’s roller. Bonded Logic Inc., in...
Georgia Coliseum Closed for Repairs after Concrete Chunk Falls from Ceiling
Mar 8 2023 // Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum has been closed for repairs after a small piece of concrete fell from the ceiling of the nearly 60-year-old facility that hosts several of the university’s sports teams and school...
Georgia House Votes to Raise Workers’ Comp Benefits, Still Lower than Other States
Mar 2 2023 // The Georgia House of Representatives voted this week to raise the maximum workers’ compensation benefit amounts and to increase the maximum payout to dependent spouses. House Bill 480, sponsored by Rep. Lehman...
Georgia Bill Would End Direct Action Suits Against Insurers in Truck Accidents
Feb 28 2023 // Truck insurers would be able to avoid being named as defendants in lawsuits filed after trucking accidents under a bill moving through the Georgia General Assembly. Senate Bill 191, reported favorably last week by the...
Georgia Lawmakers Pare Back Bill that Would Increase Truck Weight Limits
Feb 24 2023 // Georgia lawmakers are watering down a bill to allow heavier trucks on state highways after widespread opposition to the original measure by state and local officials. Rep. Steven Meeks, a Screven Republican, described the...
Georgia Nuclear Plant Again Delayed at a Cost of $200M
Feb 21 2023 // Georgia Power Co. has again delayed the projected startup for two new units at its Vogtle nuclear power plant near Augusta, saying its share of the costs will rise by an additional $200 million. Southern Co., the...
Georgia Senate Votes To Regulate Vaping Same as Smoking
Feb 17 2023 // Georgia lawmakers are moving to restrict vaping in public spaces. The state Senate voted 51-3 on Wednesday to pass Senate Bill 47, which would regulate vaping in the same way the state already regulates smoking. The...
Georgia Bill Would Bar Public Camping But Allows Designated Areas for Homeless
Feb 15 2023 // Georgia cities and counties could be compelled to enforce bans on public camping or sleeping by homeless people under a bill moving forward in the state Senate. The measure would also create a structure for the state to...
Georgia Committee Approves Higher Weight Limits for Trucks, Raising Safety Concerns
Feb 14 2023 // A bill that would significantly raise the weight limit for trucks on Georgia highways appears to be gaining steam after it was approved by a state House committee. The House Transportation Committee voted 18-11 to raise...
Two Arrested in Homemade Bombing of Georgia Woman’s Home
Feb 13 2023 // Georgia authorities have arrested two men, a month after a homemade bomb destroyed part of a home near Savannah. Caleb Kinsey, 33, and Stephen Glosser, 36, were apprehended last week after an investigation into the bombing...
Ethics Panel Recommends Georgia Appeals Court Judge Be Removed From Office
Feb 3 2023 // Georgia’s Supreme Court should permanently remove a state appeals court judge accused of ethical misconduct, a judicial discipline panel recommended in a report released Monday. The three-member state panel said...
Experts Urge Better Access to Opioid Rescue Drugs to Save Lives in Georgia
Feb 1 2023 // Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough of the rescue drug naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose. She pleaded with colleagues at...
Protestor Killed After Shooting Trooper at Georgia Police Training Center Named
Jan 24 2023 // Investigators on Thursday released the identity of the person who was shot and killed by law enforcement officers who were trying to clear protesters camping at the site of a planned Atlanta-area public safety training...
Disaster Assistance Funds Available for Georgia Housing and Repairs After Tornadoes
Jan 19 2023 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says that disaster assistance has been made available to Georgia in areas struck by a tornado outbreak across the South on Thursday. In an announcement Tuesday, FEMA said that...
South Korean Firm Hanwha Plans $2.5B in Solar Panel Plants in Georgia
Jan 12 2023 // A South Korean solar panel maker will invest more than $2.5 billion to build factories in Georgia, hiring 2,500 new employees and making components usually manufactured outside the United States, the company announced...
Alera Group Continues SE Expansion with Sutter McLellan Agency in Georgia
Jan 10 2023 // Alera Group, a national property insurance and benefits firm, has acquired Atlanta area-based Sutter, McLellan & Gilbreath, a full-service agency. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move will expand...
Georgia Has Funds for Testing Lead in Water But Few Schools Sign Up
Jan 9 2023 // Lead exposure can have serious health consequences for children, but only a fraction of Georgia schools have signed up for a free testing program. Advocates worry school leaders are hesitant because of the cost and...
