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The Georgia Virtue
- News
- Georgia News
Georgia budget chief asks state agencies to hold the line on spending requests for new fiscal year
$350 Per Person: Kemp Dedicates $1 Billion for Those on Medicaid, SNAP, TANF
Georgia’s electricity rates lower than national average, but higher than nearly all of its neighbors
How the Foreclosure Rate in Georgia Compares to the Nation
Two Georgia health systems to receive $300M in federal funds
- National News
Study: Remote Learning Meant Younger, Disabled, Minorities, Fell Further Behind
From $39k to $155k, teacher salaries in the U.S. are all over the map
Less demand fuels national gas price drop to below $4 per gallon
Fed study: Ending pandemic unemployment aid connected to ‘substantial rise’ in employment
Report: Labor productivity dropped most since 1948
- Crime & Safety
Georgia Man Sentenced for Trafficking 14-Year-Old
South Georgia Sheriff Arrested on Sexual Battery Charge
NOAA still expects above-normal Atlantic hurricane season
Impairment, Drugs, & Driving: Study Finds Doctors’ Orders Are Often Ineffective, Ignored by Drivers
Georgia Joins Lawsuit Against Jeweler That Defrauded 46K Servicemembers
- Health
Poll: Americans more worried about COVID, less confident in vaccination
Monkeypox outbreak declared national public health emergency
First settlement reached for health-care workers in lawsuit filed over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Public Health Emergency Extension Means Medicaid Eligibility On Hold
Georgia State Research Uses AI for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s, Autism, and More
- Georgia News
- Politics
- Local Gov’t Around GA
Savannah Council Approves Memorandum to Recruit Its Own US Attorney to Prosecute Federal Offenses
Georgia cities such as Atlanta using COVID-19 relief funds to pay retention bonuses
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
Georgia’s Cobb County school system allows employees, not teachers, to carry guns at school
Defund the police? Atlanta Police got more money, not less, after George Floyd’s death
- Georgia Legislature
Heightened Level of Openness for Board of Education Meetings Now Law in Georgia
Georgia Senate committee to examine oversight of local developmental authorities
Georgia commission will examine state’s civics education, make recommendations for improvements
Georgia Senate committees to study growth of electric vehicles statewide and HBCU expansion
Georgia House subcommittee to examine recruiting and retention challenges for state’s workforce
- State Politics
Georgia lawmaker would support more funding for Georgia medical board to bolster inspector ranks
Georgia Joins 22-State Suit Over Interstate Travel & Masks
Decision awaited in lawsuit that could block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law from taking effect
Georgia officials want federal help to pay for electric vehicle infrastructure
Federal appeals court rules that Georgia’s fetal heartbeat bill can take effect
- National Politics
Bipartisan group of lawmakers blast IRS for backlogs, customer service issues
Unclaimed property becomes revenue for some states
U.S. House passes $740 billion green energy, health care package that also expands IRS
Critics: Small businesses in the crosshairs of new IRS auditing ‘army’
Rubio wants Congressional hearings into FBI raid of Trump home
- Local Gov’t Around GA
- Opinions
- Columns
Op-Ed: States embracing tax cuts, but Congress headed in wrong direction
Op-Ed: Celebrate our independence by reflecting on the promise of our republic
Op-Ed: The slippery slope of red flag gun laws
Op-Ed: Student loan forgiveness won’t solve anything
COLUMN: Why Are Local Governments So Quick to Limit Free Speech
- Columns
- Justice & Sunlight
- Courts
Effingham Trial Delayed After State Unsuccessfully Attempts to Exclude Most Defense Witnesses
Fulton County judge declines request to block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law that bans some abortions
National survey: Majority of Americans believe there’s a two-tiered justice system
Kemp Appoints Judge Hamrick to State-wide Business Court
Jury Finds Suspended Commissioner Guilty of Destroying Records, Lying to Investigators
- Law Enforcement
Kemp Appoints Mike Register as New GBI Director
Georgia State Patrol Pins First Female Pilot
Sheriff’s Office Mourning Passing of Deputy Killed Tragically on Duty
Poll: Americans trust armed citizens more than law enforcement to protect them in mass shooting
Patriotic pups: How one 11-year-old’s idea led to a statewide and national movement
- Courts
State News
(The Center Square) — The head of Georgia’s budget agency is asking state agencies to keep their budgets flat for the upcoming budget process....
Courts
Fulton County judge declines request to block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law that bans some abortions
(The Center Square) — A Fulton County Superior Court judge declined a request to block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law that bans most abortions after...
Crime & Safety
The Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit in the Georgia Attorney General’s Office announced a sentence this week for a man convicted of trafficking a 14-year-old....
National Politics
(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers are calling on the IRS to clear its backlogs and improve customer service issues. Nearly...
Local Gov't Around GA
The City of Savannah is planning to recruit a special prosecutor to handle federal offenses stemming from Savannah, a surely unprecedented move the city...
National Politics
(The Center Square) – Some states are making money from unclaimed property that people may not know the states have. South Dakota is one...
National Politics
(The Center Square) – The U.S. House passed a $740 billion package Friday that raises taxes on large businesses, funds green energy initiatives, allows...
State Politics
(The Center Square) — A Georgia lawmaker will support additional funding for the Georgia Composite Medical Board to hire additional investigators if the agency...
National Politics
(The Center Square) – Senate Democrats’ recently passed $740 billion health care and climate legislation has taken criticism on many fronts, but critics are...
National Politics
Congressman Rick W. Allen (GA-12) recently spoke on the House Floor about the Department of Labor’s efforts to reclassify independent contractors as traditional employees...
2022 Elections
The Republican candidate for Georgia Agriculture Commissioner has released his first ad of the general election cycle. Tyler Harper focuses on inflation, the need...
National Politics
U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff, Chair of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, delivered opening remarks in Tuesday’s hearing on the Mistreatment of Military Families...
State News
(The Center Square) — The head of Georgia’s budget agency is asking state agencies to keep their budgets flat for the upcoming budget process....
Crime & Safety
The Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit in the Georgia Attorney General’s Office announced a sentence this week for a man convicted of trafficking a 14-year-old....
State News
Governor Brian Kemp announced Monday that his administration has dedicated more than $1 billion to the Department of Human Services (DHS) to provide cash...
State News
Georgia’s electricity rates lower than national average, but higher than nearly all of its neighbors
(The Center Square) — The average retail price of electricity in Georgia is 9.93 cents per kilowatt hour, which is higher than most of...
State News
Demand for single-family homes surged in the past two years, as the coronavirus pandemic prompted people to look for more living space. The increased...
State News
(The Center Square) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is sending more than $300 million to help Georgia bolster health programs at...
South Georgia Local News
Robins Financial Credit Union recently contributed $410,000 to 21 organizations as part of their annual Community Project. Organizations submitted their applications and recipients were...
South Georgia Sports
Georgia Southern senior receiver Amare Jones is among the 63 players on the 10th annual Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List, announced this week at...
Bulloch Local Government
This is an informal rundown of what happened at the Bulloch County Commission Meeting on August 16, 2022. Call to Order – 8:30 a.m....
Bulloch Local Government
Commissioners voted Tuesday to institute a six month moratorium on some zoning applications in the southeastern portion of the county. What Commissioners Were Asked...
East Georgia State College
East Georgia State College (EGSC) is proud to announce that Robert Grant has been named the new Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Grants...
South Georgia Local Government
Bryan County is seeking poll workers for the upcoming November election and runoff, if needed. The position includes training sessions for all poll workers....
Courts
Fulton County judge declines request to block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law that bans some abortions
(The Center Square) — A Fulton County Superior Court judge declined a request to block Georgia’s fetal heartbeat law that bans most abortions after...
Courts
(The Center Square) – The majority of Americans in a new poll say there’s a two-tiered justice system in the U.S.: one for politicians...
Law Enforcement
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation will soon have a new director. Governor Brian Kemp announced Monday that his appointment of Michael “Mike” Register as...
Local Gov't Around GA
(The Center Square) — Local governments across Georgia are doling out federal COVID relief money to government employees as retention bonuses. In March 2021,...
Courts
A suspended Augusta commissioner was found guilty after a four-day trial of destroying records in a federal investigation, and then lying about it to...
Local Gov't Around GA
(The Center Square) — The Cobb County School Board approved a policy that allows some school employees, but not teachers, to carry guns at...
Law Enforcement
(The Center Square) — The head of an Atlanta suburb made national news when he said that his neighborhood is considering seceding from Atlanta...
Local Gov't Around GA
A Georgia man is suing his Board of Commissioners after they kicked him out of a public meeting. Catoosa County Commissioners removed 71-year-old George...
Bulloch Local Government
93-year-old Bulloch County resident Nan Rushing addresses county commissioners about tax burden, increase in property assessment, and how seniors are impacted. “When I started...
Let Me Tell You Why You're Wrong
In LMTYWYW Ep 231, Dave & Jessica discuss the video sharing service Congress was warned about, the gold level hustle, Trump’s unwanted guests, farming...
Let Me Tell You Why You're Wrong
In LMTYWYW Ep 230, Dave & Jessica discuss Music Midtown’s cancellation, keeping up with three (Alex) Jones’, the latest way colleges are being punished,...
Let Me Tell You Why You're Wrong
In Ep 229, Dave & Jessica discuss an update on the smacked Fanni, Daniel Defense in Congress, policing for profit, not so safe deposit...
National News
(The Center Square) – Students who were younger, disabled, Black, Hispanic or economically disadvantaged experienced the most significant effects of lost instructional time during...
National News
(The Center Square) – A 28-year-old teacher’s video announcing he quit his job in Ohio to go work as a manager in Walmart went...
National News
(The Center Square) – The national average price for a gallon of gas fell below $4 on Thursday for the first time since March, according...
National News
(The Center Square) – States that ended pandemic unemployment aid saw “a substantial rise” in employment, according to a recent working paper from the Federal...
National News
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released new economic data Tuesday showing the sharpest quarterly decline in labor productivity since...
National Politics
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice raid of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago property in Palm Beach, Fla., sparked a wave...
