Local, state and federal police seized 65 kilos of meth, 1 kilo of heroin, and a quarter-kilo of fentanyl in Gwinnett County. After receiving several tips about gang activity, the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office, ATF Atlanta, Homeland Security Investigations and the Georgia Bureau of Investigations worked together to make the seizure announced Tuesday. Read the…
Public health experts say despite encouraging trends, infections in Georgia could climb again because of BA.2, a subvariant of Omicron gaining traction here and across the country. Read the full article: ajc.com
Lawmakers tried to revive Georgia’s medical marijuana program Tuesday as the state Senate unanimously passed a bill to quickly issue business licenses this spring. The Senate voted 52-0 to approve a measure that would jump-start cannabis oil production by authorizing six companies to manufacture and sell the medicine to registered patients. Licenses would be issued…
By Drew Kann, Shelia Poole and Nick Thieme This article is reprinted courtesy of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Lanetra Tucker used to live in an apartment just a block away from Crawford W. Long Middle School. Most days, her children made the short walk to and from the campus in south Atlanta, in the shadow of Hartsfield-Jackson…
The state Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved legislation that would grant tax credits to Georgians who donate to nonprofit organizations that help young adults who’ve “aged out” of the foster care program. Under Senate Bill 370, Georgians could qualify for tax credits up to $2,500 to match their donations to qualified organizations that assist those…
Georgia has filed suit against the Biden administration, demanding the state be allowed to impose a work and activity requirement for some Georgians in order to qualify for Medicaid insurance. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s “waiver” proposal, approved in the waning days of the Trump administration, was drawn up in response to federal government’s invitation to…
Administrators filling in as teachers. Principals washing dishes. Bus drivers doubling their routes. That’s the situation in schools across the state as coronavirus case rates remain exceptionally high — topping the peak numbers seen in last year’s delta surge. School districts, including systems in Gwinnett and Fulton counties, documented their highest case counts of the 2021-2022 school year…
Many Georgia professors are calling for stricter COVID-19 protocols ahead of Monday’s return to classrooms — a day when University of Georgia students are expected to gather in large numbers to watch the college football national championship. Read the full article: ajc.com
Johnny Isakson, 76, died Sunday morning, according to his family. He had been battling Parkinson’s disease for the better part of a decade. Funeral arrangements are still being finalized. Read the full article: ajc.com
The family of a Navy veteran who committed suicide outside a central Georgia VA hospital in 2019 has settled a lawsuit for $1 million. Gary Steven Pressley, 29, was found on April 5, 2019, in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin. The Barnesville resident had a…