Georgia’s November unemployment rate fell to 3.3%, the lowest number since the Federal Government began keeping records on a state by state basis in 1976. Last month, Georgia added 6,000 new jobs, and now has more people working than ever. Details and background on the headline data are contained within the following press release from
Some good news this morning, via a press release from Governor Brian Kemp: Atlanta, GA – This week, Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 3.4%, matching the lowest percentage since 1976. Additionally, Georgia set a record number for total jobs in the state at 4.64 million. Since 2010, Georgia has added
This week’s Courier Herald column: Sometimes it takes a swift kick in the gut to assess where we are, why we do what we do, and what we should be doing going forward. For sports fans in Georgia, we’ve been provided ample opportunity. It was a week that began and ended with embarrassing losses by
This week’s Courier Herald column: While theatrics in Washington have consumed virtually all of the political headlines over the past week, a two-day budget hearing in Atlanta framed the state of Georgia’s economy and tax policy. No immediate votes are scheduled, but the discussion provided a road map to future implications for the state’s politics
This week’s Courier Herald column: Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium had a bit of a coming out party Saturday night. A record capacity crowd greeted Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish and kept the stadium rocking until almost midnight. A national TV audience was able to witness Georgia grind out a victory. It was a great night
This week’s Courier Herald column: I’ve covered the “State of the Port” address in Savannah about six or seven times now. The meeting hosted by the Georgia Ports Authority and the Savannah chapter of the Propeller Club of the United States fills the Savannah Convention Center ballroom to capacity every year. It’s a room where
This week’s Courier Herald column: We’re in the middle of a fight that wasn’t expected. Fueled by media that caters to click-bait stories, social media warriors were quick to choose sides and take up arms. The physical battleground was well represented at high noon Sunday in Cobb County on Windy Hill Road, just down from
The Daily Report brings word that a federal judge is allowing a lawsuit against the city of Doraville to move forward. That suit challenges the constitutionality of the city’s municipal court. Doraville uses fines from the court to fund 17 to 30% of the city’s budget, per the article. Attorneys with the Institute of Justice
This week’s Courier Herald column: There’s a question we really have to stop asking our high school students. “Where are you going to college?” isn’t a good way to start a conversation with someone a generation or three younger than you. Seniors that just graduated are mostly glad that the question has an answer, even
This week’s Courier Herald column: Whenever a public discussion begins about needed improvements for Georgia’s infrastructure, camps quickly form and divide into a battle of transit versus roads. The debate devolves into whether people want to ride together in transit, or whether we can build enough roads for everyone to be able to drive in
