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April 20, 2020 WABE 90.1 Georgia’s Poultry Industry In The Coronavirus Era Emma Hurt reports that Georgia is the nation’s number one poultry state, producing more than 31 million pounds of chicken and seven million table eggs every day, according…

April 17, 2020 Savannah Morning News Georgia unemployment claims reach record high in March Katie Nussbaum reports that the Georgia Department of Labor has processed over 861,000 unemployment claims since March 14, which accounts for about 10% of the state’s…

April 16, 2020 Gainesville Times Fla. Objects to latest water wars findings Jeff Gill reports that at Florida’s request, the U.S. Supreme Court has given Georgia and Florida more time to file briefs responding to a special master’s report ruling…

April 15, 2020 Capitol Beat News Georgia airports land piece of coronavirus economic stimulus package Dave Williams reports that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $410.8 million in economic stimulus funding to 97 airports across Georgia to help offset…

April 14, 2020 Georgia.gov Governor Kemp Issues Statewide State of Emergency for Severe Weather Damage Staff reports that yesterday, Governor Kemp declared a statewide state of emergency following severe storm damage across Georgia over the last twenty-four hours.   April…

April 13, 2020 GPB Georgia World Congress Center To Be Used As Temporary Hospital For COVID-19 Patients Josephine Bennet reports that the Georgia World Congress Center is becoming an alternate hospital as more people in the state become sick with…

April 10, 2020 WABE 90.1 Georgia Pushes Primary Election To June Amid Pandemic Emil Moffat reports that Georgia’s Secretary of State has postponed the May primaries until June 9 because of concerns over the coronavirus. Early voting will now take…

April 9, 2020 The Center Square Kemp extends Georgia stay-home order through April 30 Nyamekye Daniel reports that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the state's stay-at-home order by more than two weeks to continue to slow the spread of…

April 8, 2020 Georgia.gov March Net Tax Revenues Up 9.8% Staff reports that the State of Georgia’s net tax collections for March totaled $1.83 billion for an increase of $163.5 million, or 9.8 percent, compared to March 2019 when net…

April 7, 2020 11Alive 'Georgia lost a gentle giant' | State Senator Jack Hill dies Donesha Aldredge reports that Georgia State Senator Jack Hill has passed away. He was 75 years old. The Georgia State Senate released a statement Monday…