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(The Center Square) – Italian tire manufacturer Pirelli will add 1,000 jobs and invest $1.2 billion in Georgia as part of an agreement announced by Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday.
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(The Center Square) – The Georgia Department of Family and Children Services spent $7.3 million on software to support service authorizations, and an audit shows the software was a factor in a $71.1 million increase in costs.
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(The Center Square) – Georgia's unemployment rate declined to 3.2% in August as the labor force reached an all-time high, according to the Georgia Department of Labor.
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(The Center Square) – The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear a case involving a death row inmate who avoided execution on Wednesday based on a new law passed by the General Assembly in 2025.
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(The Center Square) – The Trump administration continues to crack down on visa fraud and human smuggling involving agricultural workers.
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(The Center Square) – Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said Tuesday he wants more accountability for automated license plate readers.
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(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp endorsed U.S. Rep. Mike Collins in the U.S. Senate race, but polls show the Republican is still trailing incumbent Democrat Jon Ossoff.
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(The Center Square) – Georgians who use diesel fuel are experiencing the largest price increase in the country, rising more than 60 cents over the week, according to AAA and GasBuddy.
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(The Center Square) – Georgia Tech ranked third in the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's College Free Speech Rankings 2027, earning a C-plus.
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(The Center Square) – Free market state policy group the American Legislative Exchange Council Wednesday released its fourth edition of States That Work, its report ranking states according to their labor policy.
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(The Center Square) – Georgia child protective services has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on technologies that secretly track cell phone movements and surveil web activity – tools the agency might be prohibited from using, records obtained by The Center Square show.
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(The Center Square) – A small community in northwest Georgia is under consideration for the state's next large data center.
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(The Center Square) – Motorists purchasing fuel in Georgia on Labor Day are paying 11 cents more than last week, according to AAA.
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