HUDGENS KICKS OFF FIRE SAFETY CALENDAR GIVEAWAY
Tweet Special to the Journal Atlanta, Ga – Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens today kicked off a statewide fire safety campaign aimed at school-age children. Calendars featuring fire safety tips for children and illustrated by children are being distributed to thousands of classrooms around the state.
Read More →DJJ COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD CHAIRMAN
Tweet Written by Jim Shuller Atlanta, Ga – The Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice is pleased to announce the election of a new DJJ Board Chairman today. During the regular meeting of the DJJ Board on Thursday, January 24, 2013, Commissioner Avery D. Niles confirmed the election of Board Vice Chair Elaine [...]
Read More →Metro Albany’s unemployment rate rises to 9.7 percent in December
Tweet Staff Reports Atlanta, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that the preliminary unemployment rate in metro Albany rose to 9.7 percent in December, up five-tenths of a percentage point from 9.2 percent in November. The rate was 9.8 percent in December 2011. The unemployment rate in the Southwest Georgia region rose [...]
Read More →State officials warn fans: don’t get flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct Super Bowl Sunday
Tweet Special to the Journal Atlanta, Ga — With excitement building for Super Bowl XLVII, Georgia law enforcement officials are taking part in a nationwide DUI crackdown and stepping up efforts to keep impaired drivers off the roads.
Read More →Georgia’s unemployment rate rises to 8.6 percent in December
Tweet Special to the Journal Atlanta, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 8.6 percent in December, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 8.5 percent in November. The rate was 9.4 percent in December a year ago.
Read More →BISHOP WELCOMES NEW MICROLOAN OPPORUNTIES FOR FARMERS, VETERANS
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) released the following statement commending the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on launching a new microloan program aimed at assisting small and beginning farmers, veterans, and disadvantaged producers secure loans up to $35,000. Congressman Bishop is an enthusiastic supporter of [...]
Read More →DISASTER ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE FOR DROUGHT STRICKEN AREAS IN GEORGIA
Tweet Special to the Journal COLUMBUS, GA—Today, Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack has announced that all 29 counties within the Second Congressional District of Georgia have been named primary or contiguous to natural disaster areas due to a recent drought. In accordance with the designation, farm operators in primary counties and contiguous counties are [...]
Read More →State Officials Face Fiscal Challenges, Health Care Reform
Tweet Special to the Journal LEXINGTON, Ky. – As states prepare to implement federal health care reform, policymakers also face continued fiscal challenges, many of which depend on the federal government and whatever actions Congress takes to cut the federal deficit.
Read More →Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Food, Farm and Jobs Bill
Tweet Special to the Journal WASHINGTON, DC – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued the following statement on the Food, Farm and Jobs Bill: “I am pleased that Congress passed needed middle class tax relief and continued unemployment insurance protection for 2 million unemployed Americans. However, while I am relieved that the agreement reached prevents [...]
Read More →BISHOP URGES House Leadership to Block Member of Congress Pay Increase
Tweet WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (GA-02) joined Congressman John Barrow (GA-12) and other colleagues in urging the House Leadership to oppose the pay increase for Members of Congress, as dictated by an Executive Order from the President of the United States on December 27, 2012.
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