Ross Williams

Reporter, Georgia Recorder

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Before joining the Georgia Recorder, Ross Williams covered local and state government for the Marietta Daily Journal. Williams' reporting took him from City Hall to homeless camps, from the offices of business executives to the living rooms of grieving parents.

His work earned recognition from the Georgia Associated Press Media Editors and the Georgia Press Association, including beat reporting, business writing and non-deadline reporting. A native of Cobb County, Williams holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Atlanta's Oglethorpe University and a master’s in journalism from Northwestern University.

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Georgia Department of Labor Atlanta office

Economy

Benefits For Displaced Workers Finally Arriving At Pre-Pandemic Pace

Eight months after the pandemic shutdown caused unemployment claims to hit record highs, the Georgia Department of Labor is finally processing unemployment claims at pre-COVID-19 rates.

The department, which processed more than 4 million regular unemployment claims and disbursed more than $15.7 billion in benefits since March, announced that it had caught up with its application queue Thursday, but some applicants could still face frustrating waits.

November 12, 2020

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Ross Williams

Politics

Georgia GOP Lawmakers Draw The Lines; Political Map Is Election Spoils

While county election workers were still counting the votes in Georgia, the Republican State Leadership Committee declared victory in the state.

That political action committee’s goal is to elect Republicans to state offices and protect their seats. In Georgia, it spent nearly $3 million to defend Republican seats.

November 11, 2020

By:

Ross Williams

Elections

Blue Wave Across Northern Atlanta Suburbs Claims Long-held GOP Turf

Georgia Democrats didn’t get the big blue tsunami they were hoping for on Election Day, but they did plant a flag in the once reliably red northern Atlanta suburbs of Cobb and Gwinnett counties.

These counties elected Democrats to offices up and down the ballot, sending two Democratic Congresswomen to Washington in an otherwise gloomy congressional election for the party. They also played a major role in apparently backing a Democrat for president in Georgia for the first time since 1992.

November 09, 2020

By:

Ross Williams

Politics

Georgia's First Lady Announces Governor Still Healthy Despite COVID Exposure

First Lady Marty Kemp gave an update on Gov. Brian Kemp’s health Tuesday night at Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s election night rally.

“I am very excited to let you know that your governor is healthy, no symptoms, but he is self-quarantined,” she said.

November 04, 2020

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Ross Williams

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger

Elections

Early Voting Knocked Offline In Several Counties As Storm Blows Through

Tropical storm Zeta’s heavy winds caused power outages across Georgia early Thursday morning, including at some of the state’s early voting sites, but the lost access outages will likely not dampen the state’s record early voting numbers, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.

As of 10 a.m. Thursday, 15 counties were opening their early voting locations late, Raffensperger said. Three of those counties have reported power outages in at least one location, and all six of Douglas County’s early voting locations were without power.

October 29, 2020

By:

Ross Williams

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Benefits For Displaced Workers Finally Arriving At Pre-Pandemic Pace

Georgia GOP Lawmakers Draw The Lines; Political Map Is Election Spoils

Blue Wave Across Northern Atlanta Suburbs Claims Long-held GOP Turf

Georgia's First Lady Announces Governor Still Healthy Despite COVID Exposure

Early Voting Knocked Offline In Several Counties As Storm Blows Through

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