The move could prevent millions of evictions that housing advocates warn are looming as people who have lost work run out of money. Landlord groups want to know who will pay for the lost rent.
As the high school football season kicks off this week, Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Executive Director, Dr Robin Hines, discusses the challenges his organization and its member schools have faced in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic across this incredibly diverse state.
As commercial real estate continues to lie vacant around the U.S., it may contribute to a vicious economic cycle that reshapes New York and other cities.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a five-month extension to measures aimed at preventing millions of tenants from being thrown out of housing for late rent payments due to the pandemic.
Some employees will soon see a boost in take-home pay. The Trump administration has given employers the option to stop collecting payroll taxes. But workers may have to repay the money next year.
People can spend months recovering from COVID-19 and sometimes have lasting disabilities. That is especially hard for undocumented people, who often are in high-risk jobs without health insurance.
“I knew that this was a novel virus. I knew that we didn't have any tried-and-true effective treatments for it,” she said. “And here I was full-blown, and I had it.”
The top 10 metro areas in the nation for the highest rates of COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks are all college towns.
The list, as compiled Monday by the New York Times, includes two Georgia college towns: Milledgeville, where Georgia College is located, which is No. 5. It’s followed at No. 6 by Statesboro, the home of Georgia Southern University.
Gov. Brian Kemp is touting Georgia's efforts in the fight against COVID-19, saying the state is making "measurable progress" and that hospitalizations have reached its lowest point since early July.
Some students in Bibb County still in need of internet access before virtual school gets underway next week can pick up free WiFi hotspots from the school district.
Starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, parents can pick up a hotspot at the districts professional learning center at 2007 Riverside Drive.
Pandemic emergency aid gave an unlikely ratings boost to President Jair Bolsonaro, who has criticized welfare and protested virus prevention measures. Now he's weighing further social spending.
Although daily COVID-19 deaths have fallen somewhat in recent days, the number of infections has continued to rise in many places with no end in sight.
Emily Miller was central in defending the FDA commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, after he falsely said that blood plasma could lower the death rate from COVID-19 by more than a third.