ATLANTA -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday suspended a state House member accused of lying to collect federal ...

The Democratic lawmaker was accused of collecting $17,811 in unemployment benefits illegally, however, she pleaded not guilty ...

Georgia's November 2025 unemployment rate held steady at 3.5%, significantly lower than the 4.6% national rate. October data was skipped due to a federal government shutdown. Health care and ...

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia dropped last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, fell to 3,952 ...

A former Georgia state Democratic lawmaker was hit with a federal indictment this week accusing her of lying to collect nearly $14,000 in pandemic-era unemployment benefits. Karen Bennett, who ...

The decline started around the end of the summer, a trend that continued into the fall. House advances minibus package after Johnson wins over holdouts Officials release billions of gallons of water ...

The second Georgia state House member accused of fabricating claims to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic has announced her retirement. Karen Bennett of Stone Mountain, located ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former Georgia state Democrat lawmaker was federally charged for allegedly fraudulently obtaining nearly $14,000 in ...

ATLANTA — There is a slight uptick in Georgia’s unemployment rate. New numbers from the state labor department show the jobless rate from November 2025 was 3.5%, which is up a tenth of a point from ...

ATLANTA(AP) — A second former Georgia state House member has been accused of lying to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Federal prosecutors filed charges Monday against Karen ...