A Georgia Senate subcommittee looking into the Fulton County Jail has issued a report with 17 recommendations for improving the facility’s conditions, including a suggestion that Fulton County Superior Court judges should carry full dockets.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed a measure to extend tax credits for revitalizing abandoned buildings and South Carolina short-line railroads.
The Smyrna Public Safety Foundation will host a car show and a softball game as part of a free, family-friendly community event to support Smyrna’s first responders.
The federal government has sued Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern, saying the company is violating federal law by delaying Amtrak’s Crescent trains that operate between New York and New Orleans.
(The Center Square) — Fewer than 4,500 people are enrolled in Georgia’s Medicaid alternative that launched a year ago, well below enrollment estimates. The number of 4,323 Georgians enrolled in Georgia Pathways to Coverage as of June 15 is from the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, which reviewed estimates the Department of Community Health provided to the media. The state agency did not immediately confirm the numbers on Friday. The state launched the Pathways program
Concord Covered Bridge Historic District Board President Phil Ivester will discuss his research into the Chattahoochee River Line troop movements and battles during the Civil War in the summer of 1864 during a July 14 lecture.