A change of plea hearing has been scheduled next month in Atlanta for state Rep. Dexter Sharper, who initially pleaded not guilty to charges.

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 ...

Dexter Sharper has become the third Georgia House Democrat charged with lying to the government in order to receive ...

Authorities say Sharper allegedly worked and earned money from at least two, and sometimes three, jobs each week despite claiming to be unemployed.

Georgia’s unemployment rate fell to 3.4% in July, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. State officials said the rate was not only down from the previous month’s number but remained lower than ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s unemployment rate remained steady at 3.4% in September 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. GDOL said the rate is one percentage point lower than the national ...

The Georgia Department of Labor recently reported the state's unemployment rate hit 3.5% in May, its lowest point in a year. But something else dropped, too: the size of the labor force. Georgia's ...

Georgia's unemployment rate decreased to 3.4% in July, down from 3.5% in June. Despite the lower unemployment rate, the total number of jobs in the state decreased slightly. Job growth occurred in ...

ATLANTA(AP) — A Georgia state House member is accused of lying about her employment to collect federal unemployment benefits during the pandemic. Rep. Sharon Henderson, a Covington Democrat, has been ...