WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Raphael G. Warnock, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * "The Character of the Country is on the Line" Warnock Calls for GOP to Protect 16 Million Americans Who Risk Losing Health Care * Watch the full floor speech HERE Senator Reverend Warnock: "Your health care is about to go up. Your hospital might close because they're cutting these clean energy tax cuts, your utility bills are about to go up. And so I have a question tonight, who voted for th  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, June 30 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, posted the following news release: * * * In the News: Barbara Kihumba Offers H-1B Strategic Insight in HR.com * For the June 2025 issue of HR.com, Constangy senior counsel Barbara Kihumba authored an article offering guidance for HR professionals to optimize their organization's H-1B strategy. "For human resources (HR) teams tasked with securing global talent, the H-1B visa remains the   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Carter Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Health Hearing on the Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Huma  more

NAPLES, Italy, June 30 -- The U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa - U.S. 6th Fleet issued the following news: * * * Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2 Opens with Focus on Black Sea Mine Counter Measures * Portland, United Kingdom - Naval forces from Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States have begun Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2 in Portland, England. The second iteration of Sea Breeze 25 is a mine countermeasure   more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: * * * Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2 Opens with Focus on Black Sea Mine Counter Measures * Naval forces from Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkiye, the United Kingdom, and the United States have begun Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2 in Portland, England. Download Naval forces from Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Georgia, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Turkiye, the Un  more

VIENNA, Austria, June 30 -- The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe posted the following news release: * * * Frontline officers deepen expertise in combating illicit trafficking in cultural property at OSCE workshop * Frontline officers from Georgia, Germany and Ukraine deepened their expertise in combating cross-border trafficking in cultural property at the ninth in a series of training workshops organized in Vienna by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operat  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 1 -- The Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy's Internet Governance Project issued the following commentary: * * * Norway's IGF: Crossroads or continuity? By Milton Mueller No one will complain about the operation of the 2025 Internet Governance Forum. The Norwegians did everything right. Even their controversial decision to offer a rather small number of workshop rooms turned out rather well: it gave us a smaller number of better-attended, easier to  more

VIENNA, Austria, July 1 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news: * * * Georgia: Urgent action required as ruling party accelerates efforts to silence independent media The EU must immediately respond to unprecedented crackdown on media in candidate country * The IPI global network today warns of the dire state of media freedom in Georgia amid the introduction of increasingly repressive laws and ongoing attacks on the press. Each day, Georgia moves closer to becoming a  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency, issued the following news release: * * * Greene Opens Hearing on Codifying DOGE Reforms WASHINGTON--Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency Chairwoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) delivered opening remarks today at a hearing on "Locking in the DOGE Cuts: Ending Waste, Fraud, and Abuse for Good." In her opening  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Georgia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release: * * * Health Subcommittee Holds Hearing on HHS Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Today, Congressman Buddy Carter (GA-01), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, led a hearing titled The Fiscal Year 2026 Department of Health and Human Services Budget. "America needs a new prescription -- a clear, bold vision for the future. We can no longer afford to si  more

KENNESAW, Georgia, July 1 -- Kennesaw State University issued the following news release: * * * Kennesaw State expands support for student-parents through new grants The Institute of Women's Policy Research estimates that one college student in five is raising a child while in school, with few institutes of higher learning offering programmatic support. Kennesaw State University bucks the trend with its Children and Family Programs (CFP), which recently received two external grants that will   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Georgia, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and the Internet, issued the following news release: * * * Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnson's Opening Statement at Hearing on Republicans' Attacks on Judicial Independence Today, Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, delivered openi  more

ATHENS, Georgia, June 30 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news: * * * UGA hospitality program takes flight with $5M from The Delta Air Lines Foundation By Rachael Andrews Long-standing partnership between Georgia-based airline giant and flagship university puts the spotlight on Southern hospitality The Delta Air Lines Foundation has committed $5 million to the University of Georgia Hospitality and Food Industry Management program, which is housed in the College of Agricult  more

ATHENS, Georgia, June 30 (TNSjou) -- The University of Georgia issued the following news: * * * Labels are everything: New study reveals role of popularity in news articles By Savannah Peat 'Most read' versus 'most shared' titles influence audience engagement News readers often click on articles not based on topic but rather the behavior of their fellow audience members, according to new research from the University of Georgia. And the way that news organizations label those articles coul  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Republicans Block Sen. Ossoff's Amendment to Prevent Increases to Georgians' Health Insurance Premiums * Average Georgia family of 4 with 2 kids could see health premiums rise by over $2,000 per year without Sen. Ossoff's amendment WATCH: Sen. Ossoff remarks on Senate floor This is an external link Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's amendment to stop Georgians' health insurance p  more