Press Releases

Atlanta, GA – Governor Brian P. Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr today issued the following statements regarding the State of Georgia’s motion to dismiss the U.S. Department of Justice’s politically-charged lawsuit seeking to intrude into the State of Georgia’s constitutional authority to regulate the time, place, and manner of its elections.

Atlanta, GA – Today Governor Brian P. Kemp announced appointments to various state boards, authorities, commissions, councils, and other state organizations.

Atlanta, GA – Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp appointed Fitz Johnson to serve as the District 3 Commissioner on the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). Johnson will fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Commissioner Chuck Eaton to the Atlanta Judicial Circuit.

Atlanta, GA - Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp applauded Georgia's unemployment rate dropping for the fourteenth straight month since April 2020. The unemployment rate has dropped from 4.1% in May 2021 to 4.0% for the month of June. The national unemployment average is 5.9%.

Atlanta, GA – Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced a statewide initiative to strengthen Georgia's position as a national leader in the electric mobility industry. Driven by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), the Electric Mobility and Innovation Alliance (EMIA) includes partners from the private and public sectors ranging from government, industry, electric utilities, education, nonprofits, and other stakeholders, focused on advancing Georgia’s role in developing the electric mobility industry and its supply chain. In conjunction with the initiative, GDEcD has launched new website assets at: georgia.org/mobility.

Atlanta, GA – Today, Governor Brian Kemp announced Coastal Electric Cooperative and Darien Communications' expansion of broadband services for three counties in southeast Georgia. Officials announced the formation of a new broadband provider in southeast Georgia, Coastal Fiber, Inc., which will offer high-speed internet service to 16,000 homes and businesses in Liberty, Bryan, and Long counties.

Atlanta, GA – Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced his appointment of Judge Verda Colvin to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Georgia. Colvin will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of the Honorable Harold D. Melton, effective July 1.

Atlanta, GA – Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Candice Broce, Chief Operating Officer for the Governor's Office, will serve as interim Director of the Division of Family & Children Services, effective immediately.

Atlanta, GA - The State of Georgia’s June net tax collections totaled $2.5 billion for an increase of $563.1 million, or 29.1 percent, compared to June 2020 when net tax collections totaled nearly $1.94 billion as of June 30, 2020. For the year-ended June 30, 2021, net tax collections totaled almost $26.90 billion for an increase approaching $3.2 billion, or 13.5 percent, compared to Fiscal Year 2020 (FY '20), when the final net tax revenues – adjusted as of August 7, 2020, to include deferred FY '20 related tax deadline payments received in July of FY '21 – totaled $23.7 billion.

Atlanta, GA – Today, Governor Brian P. Kemp, Congressman Drew Ferguson (GA - 03), and the members of the Coweta County state legislative delegation issued the following joint statement in response to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) rejection of Georgia's appeal of FEMA's initial denial of Individual Assistance.