A member of the Georgia House of Representatives was charged Friday with making false statements to fraudulently obtain ...

Georgia State Representative Dexter Sharper is charged with fraud, accused of illegally claiming $13,825 in unemployment ...

Federal prosecutors have charged Georgia state Rep. Dexter Sharper with making false statements to collect $13,825 in ...

The state added 5,000 jobs this month.

With the exception of just one region in Georgia, the whole state saw unemployment rates increase in October. The news comes from the Georgia Department of Labor, which said aside from the Three ...

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

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

Georgia’s unemployment rate fell slightly to 3.4% last month, down from 3.5% in June, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. Georgia joblessness was eight-tenths of a point lower than the ...

Georgia's unemployment rate remained steady at 3.5% in June 2025, below the national average of 4.1%. Georgia's labor market showed stability with no significant change in unemployment compared to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest unemployment numbers from the Georgia Department of Labor are in and they’re showing no real changes compared to ...

Georgia’s unemployment rate decreased to 3.5% in May, according to new data from the state Department of Labor. The number of jobs in the state also reached nearly 5 million in the month. The Peach ...

More workers are looking for and finding jobs in Georgia as the state's unemployment rate stays low. Georgia's unemployment rate remained at 3.1% in April for the ninth month in a row, although that's ...