The GA Lottery just had its best April sales ever, the same month stimulus checks arrived
The COVID-19 shutdown had the Georgia Lottery staring at millions of dollars of lost sales, money the state counted on to fund the popular HOPE scholarship.
FOX 5 I-Team tracks who paid for summer travels of Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan
Who paid for all of the Lt. Governor's beach trips?
Georgia DOL makes online UI forms easier to understand
Unemployment claims continue for the second week to head down. That’s good news, but still many are having trouble filing out those unemployment claims.
Audit confirms I-Team Investigation: College Park secret bank accounts misappropriated money
After an I-Team investigation of two secret bank accounts in College Park, the city ordered an outside audit. The findings are in.
GA training director: Floyd video will be mandatory for all basic recruits
Instructors at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center are already using the George Floyd video to stress the danger of knee-to-neck restraints.
Georgia unemployment claims dropping
There is some good news coming from the unemployment picture. According to the labor commissioner, unemployment claims are down from last week by 323,000. That’s great. But unemployment is still a huge issue across the state. Let’s take a look at the numbers.
Gwinnett jail abuse lawsuits cost taxpayers $3 million
Gwinnett County taxpayers have spent nearly $3 million so far to settle a string of jail abuse lawsuits.
Fulton County DA Paul Howard defends decision to close politically sensitive case
Fulton County DA Paul Howard decided to close a public integrity investigation of then Mayor Kasim Reed's family friend. The decision came during time period when city of Atlanta sent $250,000 in grant money to Howard's office. The majority of it was used to boost Howard's salary. Howard said there was no politics at play.
DOL: Social media threads offer bad unemployment benefits advice
New unemployment figures are out. Georgia is at the highest unemployment rate on record, nearly 12 percent. It passed the previous record from the Great Recession which was 10.6 percent a decade ago.
FOX 5 I-Team finds city budget document that shows money sent to Fulton DA Paul Howard
City of Atlanta budget document shows source of money paid to Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard's office - some of which was used to bolster Howard's pay.
She reached for the peanut butter, then this happened
A Lilburn great-grandmother credited her medical alert device for getting quick help after a kitchen accident.
Secretary of State to examine voting record of congressional candidate
The I-Team examines voting and tax records of 7th district Congressional candidate, Rich McCormick.
Once popular Lilburn zoo reopens Thursday with new name, new approach
Two years after new owners took over a beleaguered petting zoo in Lilburn, the Yellow River Wildlife Sanctuary is finally set to open Thursday morning.
If your unemployment debit card hasn't arrived report it lost
Your questions about unemployment benefits keep rolling in. It’s frustrating; we get it. FOX 5's Dana Fowle can’t answer everything, but she's trying to chip away at as many of these as she possibly can without being able to actually see your files.
Yes, some stimulus checks must be returned
With the rush to get stimulus checks out, some people who are not supposed to get them did. It was unclear what to do at first with checks that arrived to deceased people. Now it’s clear; the IRS wants it back.
Here are three new ways to tell whether we're beating COVID-19
Nearly two months into the COVID-19 pandemic everyone has the same question: how do we really know when it’s under control?
Labor Department has 34,000 applications it can't process
New unemployment figures reveal that as of mid March one in five first-time claims have been filed. And, just last week 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment.
Demorest Mayor calls rehiring of fired police chief a 1st Amendment victory
Demorest Mayor Rick Austin thinks his city has won a major victory for good government and the first amendment.
He began warning about a pandemic in 2005, fears Georgia still not ready for what might be next
He spent a career in Georgia state government preparing for a pandemic that, as it turned out, would happen only after he retired.
Many Georgia unemployment hiccups due to certification issues
It’s been weeks now that many of you have tried to file for unemployment. And we know it hasn’t been easy.