New regulations in Georgia reduced prices paid for physician-dispensed drugs by 22-36 percent and many physicians continued to dispense prescriptions to injured workers, said a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, Impact of Reform on …
Georgia’s top insurance regulator and two senior staffers accepted $100-per-head meals and, in one case, a round of golf last month funded by the industry they oversee, according to recent financial disclosures. That spending is legal under Georgia law, though …
An effort to put solar-powered lights on navigation markers and buoys on Georgia’s Lake Lanier is moving forward with agreement from the previously resistant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Gainesville-based Lake Lanier Association was able to sway the corps …
The Georgia State Fire Marshal’s office has ruled that an explosion at a gas company in Coffee County that left two employees injured was caused by a propane leak. State officials told WALB-TV Tuesday that Ferrellgas employees were transferring propane …
There’s mixed reaction in Georgia to a proposal from a federal agency’s call for states to lower their blood-alcohol limits from drivers. The National Transportation and Safety Board made waves with its call for a 0.05 limit, down from the …
Officials from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety are looking to lower the number of cyclist fatalities in 2013. Department spokeswoman Ashley Fielding says 18 cyclists were killed in the state in 2012, representing a 28 percent increase in the …
Residents were cleaning up after Sunday thunderstorms dropped large hail and toppled trees, damaging cars and homes in several Georgia counties. Reports to the National Weather Service indicated that a tree fell on a car in Oglethorpe. Authorities say trees …
New numbers show that Georgia has seen a slight drop in the number of motorcycle fatalities. The Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety reported that new data made available Wednesday shows that the state had slightly fewer deadly motorcycle wrecks …
Georgia joined dozens of other states on Tuesday with a law aimed at educating parents and coaches about the risks of youth concussions and placing restrictions on when a young athlete can return after suffering a serious head injury. Gov. …
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a comprehensive boating safety law after a deadly summer on the water in north Georgia. The bill, signed Tuesday at an event at Lake Lanier, honors the memory of two brothers killed in a boating …