Former state Rep. Dexter Sharper, a Valdosta Democrat, pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in court Wednesday as part of ...

State Rep. Dexter Sharper pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to lying to the government to receive unemployment ...

Georgia Rep. Dexter Sharper resigned from office just days before he has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges.

A former state representative from Valdosta is entering a guilty plea to fraud charges.

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of ...

(The Center Square) – The Georgia Department of Labor told The Center Square that it has received 272 unemployment claims related to the federal government shutdown. Georgia has about 110,900 workers ...

(The Center Square) – Georgia’s first unemployment numbers show the state’s unemployment rate is steady at 3.4% but the number of jobs is declining. September statistics show a net decrease of 3,200 ...

State Department of Labor says it has a new system to manage customer relations and an updated claim intake system is coming. An activist wears a ‘fired but fighting’ shirt outside of the Centers for ...

A Georgia state representative who did not report his pay as a state lawmaker and other income when he collected $13,825 in pandemic unemployment benefits pleaded guilty to ...

ATLANTA — The unemployment rate for December rose to 3.6%, up from a revised 3.5% in November, the Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday. It remained 0.8 percentage points lower than the ...

A “Welcome to Georgia” highway sign is seen. Photo: Kim Jarrett / The Center Square (The Center Square) – Georgia's first unemployment numbers show the state's unemployment rate is steady at 3.4% but ...