January 2026 Features

• Georgia Unemployment Rate Remains Below National Average at 3.5%

  January 08, 2026

  The Georgia Department of Labor announced that Georgia’s unemployment rate for November was 3.5%, up slightly from a revised 3.4% in September. November’s unemployment rate remained 1.1 percentage points below the national unemployment rate.

• New Laws Will Address Professional Services, Homeowner Protections, Car Owners & Politicians

  January 06, 2026

  Most new laws from this year’s legislative session took effect in July, but a handful of significant bills become law on New Year’s day.

• Amazon Executive Terreta Rodgers to Keynote 2026 MLK Dinner

  January 05, 2026

  The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Albany State University and the King Day Celebration Committee, is proud to announce Terreta Rodgers, Head of Community Affairs for Amazon’s Georgia Region, as the keynote speaker for the 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Dinner, scheduled for January 15th, at Albany State University’s West Campus Student Center.

• Georgia Marks 50 Years of Clean, Reliable Nuclear Energy

  January 05, 2026

  For more than 50 years, nuclear energy has played a critical role in Georgia’s energy mix – currently providing approximately 25% of the state’s electricity each year from just two nuclear plants: Plant Hatch near Vidalia and Plant Vogtle near Augusta.