ATLANTA – Four Georgia communities will receive $7.5 million in grants through a state program designed to foster economic development in rural counties.

The state’s labor force fell by 4,111 last month to nearly 5.4 million, as did the number of employed Georgians, which dropped by 1,386 to almost 5.2 million. On the positive side, unemployment ...

ATLANTA – Three Georgia communities will receive $6.5 million in grants, the latest round of funding through the Rural Workforce Housing Initiative Gov. Brian Kemp launched more than two years ago.