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Georgia Republicans have powered a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling through the state House.
The Georgia Senate is passing a plan to loosen health care permitting that proponents say will create new options for patients.
Georgia’s labor commissioner says he is seriously ill with cancer. Republican Bruce Thompson says in a statement that on Tuesday he was “suddenly” diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, which has spread to his liver.
Arts in the Heart of Augusta is returning to its original location on Telfair Street this year.
The Georgia Senate is passing a plan to loosen health care permitting that proponents say will create new options for patients.
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns is leaning into the push to pass a voucher plan funding private school tuition and home schooling, looking to change the minds of fellow Republican skeptics.
On May 21, voters will be able to decide whether or not the mayor should have the right to weigh in on commission topics.
After a long night of waiting for the results, the runoff race between Gary Richardson and CJ Pearson is over. Richardson won with 60.18% percent of the vote (3,911 votes) compared to the 21-year-old Pearson's 39.82% (2,588).
Officials in Fulton County have removed a banner from their website warning of an “unexpected IT outage” after it created confusion on the final day of voting for the presidential primary.
Legislation that would ban some citizens of China from owning farmland in Georgia is advancing at the state Capitol despite criticism that it promotes xenophobia and could face legal hurdles.
A year ago, Georgia lawmakers said they were striking a balance when they banned most gender-affirming surgeries and hormone replacement therapies for transgender people under 18.
Community members are mourning the death of a Washington County High School student.
Georgia voters will head to the polls Tuesday, March 12 to cast their ballots in the presidential primary.
Georgia would strengthen penalties against false reports of shootings and bomb threats at homes under a bill passed by the state House. The measure would also define a drive-by shooting as a separate crime.
Georgia would strengthen penalties against false reports of shootings and bomb threats at homes under a bill passed by the state House.
Willie James Pye, 59, is set to be put to death March 20. He was convicted of murder and other crimes in the November 1993 killing of his former girlfriend, Alicia Lynn Yarbrough.
President Joe Biden said Saturday that he regretted using the term “illegal” during his State of the Union address to describe the suspected killer of Laken Riley, as Donald Trump blasted Biden's immigration policies and blamed them for her death.
Republicans had demanded but never expected President Joe Biden to say the name Laken Riley during his State of the Union address. But the Democratic president said it.
The Columbia County Storm Water Department is informing drivers of a temporary road closure on Miramar Drive.
Qualifying for the Richmond County 2024 General Primary and Nonpartisan election has officially ended.
A big congratulations is in order for the Westside boys basketball team who take care of business today in Macon! The Patriots dominated Toombs County by a final score of 64-29 to win the Class 2A state title.
Columbia County is warning drivers of a temporary lane closure on Furys Ferry Road next week.
Multiple school districts in Georgia received grants from the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Department of Education.
The lawyer who initiated the effort to remove Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump has walked state lawmakers through her investigation into the Fulton County district attorney.
Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff’s department to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for possible deportation.
Some Georgia senators want to punish cities and counties that they say are illegally harboring immigrants who are in the country without permission by cutting off most state aid to the local government and removing elected officials from office.
The Columbia County School District says a Grovetown Middle School student set a trash can on fire in a bathroom in the school building Wednesday.
Pay raises for Georgia public school teachers and state employees took a step forward Tuesday, as the House Appropriations Committee approved a spending plan for the budget year that begins July 1.
Pay raises for Georgia public school teachers and state employees are a step closer to being enacted.
A Georgia commission with powers to discipline and remove prosecutors needs only Gov. Brian Kemp's approval before it can begin operations, possibly disrupting Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ prosecution of former President Donald Trump.