An immigration judge in Georgia has granted bond for a well-known Spanish-language journalist arrested while covering a protest last month. That means he will be free as the government seeks to deport him from the United States.
Home Depot is buying specialty building products distributor GMS for $4.3 billion, the second notable acquisition in a little over a year that emphasizes a deliberate push by the home improvement chain into building and materials supply.
No state may have more to lose than Georgia as Republicans in Congress look to gut federal subsidies that aid both the solar and electric vehicle industries. And few towns have more to lose than Cartersville. Some local Republicans oppose the cuts, but high-ranking Georgia Republicans have been publicly silent.
A conservation group says it will pay $60 million to buy land outside the Okefenokee Swamp from a mining company that spent years battling environmentalists over its plans to extract minerals there.
Republican Tim Echols has won renomination to the Georgia Public Service Commission in a primary election. Democrats Keisha Waites and Peter Hubbard appear headed to a July 15 runoff in mostly complete returns.
