Georgia state Rep. Derrick Jackson, a metro Atlanta Democrat, is running for governor. He will join three other Democrats in a race without a clear frontrunner after two high-profile candidates decided not to run.
John Kennedy, the top ranking Republican in Georgia's state Senate, is joining a growing field of GOP candidates seeking to become the state's next lieutenant governor in 2026.
Mercedes-Benz plans to establish its North American headquarters in metro Atlanta, where the automaker will expand its existing U.S. corporate hub by adding hundreds of jobs relocated from other cities.
With warmer-than-normal ocean waters, forecasters predict above-normal activity in the Atlantic. But they don’t think the 2025 hurricane season, which begins June 1, will be as chaotic as 2024.
Georgia Power announced on Monday that it has agreed to a plan with regulatory staff to hold base power rates steady through the end of 2028. But customer bills could still rise in 2026.
