A former Georgia insurance commissioner is pleading guilty to conspiring to commit health care fraud. John W. Oxendine of Johns Creek entered the guilty plea Friday in federal court in Atlanta. The crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, but the 61-year-old Oxendine is likely to be sentenced to less.
Corrections officials say an inmate stabbed the warden at a middle Georgia prison during a disturbance. They say officers used tear gas to regain control Wednesday.
Some Georgia lawmakers are having second thoughts about limiting the value of the state's lucrative film tax credit. The Senate Finance Committee voted on Wednesday to rewrite parts of a bill aimed at creating limits.
Georgia senators are giving final approval to $6,500 vouchers funding for private school tuition and home schooling, sending the measure to Gov. Brian Kemp for his signature. Senators voted 33-21 along party lines on Wednesday to approve changes that the House made last week to Senate Bill 233.