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A new federal immigration enforcement bill inspired by Laken Riley has won bipartisan passage in Congress; former first lady Rosalynn Carter inspired the state’s certified peer specialist program through her mental health advocacy, and the Carter Center hosted Mental Health Parity Day to celebrate Georgia’s progress.

Governor Brian Kemp is asking state lawmakers to approve $614 million in spending to account for losses from Hurricane Helene.

Georgia animal groups are rallying to help 136 dogs seized from a south Georgia puppy mill days before dangerous cold weather.

Snow and ice from this week's rare winter storm is melting but the road treatments for it have left many vehicles slathered in salt.

The third case this year of highly pathogenic avian influenza in chickens, also known as bird flu, has been confirmed in Georgia.

The remnants of the winter storm in the Deep South are still on the ground after dropping as much as nine inches of snow in parts of South Georgia, and its effects are expected to linger into Thursday.

A federal appeals court will hear arguments Thursday in a three-year-old case over Georgia's Congressional and state legislative district maps.

This week's cold weather has delayed the annual "point in time" count of un-housed people in Atlanta's Fulton County for one week.

One man who won't be in that count died last week when city workers used construction equipment to clear a camp where he lived.

Federal passage of a Georgia-inspired immigration bill, the Laken Riley Act, comes amid the backdrop of Georgia's own legal effort.

Historic amounts of snow and ice are snarling travel across Georgia today. South Georgia locations reported six to nine inches.

In Savannah, some residents decided to make the most of the city's first snow in seven years, sledding kids down quiet streets.

A federal appeals court will hear arguments tomorrow in a three-year-old case over U.S. House and state legislative district maps.