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People experiencing domestic violence are half as likely to leave their abuser and seek shelter if they can’t bring pets with them, and more likely to return to dangerous situations for the sake of their pets.  One domestic violence shelter in Albany is the latest to address this issue.

Since the war between Israel and Hamas broke out earlier this social media month platforms have been flooded with conflicting information and dubious facts.

Attorney Sidney Powell, who was set to go to trial this month, has taken a plea deal with prosecutors in the 2020 election interference racketeering case. 

Attorney Kenneth Chesebro has pleaded guilty, just as his trial in Georgia's election interference racketeering case was beginning.

Geico, one the largest employers in the Macon area, is reducing its national workforce by about 2,000, or about 6%, of its workers.

Governor Kemp's Medicaid alternative was supposed to cover 100,000 Georgians in its first year.  Four months in, it's only 1,300.

The jury selection process begins Friday in Fulton County in the trials of Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell. 

Georgia craft brewers have launched a petition urging state lawmakers to support changes to the state's beer distribution laws.

The Georgia Department of Corrections has chosen a site for a new, state of the art prison aimed at remedying persistent safety issues.

A former attorney for Donald Trump has taken a plea deal with prosecutors in Georgia's 2020 election interference case.

The state of Georgia will pay for gender-affirming health care for public employees covered by a state health insurance plan.

The attorney representing the family of Leonard Cure, shot by a Georgia deputy, says he's troubled by videos of the incident.

All nine Georgia Republican U.S. House members voted for Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan during his first failed bid for House Speaker yesterday. 

A Black man from metro Atlanta, released after being wrongfully sentenced to 16 years in prison in Florida was shot and killed Monday by a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in Camden County.

Georgia has opened the wait list for its Housing Choice Voucher Program for the first time in two-years.