The federal government is re-asserting its authority to review a proposed mine near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Hundreds of candidates for political offices will stream into the state capitol and local elections offices to qualify to run for office.

Authorities recovered the body of a City of Albany worker who went missing while collecting water samples from the Flint River.

First Lady Jill Biden launched a nationwide Women for Biden-Harris initiative in Atlanta Friday ahead of the March 12th presidential primary.

Authorities have recovered the body of a City of Albany employee who went missing while collecting water samples from the Flint River.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug that can lessen serious and sometimes deadly allergic reactions in children and adults with food allergies.

State Senators gave approval on Crossover Day to a bill that would sever government ties with the accrediting body for libraries.

A judge heard closing arguments today over whether DA Fani Willis should be removed from Georgia's election interference case.

Hundreds of people paid their respects today for Laken Riley, the nursing student killed at the University of Georgia last week.

Dozens of bills passed either the state House or the state Senate yesterday on Crossover Day.

Georgia’s Public Service Commission is in the midst of the final public hearings on Georgia Power’s request to vastly expand its ability to make electricity in response to what the utility says is unprecedented business growth. 

Governor Brian Kemp has signed a record nearly $38 billion fiscal 2024 mid-year budget, drawing on a record $16 billion surplus.

On Crossover Day, Georgia State Senators unanimously passed legislation to allow opioid overdose reversal medication in schools.

The director of the Economic Forecasting Center says Georgia will experience an economic slowdown but no recession this year.

Today is Crossover Day, a key deadline in the Georgia General Assembly when legislation has to pass either the House or Senate to be considered by the other chamber before the end of this session.

Georgia Democrats are hoping to pass legislation protecting in vitro fertilization or IVF after an Alabama supreme court decision that threatens the legality of the infertility treatment.

Today is February 29th, a day that comes around only once every four-years.

Republicans are pushing new laws to crack down on undocumented immigrants after a student murder at the University of Georgia.

Democrats hope to pass legislation to protect in-vitro fertilization after an Alabama Supreme Court decision threatens the treatment.

Georgia voters could get a chance in November to vote on authorizing sports gambling after state Senators backed a referendum.

Civil rights attorneys filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday in south Georgia, alleging excessive and unlawful use of force in the police killing of Leonard Cure.

State Senate Minority Leader, Gloria Butler, announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of the year.

Georgians may be one step closer to gambling legally.

A Georgia nonprofit has organized a series of litter cleanups of coastal Glynn County’s salt marshes for the month of March.

The district attorney for Athens-Clarke County is bringing in a special prosecutor to handle the case of slain student Laken Riley.

Attorneys filed a federal lawsuit in South Georgia alleging excessive and unlawful use of force in the police killing of Leonard Cure.

Georgia has the highest percentage of deadly crashes involving a police chase.  Georgia officials are working to change training.

Hundreds of students and faculty members gathered Monday afternoon on the University of Georgia's campus for a vigil for two students who died last week.

Georgia lawmakers gave final approval yesterday to the nearly $38 billion midyear budget.

Parents of kids under 16 would have to give their kids permissions to access certain social media accounts, under a bill passed by the state Senate Monday.

Georgia's top Republicans are taking aim at immigration policy after the killing of a student on the University of Georgia campus.

An audit finds that Georgia is in the minority among US states in not having a central statewide plan for addressing homelessness. 

Construction is ahead of schedule near Savannah where Hyundai is building a nearly $8 billion electric vehicle manufacturing plant.

Georgia is in the minority among U.S. states in not having a centralized, statewide plan for addressing homelessness. 

Nonprofits in Georgia are expanding to provide more people with disabilities access to medical equipment and assistive technology.

The state House is backing a measure to criminalize the use of "deepfakes" generated by artificial intelligence to impersonate candidates in political campaign ads.

The University of Georgia has identified a person of interest being questioned in connection with the death of a woman on campus.

Movie heavyweight Tyler Perry is pausing plans for an $800 million expansion at his Atlanta studio because of artificial intelligence.

The state House is backing a measure to criminalize the use of "deepfakes" generated by artificial intelligence in campaign ads.

State lawmakers are considering a three-year pause on permits for mines near Georgia's Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

State lawmakers seem ready to ease limits on the construction of new health care facilities -- limits known as Certificate of Need.

State Attorney General Chris Carr vowed to defend the state's anti-abortion law at the annual March for Life at the Georgia Capitol.

Bipartisan legislation introduced this week proposes changes to some, but not all, current policy that limits the construction or expansion of health care facilities in Georgia, also known as Certificate of Need. 

The state House has passed a bill to prevent officers from having to arrest people who refuse to sign traffic tickets.

Researchers from Augusta University are using Census data to find out how many adults in the U.S. are currently living with intellectual and developmental disabilities.