The US House January 6th committee is hearing from Georgia officials who fended off Donald Trump's pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

As the country waits on the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion rights, local officials are preparing to respond.

Georgia voters are at the polls today for a primary run-off to decide the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State, among other races.

Atlanta will host one of the most-watched sporting events in the world in 2026.

On Tuesday, Democrats Joyce Griggs and Wade Herring face each other in the 1st Congressional District primary runoff.

Georgia remains in the grip of a major heat wave.  But some cities and neighborhoods are affected more than others.

 

Georgia is once again at the center of Congressional testimony over events leading to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Emory University is participating in Phase 1 clinical trials to evaluate the use of messenger RNA technology in HIV vaccines.

Members of the Congressional Jan. 6 committee held their first televised hearing Thursday. Lawmakers investigating the attack showed new video clips of the insurrection, including damning testimony from top Trump advisors and people who were there that day. Among the first witnesses was an Atlanta native and U.S. Capitol police officer.

Voting rights organizations are challenging a recently drawn map for school board districts in Cobb County.

During the pandemic the U.S. Department of Agriculture expanded access to school lunch waivers. Now those rules that helped feed more kids are set to expire at the end of June. 

The streets of Athens will see their first ever Pride parade this weekend.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is expected to testify publicly before the U.S. House committee investigating the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Congress is under intense pressure to pass stricter gun control measures in the wake of the Uvalde and Buffalo mass shootings. Members of the U.S. House are moving quickly to send legislation to the Senate. Among those is a bill that passed today championed by Georgia lawmaker U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath.

Valdosta's Partnership to End Homelessness said it has seen an overwhelming amount of renters seeking help filing for assistance because of a backlogged system.

A spokesman for the agency processing rental assistance said his department is working 'feverishly' to process cases. 

Georgia is set to run another multi-billion-dollar budget surplus.

Georgia Congresswoman Nikema Williams has filed a bill that would give money to states to boost how local elections offices are run.

An Atlanta jury has found reality T-V stars Todd and Julie Chrisley guilty on federal bank fraud and tax evasion charges.

A federal agency has dealt a major setback to a proposed titanium oxide mine near Georgia's protected Okefenokee Swamp.

Democrats and voting rights groups are criticizing a gas giveaway organized by an outside group campaigning for Republican US Senate candidate Herschel Walker.

The board that oversees the popular state-owned park on Jekyll Island is considering a series of fee increases.

The Georgia Supreme Court has ended one lane of legal defense for the man who had been scheduled to be executed last month.

As funerals continue for the victims of last week's elementary school shooting in Texas, a Georgia company will part of each one.

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger probably would not have won last week's Republican primary without Democrats.

Hurricane season begins tomorrow and counties in Southwest Georgia are getting prepared.

The Teacher of the Year in Georgia's largest school system is quitting his job.

Former Georgia first lady Betty Foy Sanders has died.  Sanders' husband Carl was elected governor in 1962.

The Teacher of the Year in Georgia's largest school system is quitting his job.

 

The late Winfred Rembert rose from humble beginnings in Cuthbert, Ga. to critical acclaim.

Georgia voters are heading to the polls today in a closely watched primary election.

Incumbent Governor Brian Kemp was joined by former Vice President Mike Pence in Cobb County last night.

Some voters are being strategic about which primary they choose to vote in. 

A Georgia project aims to change the unfocused way we talk about flooding.