Georgia’s unemployment rate declined in January for the first time in more than a year, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday.

Republicans had demanded it but never expected President Joe Biden to say it during his State of the Union address. Biden said the name of Laken Riley.

Naomi Barber King, a civil rights activist who was married to the younger brother of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 92. Family members say she died Thursday in Atlanta.

Electric truck maker Rivian says it's pausing construction of a $5 billion manufacturing plant in Georgia. The announcement Thursday put the brakes on Georgia's second-largest economic development project, which came with $1.5 billion in incentives from the state and local governments.

President Joe Biden addressed the death of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley in his State of the Union address last night.

The Georgia House approved a $36 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

The federal agency that oversees government property has added over a year to the renovation time line of Savannah's historic federal courthouse.

A federal judge denied bond on immigration chargers for the brother of the suspected killer of Georgia college student Laken Riley.

Lawmakers in the House fulfilled an important requirement for the session today, and several special visitors came to the Capitol.  

Rivian will produce a new electric vehicle model in Illinois instead of Georgia, a major setback for state officials counting on a plant.

The brother of the man accused of killing Athens nursing student Laken Riley will be detained without bond on immigration charges.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has qualified to run for reelection as she faces a firestorm of scrutiny in the election case.

Sunday is the 96th annual Academy Awards. Big-name films like Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon are up for honors this year. For Georgians, there are a couple categories to watch as movies and actors from the Peach State are up for nominations. 

The House has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of theft. Republicans are seizing on the recent death of a nursing student in Georgia to rebuke President Joe Biden's border policies just hours ahead of his State of the Union address.

On the Thursday, March 7 edition of Georgia Today: The brother of the man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus two weeks ago will be detained without bond; Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has qualified to run for reelection; and the renovation timeline for Savannah's historic federal courthouse just got a little longer.

Georgia Secretary of Agriculture Tyler Harper handed commendations to the pups’ owners. Harper said the bond between farmers and their working dogs is often even stronger than the bond between other dog owners and their beloved pooches.

Beset by a serious illness and out on medical leave, Columbus District Attorney Stacey Jackson has decided not to run for a second term.

A Hall County Sheriff’s Office deputy came across an adult alligator near a pond at Allen Creek Road.

Some Georgia senators want to punish cities and counties that they say are illegally harboring immigrants who are in the country without permission by cutting off most state aid to the local government and removing elected officials from office.