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.
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 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.
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.
Federal prosecutors are weathering another delay in their case against a former Savannah car salesman charged in connection with the January 6th insurrection.
Attorneys suing a Georgia county over zoning changes that they say threaten the Gullah-Geechee community on Sapelo Island asked a judge Tuesday to let them correct technical problems with their civil complaint to avoid having it dismissed.
Atlanta City Council members have approved a measure to ban right turns on red in parts of the city in a 10 to 3 vote.
In-person early voting for the March 12th presidential primary in Georgia is underway.
Gov. Brian Kemp is steering $26 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to non-profit groups providing services to Georgia crime victims.
Military and local law enforcement officials say America’s national security is at risk without more investment in early childhood mental health programs.
House Democrats proposed a constitutional amendment that could increase the number of statewide referendums on ballots.
Officials at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport want to prevent the non-flying general public from accessing the terminal.
A bill in the Georgia House is the second attempt at legislation meant to fine tune the balance between river access and private property rights in the state.
