Governor Brian Kemp and legislative budget writers are vowing a cautious approach to spending, despite the huge budget surplus.

Kemp is promoting Georgia business at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland for the second January in a row.

Federal transportation officials have rejected a request from Macon-Bibb County for money to fix one of the area's deadliest roads.

Bitter cold is headed into Georgia.

An Atlanta nonprofit is working to improve the streets for people walking, rolling, or riding.

Savannah hosted its first minor-league hockey all-star game Monday night.

Communities with higher than average poverty and unemployment rates wait much longer to get their power back after major storms, according to a study of over 500 counties in the southeast.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is defending the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.

Snow and sleet are falling in parts of North Georgia. 

A federal judge is allowing part of Georgia's contested 2021 election law overhaul to stand as a lawsuit against it moves forward.

Lawmakers say Medicaid -- and whether or not Georgia will choose to expand it -- will be a major issue this legislative session.

Savannah has approved the wording on a historical marker to be placed in the public square whose name they recently changed.

A historic public square in downtown Savannah which was recently renamed after a formerly enslaved nurse will soon be getting new signage to reflect the name change.

Columbus is having problems with its new automated trash collection system.

Physicians, public health workers, advocacy groups and hospital administrators all testified in favor of Medicaid Expansion during a hearing this week hosted by the Georgia Democratic Caucus.

Governor Brian Kemp delivered his 6th State of the State address, painting his policies as bringing prosperity and opportunity.

Speaker Jon Burns says the House is in a fact-finding phase on expanding health care access for lower income working families.

Hundreds of thousands of Georgians could be at risk of losing home internet access, if Congress does not extend a federal subsidy.

A North Atlantic right whale calf has been injured and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is asking boaters off the coast of Georgia, South Carolina, and northeast Florida to report sightings of the calf.

Governor Brian Kemp says he wants to fund new medical schools at Georgia Southern University and the University of Georgia.

A panel of state Senators is backing a new effort to legalize sports gambling in Georgia.  A similar legislative effort last year failed.

A state judge again has delayed the trial for the first defendant indicted in protests against the Atlanta public safety training facility.

Lawmakers are renewing the push to legalize sports betting in Georgia.

Georgia has recorded its sixth-hottest year on record.

Fulton County elections officials are hosting a series of recruitment fairs to hire poll workers ahead of elections season.

Police in Clayton County are confirming a death related to the severe storms that rolled through Metro Atlanta this morning.

Fulton County elections officials are hosting are a series of recruitment fairs to hire poll workers ahead of elections season.

Georgia set its sixth-hottest year on record, the result of human-caused climate change and the warm-weather pattern, El Nino.

State lawmakers started day-one of this year's General Assembly today on a somber note, remembering a victim of gun violence.

Forecasters urge Georgians to watch the weather tonight as a dynamic system moves into the state, bringing high winds and rain.

The EPA released the second round of federal funds to help school districts across the country transition to alternative fuel buses.

On the eve of the legislative session, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle convened at Feeding Georgia’s annual Wild Hog Supper.

A state judge has rejected a lawsuit to disqualify Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones from holding office because of his participation as an elector for Donald Trump in 2020.

Georgia's education leaders want more support for the shift in how kids are taught to read and more support for mental health.

Atlanta transportation officials say it could take 10 weeks to a repair a bridge that's been damaged by fire now twice in two years.

A non-profit group that gives minority and women entrepreneurs access to capital celebrated the opening of a South Georgia office.

Only six of Georgia’s 159 counties have enough mental healthcare professionals.

Democrats in the Georgia House held a hearing yesterday to discuss maternal mortality in the state ahead of the legislative session set to begin next week.

Atlanta officials are saying repairs could take 10 weeks to complete after a fire damaged the city’s Cheshire Bridge in December.

Families accuse three Georgia agencies that provide mental health services of worsening their children's mental health disorders.

Meanwhile, only six of Georgia’s 59 counties have enough mental health care professionals, according to a new published report.

Democrats in Georgia House held a hearing today to discuss maternal mortality in the state, ahead of the next legislative session.