Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has announced new federal funding to help protect Tybee Island from coastal flooding.

A trial is set to get underway in Washington Monday to determine how much Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two Georgia election workers.

Black communities in Georgia have disproportionately high fatality rates from certain diseases, but less than 5 percent of participants in clinical trials for treating chronic diseases and cancers are Black. A national initiative is seeking to change that.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said today the city won't host the Peach Drop, Georgia's 34-year-old twist on New York's ball drop.

The White House today announced billions of dollars in funding for passenger rail projects across the country, including in Georgia.

A study says new jail for Atlanta's Fulton County could cost up to $2 billion to build and more than $200 million a year to operate.

Billions of dollars in spending for passenger rail announced Friday by the Biden Administration includes the possibility of high speed rail between Atlanta and Charlotte.

The Georgia House has given final passage to a new Congressional map that adds majority Black districts but keeps the existing partisan make-up.

Georgia health agencies want to make preventative medication for HIV more accessible. 

The Georgia House has given final passage to a new Congressional map that aims to meet a federal judge's order on voting rights.

State assisted living community regulators are proposing rules that would reduce staffing requirements at memory care facilities.

Georgia health agencies are proposing legislation to make HIV prevention medication PEP and PrEP more accessible statewide.

A new pediatric behavioral health unit just opened in Macon. It’s part of an effort to meet the mental health needs of children in the region.

A panel of lawmakers in the state House advanced a Congressional map proposed by Senate Republicans in a party line vote Wednesday.

An Atlanta investment group is highlighting the rising cost of housing in the city through a contest offering free rent for a year.

A panel of lawmakers in the state House advanced a Congressional map proposed by Senate Republicans in a party line vote.

An audit says the City of Columbus failed to collect more than $45 million in business license fees over the past five years.

A civil rights attorney says he plans to file a lawsuit in the case of Leonard Cure, the exonerated man fatally shot in Georgia.

Shopping scams ramp up during the holidays as more people go online and in-store searching for gifts for loved ones. FBI Atlanta has some of the top scams to watch out for this year and how to protect yourself against them.

Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump said Tuesday he will file a wrongful death lawsuit in the case of Leonard Cure.

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up Wednesday.

Some residents in Southeast Georgia are pushing back against a tidal wave of new warehouses.

Residents fear they are losing the rural and residential character of many parts of Southeast Georgia as warehousing tied to explosive growth the Port of Savannah brings sudden and unwelcome changes.

Georgia’s special legislative session on redistricting is expected to wrap up tomorrow.  The Congressional maps are still in play.

Some residents  are pushing back against a wave of new warehouses being driven by massive growth at the Port of Savannah.

Two coal-fired power plants in Georgia rank among the most deadly in the nation because of their smokestack emissions.

State utility regulators began three-days of public hearings Monday on how much Georgia Power customers should pay for cost overruns on long-delayed and over-budget nuclear reactors at the company's Plant Vogtle.

A city-funded mental health care initiative in Macon could be a model for other communities in Georgia.

Governor Brian Kemp announced that Republican leaders will file legislation during the special session to further reduce state income tax. 

Governor Brian Kemp and Georgia's top Republican leaders want to speed up an already-planned cut in the state income tax rate.

The first update in 11 years of the US Department of Agriculture's "Plant Heartiness Zones" shows half the state getting warmer.

The PSC began three-days of public hearings on how much Georgia Power customers should pay for cost overruns at Plant Vogtle.

A proposed redraw of Georgia’s Congressional districts would add more majority black districts but keep the existing split of Republicans and Democrats.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an updated map showing new zones for plant hardiness.

With help from the Mercer University School of Medicine, a once vacant doctors office in Taylor County is now open again and taking patients.

The state Senate has passed a resolution supporting the controversial planned police and firefighter training center in Atlanta.

Georgia attorneys are remembering former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who died today, as a trail-blazer.

A new World AIDS Day report finds if current trends continue, global targets on ending the disease by 2030 might not be met.

A new World AIDS Day report finds if current trends continue, global targets on ending AIDS by 2030 might not be met.

A state House committee has approved the Republican-drawn plan to add several majority-Black districts to comply with a judge's order. 

The Senate Study Committee on Certificate of Need Reform held its final meeting this week, and is recommending the state repeal all certificate of need laws during the legislative session starting in January.