The number of students enrolled at Georgia's 26 public colleges and universities has risen by nearly 3% after a two year decline.

A new study predicts a worker shortage in the Savannah region in 2025, when a Hyundai electric vehicle plant is expected to open.

A Gullah-Geechee community on Sapelo Island is one of ten historic sites on this year's "Places in Peril" list from the Georgia Trust.

To fill the 1,454 regional vacancies expected by 2025, the study recommends training and recruitment programs for high school graduates: 84% of new hires currently have no more than a high school diploma.

Nursing homes in Georgia are underperforming those in other states when it comes to better patient care and health outcomes, according to a new study from U.S. News and World Report. 

A judge in Atlanta's Fulton County has set a hearing for Wednesday on an emergency request to protect discovery materials in Georgia's election interference racketeering case.

A collaboration between the Georgia Department of Education and the Atlanta-based Rollins Center for Language and Literacy will offer help to primary school teachers getting up to speed on new state reading standards

A judge has set a hearing tomorrow on an emergency request to protect discovery materials in Georgia's election interference case.

A fire at Georgia's Stone Mountain Park early today destroyed the park's largest historic home, the pre-Civil War era Dickey House.

Georgia launched a new literacy initiative aimed at helping to primary school teachers prepare for new state reading standards.

Government employees are making plans to survive a looming government shutdown. 

Authorities have made an arrest in one of Georgia's oldest unsolved murders.

A federal judge has set a trial for January 9, 2024 in a long running lawsuit against electronic voting machines in Georgia.  

Authorities have identified a five-year-old girl who was murdered in 1988 and arrested her alleged killers, her mother and stepfather.

A federal judge has set a January 9th trial date in a long-running lawsuit challenging the use electronic voting machines in Georgia.

A Taylor County man who served three-weeks in jail for his role in the January 6th attack has announced he's running for Congress.

The third of four recent escapees from the Macon-Bibb County Jail has been recaptured.

The number of people in Georgia hospitalized because of the flu is rising, according to data from the state’s Department of Public Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding people to get vaccinated for flu and COVID. 

In the last 2 years, the cost of food, rent and other necessities has placed a strain on Georgians. Now, some small business owners are being priced out of their buildings.

As public health officials gain information about COVID-19 and its effects, they say compelling data show vaccination can help prevent both serious illness and long COVID.

About one in eight families of active-duty soldiers and airmen in Georgia used a food bank or pantry to make ends meet. 

Three Atlanta Braves players win the Silver Slugger Award.

The state has one of the nation’s largest military populations. And while most families can make ends meet without assistance, a new UGA survey shows about 13% are receiving help with food. Researchers say the next thing they want to look at is how much of an undercount that number could be. 

Federal officials warned Fulton County elections officials today that a letter possibly containing fentanyl is in transit to their office.

Georgia's film industry is expecting a flood of production as both of Hollywood's strike are now over. But it might not be immediate.

The Georgia Department of Labor is launching a new job training program aimed at helping people released from prison find jobs.

The 12-week initiative will begin at one prison in Atlanta.

Friends of members of the homeless community in Macon who died in the last year remembered them at a memorial this week.

Protesters gathered outside U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff's Atlanta office Wednesday as war continues between Israel and Hamas.

The secretary of State's office says Tuesday's municipal elections went smoothly thanks to Georgia's new voter registration system.   

Georgia voters headed to the polls yesterday, largely re-elected incumbent mayors and approving special sales tax questions.

The Secretary of State's office says yesterday's municipal elections went smoothly thanks to a new voter registration system.

In Savannah, Mayor Van Johnson cruised to a second term, easily defeating an election challenge from a fellow council member.

Preventable diseases like maternal death, infant deaths and HIV rates are killing a disproportionate amount of Black Georgians. Public health leaders are working to reduce disparities and improve health outcomes in Black and brown communities across the state.