ATLANTA – Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced a new round of legislation Friday aimed at helping small businesses by reducing government regulation.

The state Public Service Commission (PSC) unanimously approved a rule that allows new large-load Georgia Power customers using more than 100 megawatts of electricity to be billed based on the risks ...

The General Assembly passed a Kemp-backed bill last year that laid the groundwork for a big push for tort reform in 2025. The legislation directed the state insurance department to gather data on ...

School security has taken on a greater sense of urgency in Georgia since last September’s mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder killed two students and two teachers. A 14-year-old student ...

ATLANTA – A lawyer for the state of Georgia Thursday defended congressional and legislative maps the Republican-controlled General Assembly drew in 2023 in a lawsuit charging the new districts violate ...

The number of employed Georgians also fell by 4,973 to 5.2 million, while the number of unemployed increased by 108 to 198,492. Initial jobless claims rose by 11,727 in December to 31,046.

ATLANTA – In a reversal of the usual pattern, the latest winter storm is expected to dump more snow on Middle and South Georgia than the northern half of the state.

ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Agriculture has detected a positive case of bird flu in a second commercial poultry flock in Elbert County.

ATLANTA – A deer shot by a hunter in South Georgia has tested positive for Chronic-Wasting Disease (CWD), the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reported Thursday. The two-and-a-half-year-old ...