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A radically reshaped Georgia Legislature will begin a new session Jan. 9 and a host of organizations will set the stage for what to watch.
In a stretch of this North Georgia river lives a snail that has come back from the dead, according to the report.
In recent months, Georgia has made major strides to position itself as the Silicon Valley of electric transportation, and lead the region.
Hundreds of millions of dollars are at stake for the state's future embrace of electric vehicles going into the new legislative session.
Hundreds of thousands of Georgians who have had health insurance through Medicaid during the pandemic could begin to lose their coverage.
Georgia Power customers will be charged more for electricity over the next several years after the Public Service Commission approval.
I was looking forward to spending the final weeks of this particularly difficult but also joyful year doing virtually nothing: walking.
Like many nurses these days, Alex Scala got a big pay hike when she switched jobs recently.
A bipartisan state panel wants to remix the state's tax credit for musical productions, and crank up other resources for the industry.
The Georgia Public Service Commission is primed to vote Tuesday on Georgia Power's three-year rate plan.
A bipartisan Senate panel has proposed funding services for an additional 2,400 people with disabilities next year.
State workers have sued to end the ban on transgender health care benefits.
An audit of Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff begins, allowing counties the chance to confirm the results of Sen. Warnock's decisive victory.
The last day for Georgians to sign up for health insurance in the new year through the federal marketplace is this Thursday.
U.S. Sen. Warnock kicked off his runoff beneath a mural of his friend and former parishioner, the late Civil Rights giant John Lewis.
True or false: “Ignorance is bliss”?
The Georgia Department of Community Affairs has received an inquiry from the state's Democratic congressional members.
Georgians have been pinching pennies to get by during a rough economy, and the hard times are likely to continue next year.
The pressure to block a mining project at the edge of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is intensifying.
Georgia conservationists are calling on a flock of lame ducks to help protect the state's wildlife.