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You can tell Herschel Walker was raised right. After all, only a gentleman would think to send a “Get well” card – hand-signed, from #34.
Republican Senate hopeful Herschel Walker faced the toughest challenge of his candidacy so far Tuesday, as twin scandals rocked his bid.
The major party candidates running for Georgia's top elected positions have become household names.
Georgia's top Republican officials are celebrating a federal court ruling they say further dispels the claims made.
As he spoke into the microphone, Carmine Vera posed a question that may be unusual at any other candidate forum.
Kia's assembly plant in West Point opened in 2008, with more than enough workers available to produce the first cars.
The president of the Dominion Voting Systems defended the integrity of the company's voting equipment Wednesday.
At the onset of Georgia Power's case, lawyers advocating for the public's interest pressed officials to disclose whether rates would rise.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp hit the Atlanta suburbs Tuesday in hopes of firing up conservative voters in that area.
None of us was around in 1901, when President Theodore Roosevelt used his iconic monocle to squint 121 years into the future.
Georgia Power's proposal for a $200 increase to the average household's yearly electricity costs is set to kick into high gear.
David McCracken made it back safely to his home in Tyrone after being deployed to Iraq, but came back complaining of headaches.
Union Carbide's decision to back out of a land deal for a Camden County spaceport has sparked more lawsuits ahead of next month's hearing.
"Coffee County is coping with making national news for all the wrong reasons," according to the report.
By the time residents of rural Brantley County realized a promising new project was a 100-acre landfill, it may have already been too late.
It is in Atlanta's housing market, where exorbitant home prices and high rents are excluding even many middle-class families.
Democrats were quick to condemn the appearance, the report states.
Georgians will be able to voice their concerns about Georgia Power's plans to raise electricity rates by 12%, during a series of hearings.
The governor has directed $130 million in federal aid toward expanding Atlanta's Grady Hospital as it scrambles to absorb more patients.
Even with a wave of new state-level abortion restrictions passing or taking effect this summer, Georgia's law stood out.