The state issued previous one-time tax rebates in 2022 and 2023. Most eligible taxpayers who filed both 2023 and 2024 individual income tax returns in a timely manner, have paid into the system, and ...

ATLANTA – State Rep. Jasmine Clark, D-Lilburn, will challenge veteran incumbent U.S. Rep. David Scott, D-Atlanta, in next year’s Democratic primary, Clark announced Monday.

The Muscogee Nation, whose ancestors were forcibly moved to Oklahoma by the U.S. government in 1836, has collaborated on national park status, and would have a role in guiding its management.

Besides the new Acworth hospital and the 200-plus bed tower being added at Wellstar Kennestone, Wellstar also is building a new 100-bed hospital and medical office building in Columbia County, adding ...

ATLANTA – It will remain illegal for people under 21 to carry a handgun in most public places in Georgia after the state Supreme Court upheld state limits on the right to bear arms.

ATLANTA – An Augusta woman has pleaded guilty to running a “ghost” tax preparation business out of her home. Kim Brown, 40, faces up to three years in prison on each of two counts of aiding and ...

ATLANTA – Cancer care is hard to come by in rural Georgia, as the medical payments system squeezes smaller service providers amid traditional challenges such as rising costs and inadequate ...

ATLANTA – A former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court will take over as interim president at Emory University to allow the current president to become the school’s chancellor. Leah Ward Sears, ...

ATLANTA – A Fulton County Superior Court judge has issued an injunction staying enforcement of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s order disqualifying Daniel Blackman from next month’s ...

ATLANTA – The race to succeed Republican Burt Jones as Georgia’s next lieutenant governor is heating up, with multiple leading state senators considering the position. Sen. John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, ...

ATLANTA – Democratic leaders in the General Assembly Thursday reiterated a request they made nearly two weeks ago for Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr to issue a formal legal opinion clarifying the ...