ATLANTA – Georgia energy regulators have signed off on a 3.5% rate increase for customers of Georgia Power.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers should consider expanding mental health services, staffing and de-escalation training to address deaths and neglect at state prisons, a panel of lawmakers said last week.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — A National Guard solider appeared in federal court Monday charged with murder in a weekend shooting that left a man dead and triggered a lockdown at a Georgia military base.

ATLANTA – Georgia tax collections rose by 2.3% last month compared with November of last year, the state Department of Revenue reported Wednesday. The revenue agency brought in $2.38 billion in November, an increase of $52.9 million over the same month last year.

ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of students in Georgia will be eligible for $6,500 vouchers to pay for private school tuition or home-schooling expenses — far more than many legislators expected — under an expansive interpretation of the law by the new agency running the program.

ATLANTA – A poll of Georgia voters conducted after last month’s elections showed a high level of confidence in the voting process.

ATHENS - Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday that he will unveil a disaster relief package for Georgia victims of Hurricane Helene next month during the first week of the 2025 legislative session.

ROME, Ga. (AP) — A motorist was killed as police responded to a bomb threat at the Georgia home of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, authorities said. A police officer on the local bomb squad was traveling to the scene when he collided with another car on Monday, Rome police said in a statement.

WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — A southeast Georgia man was arrested and charged in the 1985 killing of a couple at a Black church after the original suspect was exonerated on DNA evidence, authorities said.

ATLANTA — Georgia’s economy will continue growing next year but at a slower rate than in 2024, the dean of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business said Friday. The state’s economy is projected to grow by 2.4% in 2025, down from 3.1% this year, Ben Ayers told a packed ballroom of business leaders at the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta.

ATLANTA – Another Georgian is poised to join the second Trump administration. President-elect Donald Trump nominated former U.S. Sen. David Perdue Thursday to serve as U.S. ambassador to China.

ATLANTA (AP) — The Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was convicted of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley and sentenced to serve life in prison without parole has requested a new trial.

ATLANTA — Six local development authorities have been awarded $9.3 million in grants through a new state program aimed at fostering economic development in rural communities, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday.

ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Agriculture has launched a low-interest emergency loan program to help farmers who suffered losses from Hurricane Helene.

Marion Ralph Collins, age 99, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson, a member of First Baptist Church of Woodstock, has died, eight months after he announced he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

ATLANTA (AP) — Federal authorities have released an update on the investigation into fires at the BioLab chemical plant near Atlanta that produced a toxic chemical cloud and forced nearby residents to shelter in place.

ATLANTA — Solar power advocates in Georgia are renewing a push for legislation that would let Georgia Power customers buy electricity from third-party providers of solar energy.

ATLANTA – Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Friday officially certified the results of this month’s presidential election in Georgia.

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Half a dozen state and county agencies are investigating a burned Georgia funeral home after a photographer from England said he found urns, bags of human ashes, and even human remains in what is left of the building.

ATLANTA – Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr Thursday became the first candidate to enter the race for governor in 2026. The Republican said GOP victories in Georgia and across the nation two weeks ago have built momentum for his bid to succeed term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp.

ATLANTA – A manufacturer of household paper products will invest nearly $600 million to expand its plant in Macon, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Thursday.

ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp is asking for $12.2 billion in federal assistance to help Georgia recover from the impacts of Hurricane Helene.

ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp has been elected chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA) for 2025.

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The Venezuelan man who entered the country illegally and was convicted in the killing of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.