ATLANTA – A federal staffing shortage has resulted in the closure of Georgia lakeside recreational areas just ahead of the busy Memorial Day weekend. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ announcement ...

ATLANTA – Georgia Power’s pledge this week to freeze rates for the next three years would benefit both the utility’s customers and bolster the state’s ability to attract jobs and investment, Gov.

ATLANTA – The head of a commercial real estate investment firm has been sentenced to 87 months in prison and ordered to pay $45 million in restitution in a fraud scheme involving the Atlanta Financial ...

ATLANTA – Georgia Power will not seek to raise base rates for the next three years under a proposed agreement the Atlanta-based utility announced Monday. The agreement between the company and the ...

ATLANTA – An eight-count federal court indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia charges 30 alleged members of the Sex Money Murder (SMM) gang and associates with crimes including ...

ATLANTA – Oral arguments in a federal courtroom Tuesday over whether a Texas-based conservative group’s mass voter challenges in Georgia almost five years ago amounted to an attempt to intimidate ...

ATLANTA – The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a $70 million plan Thursday to renovate Bobby Dodd Stadium on the Midtown Atlanta campus of Georgia Tech.

ATLANTA – Georgia’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.6% last month for the 11th consecutive month, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The jobless rate in the Peach State remained ...

ATLANTA – U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Theodore S. Hertzberg to serve as interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, Bondi’s office announced Wednesday. Hertzberg ...

Besides the Atlanta-to-Savannah proposal, the DOT also is participating in studies involving potential passenger rail lines that would run from Atlanta to Charlotte, N.C., and from Atlanta through ...

ATLANTA – The penalty for trafficking fentanyl just got more serious in Georgia after Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation that seeks to suppress illicit sales of the dangerous drug. When used in a ...

ATLANTA – Gov. Brian Kemp signed a package of bills Monday aimed at strengthening Georgia’s workforce. House Bill 192, which the General Assembly passed this year with just two “no” votes, codifies ...