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Fulton County is pushing back on federal efforts to obtain the personal information of over 3000 election workers, plus volunteers, who work...

Georgia abortion-rights advocates are among the national voices urging the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve access to abortion medication by m...

Fire crews are making gains on two large wildfires in South Georgia; Georgia Governor Brian Kemp says he will not delay the May 19th party p...

Man claims he lost fingers, lower legs after Fulton County Jail failed to give him antibiotics; A look at the candidates for Georgia Secreta...

Wildfires continue to burn across South Georgia; Georgia has a new way to track voting; and how the Atlanta region became the number one mar...

Georgia officials say crews have made significant progress on two large devastating wildfires in the Southeast part of the state; Georgia U....

Southeast Georgia got some much-needed rainfall over the weekend – but not nearly enough to put out the tens of thousands of acres abl...

Federal officials are stepping in to help as wildfires rage in Southeast Georgia; Members of Georgia's congressional delegation are supporti...

Firefighters in Georgia are working to contain a wildfire that has destroyed 87 homes so far; State officials warn some populations may be a...

Longtime Georgia Congressman David Scott has died at the age of 80; Governor Brian Kemp has declared a state of emergency for 91 counties as...

Baby, it's dry outside; Epidemic Intelligence Service officers, part of the CDC, meet in Atlanta; and a journey inside Inman Park's 'tree ho...

A Georgia river finds itself on list of most endangered; Why your primary ballot might have some unusual questions; and gas prices fall a sm...

As the backlog of immigration cases in Georgia grows while the Trump Administration shuffles judges around, members of Congress are trying t...

President Donald Trump nominates Erica Schwartz to lead the CDC; State lawmakers are running out of time to choose a new way for Georgians t...

Ossoff co-sponsors Senate bill to give local cities agency over ICE immigration detention centers; Sonny Perdue retires; and Hartsfield-Jack...

A former executive with the High Museum of Art pleaded not guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of barrels; Dunwoody residents vocally o...

As record high temperatures are expected, the state's drought worsens; Georgia prisons implement drones in the fight against contraband; and...

Republican legislation on Governor Brian Kemp's desk would expand access to birth control; Former Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Gree...

The median home price in Fulton County neared $750,000 in March; When it comes to avoiding the relic known as the penny, state lawmakers say...

Calls for the federal government to step up and repair damage at the CDC increase some eight months after someone shot it up; Fulton County'...

Hip-hop artist Offset is recovering after the former Migos member was shot outside of a Florida casino; Private companies will soon be able...

Big backups at the busiest airport in the world; State lawmakers advance efforts to suspend the gas tax; and what your local water provider...

The future of two Georgia warehouses in question following shifts in Dept. of Homeland Security leadership; Sine Die is near; and what Cuba...

Officials react to violent weekend in Atlanta after multiple young people shot; UPS agrees to cap voluntary separation buyouts; and a final-...

Georgia lawmakers have approved next year's $38.5 billion dollar state budget, which moved through in the final hours of the legislative ses...

Sine Die caps the 2026 General Assembly; hundreds of layoffs are coming to Stone Mountain Park; and the BeltLine reaches an affordable housi...

State Democrats resist efforts to re-classify some elected positions concentrated in metro Atlanta; The government wants to collect and stor...

Georgia's Senators call for bipartisan investigation into Iran strikes; "No Kings" rally leaders encourage protestors to keep showing up to...

A Republican-backed election bill, that would change this year's elections, passed the State Senate Friday; Travelers at the world's busiest...

Continued long TSA lines prompt Delta to ease ticket restrictions, promote rebooking; State lawmakers plead with ICE officials to release Lo...

The proposed 38 and half billion 2027 state budget is headed for a vote in the State Senate after passing out of committee today Wednesday;...

Groups question ICE presence, purpose at Atlanta's airport; Georgia stopped collecting vehicle gas taxes, but that's done little to bolster...

TSA call-outs cause hours-long lines at Atlanta's airport; State lawmakers vote to ban cell phones in high school classrooms; and Atlanta se...

Georgia becomes the first state to suspend its gas tax in response to the war in Iran, which has caused gas prices to spike; Governor Brian...

State lawmakers pass bill to suspend Georgia's gas tax; homeowner's insurance is about to see another premium increase; and a conversation w...

State Senate looks to ban phones in Georgia high schools; Two decades past verdict, and father convicted of killing infant child wants a new...

World's busiest airport feeling pinch of partial government shutdown; a judge delivers a major blow to the Trump administration's anti-vacci...

Democratic state senator Nabilah Parkes of Duluth is resigning; charges have been dropped in the case of five teenagers involved in the deat...

ACLU to Dept. of Homeland Security: Stop detaining immigrants in temporary holding cells in the basement of an Atlanta immigration office; C...

With QR codes on ballots now unlawful in Georgia, another new voting system is on the horizon; gas prices sharply increase as war with Iran...

Judge denies Laken Riley killer a new trial; state lawmakers pass 2027 budget; and Yamaha ditches California for Georgia. See omnystudio.com...

Fulton DA says state GOP is targeting her for prosecuting Donald Trump; political shuffle on Fulton County Commission sets the stage for maj...

Candidates qualify for the commission that sets Georgia Power rates; and an investigation into a controversial land swap in DeKalb County Se...

Some of the biggest names running for state office qualify under the Gold Dome; Fulton commissioners approve plan aimed at improving conditi...

Despite fellow GOP efforts to stop him, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger qualifies to run for governor; Atlanta Fed finds busin...

Father of suspected Apalachee School shooter found guilty on all charges; Sen. Warnock (D-Ga) tams with Social Circle to block ICE detention...

Closing arguments in the trial of a father whose son is accused of killing four at Apalachee High School in 2024; FCC green-lights merger of...

The trial continues for the father of the boy accused of shooting and killing people at Apalachee High School; Georgia Power gets billions i...

Georgia Supreme Court's presiding justice diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer; Georgia House lawmakers pass early education literacy bi...

Governor Brian Kemp increased the 2026 state budget by nearly 1.4 billion dollars to help fund his priorities before it passed Wednesday; A...