Atlanta Journal-Constitution Briefing: Recent Episodes
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Get ready to drive on the shoulder of Ga. 400 at rush hour for the last time. Also, he Wellstar Health System said Wednesday that local leaders were simply trying to score “cheap political points” by assailing the decisions instead of working to keep medical facilities open.
Ex-Clayton Sheriff sentenced to 18 months in federal prison; Cash buyers made up more than half of metro Atlanta home sales in 2022; New rift over HOPE funding divides Georgia leaders; Georgia Senate gives final approval to $1 billion income tax rebate
Governor Kemp signs midyear budget; No answers in second autopsy of slain activist; Jury awards Roswell parents $6.1 million after son’s hazing death at LSU; Georgia Power customers to see one-time credit on March bills
Biden promotes Atlanta native to senior White House role; Bond hearing set for mother accused in toddler son’s beating death; Grady to celebrate opening of new outpatient surgery tower; Protest over derailment held at Norfolk Southern’s Atlanta headquarters
House backs $32.4 billion budget; Massive increase in antisemitic propaganda in Georgia; Upgraded Georgia voter registration system speeds up elections; Key Georgia Republican says sports betting is still on the table
Wellstar hit with federal complaints on Atlanta hospital closures; Feds recommend 46-month sentence for convicted Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill; Rivian to sell $1.3B in bonds to support future Georgia plant; House leaders OK budget raises for teachers and law officers
Tyler Perry and Byron Allen headline battle for BET; Home sales climb in February; NTSB launches special probe into Norfolk Southern safety practices; Georgia Republicans target transgender issues over other culture wars
Tyler Perry interested in buying majority stake in BET; Almost all detainees arrested after training site violence are from elsewhere; Buckhead cityhood movement calls it quits ‘for now’; Why public health workers are quitting;
State rural lending program back for another try; Environmentalists, clergy, other activists rally against training center; Kirby Smart: No culture problem, no policy change as a result of fatal crash; Separate shootings involving young people leave 2 dead, multiple injured
Police say charges against UGA’s Jalen Carter appropriate; State officials will review billions worth of special-interest tax breaks; Itchin’ mad about the early pollen? Blame the warm weather; Newly discovered early ‘Gone With the Wind’ movie script reveals a much harsher depiction of slavery;
UGA football staffer drunk during fatal crash; Kemp, Rivian double down on $5B Georgia factory despite challenges; Georgia Power customers’ bills could jump again soon; Kemp administration deals blow to Buckhead cityhood push
Black ATL investors to buy Utah bank; Georgia could spend billions to keep freight moving; Why creating ‘incredibly insulting’ new Buckhead city would be so complex; Georgia agency proposes rule to curb surprise hospital closures
Quin Snyder ready to lay foundation with Hawks; Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms leaving White House job; Gray Television delays second phase of massive Assembly project in Doraville; Senate committee backs Buckhead cityhood bills
GBI arrests South Georgia police chief; Why The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will no longer run ‘Dilbert’; Ex-Atlanta watershed official gets 4 years in prison for bribery scandal; Residents, scientists slam Okefenokee mining proposal
Trump attorneys call special grand jury probe ‘a clown show’; UGA player charged with racing had been questioned about fatal crash; Georgia House passes income tax rebate, Senate OKs property tax rebate; Flu vaccine worked well in season that faded fast
Judge rules against DOJ over communications in Georgia voting lawsuit; Ex-Doraville police officer now charged with murder in 16-year-old’s death; Georgia bills address electric vehicles’ future; Lawmakers consider making it easier for city residents to de-annex
Cities might run their elections, with help from a fake Georgia elector; Home Depot gives $1 billion in raises to front-line workers; Senate leaders back $32.5 billion state budget with property tax break; Sewon becomes latest supplier to Hyundai’s Georgia EV plant
Digital tool to link Atlanta’s small businesses with big corporations; State finds Cobb schools denied services for student with disabilities; State finds Cobb schools denied services for student with disabilities; Ohio residents ‘not satisfied’ by Norfolk Southern response; 4-month-old Georgia boy found safe
Judge denies request to halt land work at public safety training center site; Will special grand jury recommend Trump be indicted?; At least 15 children injured in weekend shootings across Georgia; Biden, other Washington leaders share prayers, accolades for Carter
Grand jury report recommends perjury charges; State urges appeals court to OK Rivian incentive deal; Southern Co. reports big profit increase but costly Vogtle delays loom; School librarians could face criminal charges under Georgia bill
Tyler Perry donating $2.75 million for low-income Atlanta seniors; Georgia bill could end runoffs by deciding winners in general election; Hartsfield-Jackson handled 93.7 million passengers in 2022; Republican bill opens new front in culture war over Georgia schools
Georgia sets international trade record for second straight year.; Senate backs placement of Clarence Thomas statue at Georgia Capitol; Ex-cop suspected of dumping missing Gwinnett teen’s body in woods; Carr defends domestic terrorism charges for training center protesters
Portions of Trump grand jury report to be released this week; Norfolk Southern could be liable for Ohio train derailment cleanup; Medical marijuana bill seeks to clear roadblocks to Georgia sales; Georgia lawmaker files metro chamber-backed sports betting bill
CDC adds COVID vaccines to list of routine vaccines; Maternity, newborn care in Atlanta challenged by abrupt closure of AMC; Brian Kemp maneuvers to gain influence in 2024 politics; Westside Lead Superfund site to get new EPA funds to speed up cleanup
Georgia advances wage hikes for caregivers amid ‘workforce crisis’; 2nd Gwinnett teenager found dead this week from same high school; Loeffler calls for ‘investigation’ after DeKalb accepts elections grant
Harris focuses on climate change in touting Biden agenda; Woman investigated for bringing gun to vote as Black voters gave out water; Georgia school board picks leader after letter targeted her sexuality; Georgia Democrats applaud, Republicans pan Biden’s State of the Union speech;
Atlanta to return $10M in emergency rental assistance to federal government; Georgia bill would make attacking critical infrastructure a felony; Dickens defends training center, efforts to combat crime; Georgia Supreme Court throws Camden spaceport into uncertainty
Bill aims to stop Georgia scammers from getting seniors’ money; 30-story building poised to tower over Margaret Mitchell House; Antisemitic flyer targets Jewish sponsor of hate crime bill; Warnock, Black Caucus push Biden to make policing a theme of State of the Union
Democrats vote to boost Georgia in 2024 lineup; Autopsy shows training center activist shot at least 13 times; Mayor’s office revives Atlanta’s ‘Clean Energy Advisory Board’; Georgia senator files bill to restrict TikTok;
Georgia House passes $32.5 billion midyear budget; Georgia could try ranked-choice voting in cities under new bill; Many Georgia Republicans want no part of Trump’s comeback; Dickens supports Atlanta Streetcar extension
Judge to decide over Georgia voter challenges; Federal judge bans Forsyth school board censorship of profane speech; Rivian announces 2nd round of layoffs within 7 months; ; Georgia House leaders pass midyear budget with property tax rebate
Land disturbance permits set to be issued for Atlanta training center; Rivian opponents refile lawsuits to challenge state’s site takeover; Fulton sheriff mulls renaming ‘Scorpion’ unit after Tyre Nichols killing
Faith in Georgia elections rises as fraud frenzy fades; Guilty pleas entered in 2017 killing at Atlanta’s Barcelona Wine Bar; YSL defendant files formal complaint against Fulton deputies; Leaders urge Biden to pick Atlanta for Dem convention
Tyler Perry concerned about emissions near his studio; Poll reveals Georgians’ concerns that Congress cannot overcome division; Former UGA quarterback arrested in Dallas in public intoxication case; Judge rules Fulton DA must re-indict jailers in detainee’s death
Governor signs order to call up National Guard troops after violent unrest; Atlanta leads state with robust addition of 126,400 jobs for the year; Poll shows Georgia voters want marijuana legalized; Some MARTA officials question Atlanta Streetcar extension
Governor launches ‘new phase’ of crime crackdowns; Flu, COVID and RSV all declining now in Georgia; Medical marijuana rules approved in a ‘milestone’ for sales in Georgia; Qcells partners with Microsoft to advance its clean energy goals
UGA investigating events surrounding fatal crash; Decision on indictments in Trump probe may be ‘imminent’; Walmart, J&J partner to tackle Georgia’s Black maternal health crisis; Georgians oppose runoffs, back sports betting and abortion rights
Gun tied to trooper shooting purchased by protester who was killed; Gwinnett teacher turnover rate outpaces state; Ex-Atlanta police officer charged with murder wants case moved to federal court; Georgia football player arrested on domestic violence charges
Out-of-state protesters in spotlight with arrests; Mohawk Industries warns of shortfall; Employee on leave after video suggests he snuck CRT in Georgia schools;
Devin Willock’s father says he has no plans to sue UGA; Atlanta’s homicides are up for third straight year; Georgia economy ends year with growth but shows some signs of fatigue; Details trickle out after deadly encounter at Atlanta training center site
Atlanta airport again leads nation for guns caught by security; Protester dead near Atlanta training center site; Gas prices again break above $3; Looming end of pandemic funds to oust waves of Georgians from Medicaid;
More details on fatal crash involving Georgia football players; FEMA official to visit Georgia communities impacted by storms; Georgia economy doing well, but stock market drop will hurt state revenue;
King’s legacy depends on being a part of change; Georgia lawmakers begin work on Kemp’s budget
Georgia football player killed in car crash after title celebration; MARTA short of cash for Atlanta, Clayton County expansions; Kemp details his budget proposals for Georgia schools; Georgia tax collections rebound, but state officials cautious about future
Massive cleanup begins after strong storms in metro Atlanta; Elections might move faster with new Georgia registration system; Delta bans employees using flight benefits from Sky Clubs; CNN employees moving to Midtown campus;
Kemp will call for teacher, state worker raises; Solar manufacturer confirms historic Georgia expansion plans; Georgia legislators pass rules on shielding their speech; Georgia ICE whistleblower files suit against private prison company
Former Atlanta councilman pleads guilty to fraud charge; Georgia asks judge to uphold voting system in election security case; Georgia resumes collecting fuel tax Wednesday; Atlanta and former mayor, police chief sued in 2020 shooting
Fulton special grand jury completes Trump investigation; Solar panel maker Qcells expected to announce huge Georgia expansion; Lawmakers elect Georgia House Speaker Burns on quick first day
Georgia teachers broke and looking to quit; MARTA parts ways with deputy general manager; Clyde flips to McCarthy, helps him become House speaker after 15 rounds; Georgia Democrats face uphill fight to move state up on 2024 primary calendar
Biden to honor former Fulton election workers on January 6th; Third Hyundai supplier announces factory near future Georgia EV plant; Chick-fil-A investigating ‘suspicious activity’ on mobile app; Georgia’s governor blasts tailgating policy at football title game
Hundreds of state workers got unemployment benefits in error; Georgia police shootings and Atlanta homicides both increased in 2022; Cobb County families win appeal in lawsuit over mask order; Kemp vows more arrests in Atlanta training center protests
Big decisions loom for Fulton County investigation of Trump; 19 killed on Georgia roads during New Year’s weekend; Arrest made in shooting death of Fulton sheriff’s deputy;
Southwest eyes Friday return to normal schedules; Atlanta police ramp up security plans for New Year’s; Jan. 6 panel releases interviews with Fulton election workers; Atlanta says cold snap is causing water issues for hundreds of residents
Southwest chaos continues; Diesel prices down but still pinching Georgia truckers; Bond granted to protesters charged with domestic terrorism; Seventh defendant enters negotiated guilty plea in YSL RICO case
Frozen pipes to sully Atlanta for weeks; Wellstar, Augusta University Health developing plan for a partnership; 13 killed on Georgia roads during Christmas weekend; 2 inmates die within 24 hours at DeKalb jail;
Metro Atlanta hiring slows in November; Delta preparing for winter storm impact on flights across the country; Parents face scarcity of pediatric medicine as flu and cold cases rise; Head of Georgia’s troubled prison system gets new state job;
Kemp to declare state of emergency ahead of dangerously cold weather; US Rep. Ferguson voted in Georgia county where he no longer lives; Atlanta makes big push for the 2024 Democratic convention; Federal money coming to Georgia hospitals to help hire more workers
State regulators approve Georgia Power rate hike; Clayton Commission considering naming Victor Hill pick as interim sheriff; How Abrams’ campaign spending led to ‘incredibly bad’ cash crunch; Cobb Elections leaves county’s move to change commission district map unchallenged;
Georgia events used as evidence of Trump’s criminal intent on January 6th; Atlanta-based CNN investigative reporter Drew Griffin has died; Atlanta homicide total rises for third year with days left in 2022; Nonprofit pays off lunch debt at nearly 300 metro Atlanta schools
Complaint alleges CHOA wrongfully fired employee over flu vaccine; Defense bill passed by Congress authorizes new spending in Georgia; A closer look at the terrorism charges against ‘cop city’ protesters; Todd and Julie Chrisley to report to prison in Florida in January
Kemp bans TikTok from state devices; Atlanta’s Celebration Bowl puts HBCU football in national spotlight; PSC staff reach agreement on new electricity rates; Georgia job growth sluggish
Georgia election chief seeks change after GOP losses; Texts show Georgia Republicans sharing election conspiracy theories to aid Trump; Atlanta training center protesters charged with domestic terrorism; Transgender employees in Georgia cite discrimination in lawsuit against state
Feds asked to investigate multi-state ‘plot’ to copy election software; Activists and authorities clashing again at Atlanta training center site; Zoo Atlanta veterinary facility due for $22 million expansion; Alleged gang member, accomplice get life in prison for Gresham Park murder;
Atlanta police arrest suspect in Buckhead woman’s stabbing death; AAA forecasts 3.5 million in Georgia will travel for year-end holidays; DOJ subpoenas Raffensperger’s office as Trump investigation continues; Clayton Schools paying outgoing superintendent $200,000-plus in separation;
Georgia revenue collections down in November; Negotiations over Georgia Power’s rate hikes appear to stall; Georgia’s Stetson Bennett finishes fourth in Heisman Trophy voting; Resignations, new chair amid shakeup on MARTA board
Kemp says no state gas tax through the holidays; SK and Hyundai plan Georgia electric vehicle battery plant, 3,500 jobs; MARTA removes Atlanta Streetcar cars from service over safety concerns; Man who killed 2 Cobb deputies pleads guilty, gets life in prison
US Senate runoff brought high election day turnout; Details on the Atlanta bridge shooting victims and suspects; Eight Georgians charged in $30 million unemployment benefits scheme; State must buy 26 acres for new I-285/I-20 interchange
US Senate’s finale race brings steady turnout and few lines in Georgia; Florida appeals court directs Flynn to testify before Fulton grand jury; Apple violated law with anti-union meetings at Cumberland store; Kemp promises Georgians more help dealing with inflation next year;
Sexually transmitted diseases surging in Georgia; Delta pilots union reaches initial agreement for new labor contract; Talk show host and Georgia House candidate accused of illegal voting; City of Atlanta sues APS, DeKalb schools over annexation law; Todd and Julie Chrisley ordered to pay more than $17 million in restitution
Senate candidates close Senate runoff with divergent strategies; Delta pilots union reaches initial agreement for new labor contract; Georgia could join early primary states for 2024 race
Entire Atlanta HLN news operations nixed; Gulf remains between Georgia Power, PSC staff over rate hike proposal; Active school shooter hoaxes becoming a national trend; French robotics company opens North American HQ in Atlanta
Runoff for US Senate will cost Georgia taxpayers millions of dollars; Lawyers told to choose between GOP chair and 10 other fake electors; Man skirts security at Atlanta airport, harassed restaurant worker before arrest; Widow of House Speaker will run to succeed him
A new early vote record in Georgia; Mother of slain 12-year-old says the system failed him; Stolen checks from mail theft ‘will only get worse’; Clayton Schools settles student heat-related death for $10 million;
Judge tosses indictment against Fulton officers; Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the nation; Kemp slams Trump’s ‘un-American’ white supremacist dinner guest; Faith leaders ramp up efforts to get out the vote;
Officials urge help to fight gun violence; Voters turn out for Saturday voting in Georgia Senate runoff; A final tribute to David Ralston; Metro Atlanta job growth strong though jobless rate ticks up;
Georgia Supreme Court orders state’s abortion law back into effect; Georgia Supreme Court upholds Saturday voting in US Senate runoff; Atlanta roads packed as travelers prepare for Thanksgiving holiday; Georgia to phase in new rules banning some wild animals as pets
Senator Graham Graham testifies before Fulton grand jury; 3 South Georgia deputies fired, arrested over jail beating; Georgia Senate runoff poll points to challenges for Walker, Warnock; State misses food assistance payments to countless Georgians
Todd and Julie Chrisley sentenced to federal prison; South Georgia mother charged with murder in toddler’s death; Saturday voting upheld in Georgia U.S. Senate runoff; Unions team up in attempt to organize thousands of Delta workers;
More than 1.6 million Georgians to hit the road this Thanksgiving; Judge allows Saturday voting before U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia; Kemp aims to boost Walker in Senate runoff; Blank foundation focuses Westside grant funding on affordable housing
Clayton County Schools Superintendent leaving district; Black residents of Trilith sue studio, development for discrimination; U.S. House approves renaming Decatur veterans facilities; Atlanta mayor names permanent Transportation Department commissioner
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives dies; Callers flood metro Atlanta abortion clinics after court ruling; Hartsfield-Jackson fined $40,000 for jet fuel spill into Flint River; Kemp will campaign with Walker on Saturday for Senate runoff
Fulton County judge stops enforcement of Georgia’s abortion ban; Georgia faces suit over ban on Saturday voting before U.S. Senate runoff; Electric aircraft developer plans Covington factory with 1,000 jobs; Juvenile behind bomb threats at Georgia’s historically Black colleges;
Republicans pick speaker of the Georgia House; Trump in legal peril in Fulton; Georgia Power still opposed to expanding popular rooftop solar program; Valdosta prof’s ‘woke’ lesson draws parent fire
Electric battery company building $2.6B plant in Atlanta; Saturday voting barred in US Senate runoff after Georgia holidays; Metro Atlanta schools will move to remote learning for runoff election; Kemp names interim commissioner for vulnerable Georgians;
Georgia elections chief picks his own race for an audit; Ammo maker to expand in Georgia; After big early vote, Overall Georgia turnout misses expectations; Atlanta home sales and prices down as mortgage rates bite
Georgia U.S. Senate race heading to runoff; Gingrich must testify to Fulton special grand jury; Alpharetta rejects $550M redevelopment plan for North Point Mall; Fulton and 15 cities reach agreement over millions in sales tax revenue
Marjorie Taylor Greene re-elected to a second term in Congress; Georgia election brings in strong turnout; 2 Johns Creek poll workers fired for ‘questionable social media posts’; Georgia college enrollment drops for second straight year; Jimmy Ellis, CEO of Atlanta auto dealer group, dies at 67
Cobb extends deadline for absentee voters; State of Georgia revenue continues to soar; Former Atlanta official Mitzi Bickers to report to prison Tuesday; Georgia agency using federal rental help money to pay utility bills
Cobb school board member stokes controversy; 1st African American appointed bishop for UMC North Georgia conference; Coca-Cola will offer buyouts in coming months; Georgians get another month’s reprieve from paying gas taxes
Georgia Senate race possibly the nation’s costliest; Georgia great Vince Dooley buried in Athens; New rules could bar public from state regulator’s rate hike talks; Georgia election results will come quicker this year
The debate on Georgia's voting law; Government agencies practice nuclear disaster response; Update on Atlanta’s new police cruisers; Stone Mountain Park leaders to choose truth-telling exhibit creator
Big fundraising numbers in Georgia's Governor's race; Graham must testify in Georgia Trump probe; State abruptly halts applications for rental assistance; Herschel Walker accuser says she felt ‘threatened’ after revealing pregnancy
Delta pilots complete voting on strike authorization ballot; Schierbaum named Atlanta’s new police chief; Kemp leads Abrams, deadlocked Senate race; Atlanta Medical Center’s final goodbye
Clayton Sheriff now facing civil lawsuits; Why Georgia’s midterm could set the stakes for 2024; UGA, UF condemn antisemitic messages projected onto stadium after football game; Cheshire Bridge Road to partially reopen;
Atlanta job growth still strong; MARTA names new CEO for an era of expansion; Southern Company earnings jump to $1.5 billion in third quarter; Man convicted of all counts in country club murder
Second woman comes out against Herschel Walker; Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill found guilty in federal civil rights trial; BlueStar Studios being built on former military base Fort Gillem in Forest Park; Cobb corrects ballot errors during early voting;
Georgia shatters midterm turnout records; Hyundai breaks ground on massive Georgia EV plant; Atlanta homicide rate slows; Fulton judge to rule on Georgia’s abortion law in coming weeks
In person voting delivers big Georgia turnout; Scores on ‘nation’s report card’ stable for Georgia but hold bad news; Former Atlantan Leslie Jordan dies at age 67; Stacy Abrams' uphill fight
Atlanta leaders begin work to plug hospital closure gaps; Rivian opponents sue to halt work on Georgia EV plant site; Jurors in Victor Hill trial begin deliberations will resume Monday; Early voting continues Saturday across Georgia
Georgia in September: Job growth still strong, workers still scarce; Election officials brace for disruptions as midterms loom; Atlanta court rejects Sen. Graham’s request to block grand jury testimony; Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill takes stand in federal civil rights
Republican county chairwoman, husband plead guilty in Jan. 6 charge; TV election ad spending in Georgia has stations scrambling to add telecasts; New poll: ‘Unsustainable’ inflation a top concern for Georgia Latinos; Tests find ‘forever chemicals’ in Chattahoochee, other Georgia rivers
Why your doctor is pushing the flu vaccine so hard this year; Turnout on first day of Georgia early voting breaks midterm record; An apartment building takes center stage in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race; Bell indicted on federal conspiracy charges against Georgia Tech’s Josh Pastner
Housing expert: Atlanta housing market now in recession; Early voting opens in Georgia with steady turnout and enthusiasm; Kemp plans to sharpen anti-gang penalties, limit no-cash bail; Ethics trial underway for Georgia appeals judge
Staff, patients say goodbye to AMC’s emergency room; MARTA to adopt new plans for Clayton, DeKalb transit lines; Jury finds ex-Atlanta watershed official guilty in corruption case; Kemp and Abrams to debate Monday
Testimony begins in trial of Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill; Georgia elections director: Voter challenges barred in polling places; High air fares help Delta climb above fuel, payroll costs; Georgia governor’s race sees Abrams, Kemp rake in big out-of-state money; Georgia governor’s race sees Abrams, Kemp rake in big out-of-state money
New poll: Warnock-Walker close; Kemp builds lead over Abrams; Narcotics seizure considered one of largest in Atlanta Police history; Thousands of Georgia voters’ eligibility challenged before election; Hyundai sets date to break ground on $5.5B EV factory in Georgia; No bond for teens accused of fatally shooting Jefferson High football player
Cobb County advances new election map, setting up fight with the state; Comedian Eric Andre sues Clayton County over airport stop; DeKalb woman dies days after being hit by stray bullet as she slept; Investigation finds flaws in principal hiring process for APS school
Kemp allocates nearly all of $4.8 billion in fed COVID-19 funds ahead of election; DeKalb to keep controversial elections software, move poll worker data; Department of Defense OKs renaming of Fort Gordon, Fort Benning, other military bases; Voter eligibility challenges dismissed in Cobb County
‘On Herschel’s team’: Top Republicans to visit Georgia to boost Walker’s bid; Funeral services announced for slain Jefferson High School football player; Georgia candidates set money records ahead of November election; Tex McIver denied bond ahead of 2nd murder trial
Atlanta one of five airports where Ebola screenings planned; Hyundai EV parts supplier announces plans for $1.3B factory in U.S.; ‘Potentially severe’ flu season arrives in Georgia’s classrooms; Tex McIver seeks bond after overturned murder conviction
New gang prosecution unit leads to indictments of alleged gang members; DeKalb uses software from firm accused of poll worker data theft; Atlanta completes relocation of Forest Cove residents as apartment closes; Kemp raises about $29M to fuel final push in rematch against Abrams
Republicans fear losing U.S. Senate seat as Walker’s woes mount; Fulton DA pushes to remove lawyers, OK search warrants before election break; DeKalb CEO pitches $8M for Grady, $11.9M to expand Emory Hillandale; Mass Georgia voter challenges thrown out in Gwinnett
Georgia Power settles cost dispute with Vogtle co-owner; Lane closures on I-285 to stymie traffic for at least 8 months; Kemp extends gas tax break until after November election; Georgia election heads survived 2020; now they’re bracing for this year
More Georgians redeeming $350 payments after rough rollout; Judge upholds Georgia election laws on all counts in voting rights case; Critics warn Georgia Power’s proposed rate hikes won’t be the last; Coastal Georgia businesses exhale as Hurricane Ian skirts by
Hurricane Ian: Georgia AG warns against price gouging, scams; Investigation probes effort to copy election data in another Georgia county; Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill trial to take two weeks; Georgia’s university system awards record number of degrees
Don’t panic, Kemp tells Georgians as Hurricane Ian pounds Florida; Georgia election board evaluates Coffee County breach and precautions; Georgia SAT scores fall yet stay above national average; Ossoff unveils bill creating more oversight of federal prisons
Georgia in state of emergency, Kemp calls up 500 National Guard troops; Court deal lets groups send prefilled absentee ballot forms upon request; Activist charged in Jan. 6 attack is among Herschel Walker’s campaign ‘captains’; Former Atlanta priest charged in Sacramento with child molestation
What you need to know about Georgia Power’s proposed rate hike; Gwinnett parents now face murder charges in daughter’s house fire death; Atlanta mayor halts AMC site redevelopment prior to hospital closure; Georgia voters are concerned about the economy, inflation, health care and crime
World Cup sets deadline for developers to bring new life downtown; Georgia defensive starter arrested, charged with DUI; Election equipment to be replaced in Coffee County after outsiders gain access; Metro Atlanta keeps eye on Tropical Storm Ian’s effect later in week
Metro Atlanta adds 10,500 jobs, weaker than typical August; Candidates for state’s top lawyer disagree on AG’s role on abortion; Beltline chooses developer for Murphy Crossing project; MARTA sees metro Atlanta’s transit future in Indianapolis
AJC poll: Voters prioritize threats to democracy among top issues; No decision yet on creator of Stone Mountain’s ‘truth-telling’ exhibit; Less driving helped Atlanta area meet EPA smog standards; DeKalb school board reluctantly passes divisive concepts policy; Airport satisfaction declines due to flight cancellations, crowds
Georgia student loan relief to mostly help low-income borrowers; AJC poll gives Republicans the edge in most races; Surveillance video surfaces from inside Coffee County elections office; Atlanta airport named No. 3 ‘megahub’ for international connectivity
Georgia Republicans aim to beat Democrats at their own ‘ground game’; Should Atlanta City Council members face term limits?; Jury deliberations underway in attorney’s road rage murder trial; Arrest warrants and 911 calls released from Chaka Zulu murder charge;
Closing arguments Monday in attorney’s murder trial; Hundreds of Georgians charged with crimes have no legal representation; Biden to host World Series champion Atlanta Braves at White House; Atlanta-based Fortune 500 company NCR plans to split in two
Kemp announces $130M aid package to boost Grady Health System; Georgia voting access slips under new laws; Mitzi Bickers to appeal conviction in Atlanta City Hall bribery case; Georgia’s new 988 mental health crisis hotline is already responsive;
Climate law a wrench in Hyundai’s plans for EV plant; Herschel Walker backs 15-week proposed abortion ban that’s divided Republicans; Research suggests in-person classes helped Georgia kids during COVID; Groundbreaking expected soon for Rowen development in Gwinnett
Georgia workers entangled in threatened rail strike; Former Mayor Bottoms concerned about voting rights ahead of midterms; Two Georgia Republican candidates, two different views on economy; Atlanta Black colleges get $5 million tech boost
Financial rescue planned for Grady Health System; Trial underway for attorney accused of purposely running over, killing man; Mortgage rate rise rattles Atlanta home sales in August; Kemp campaigns on ‘learning loss’ grants, boosting teachers, counselors
Autistic Ohio teen missing 6 days in Atlanta found safe; Fishermen sue claiming Golden Ray pollution is still hurting business; Decatur seeks community input on school superintendent search; Georgia considers ‘significant’ cash lifeline to Grady as AMC closure looms
Mitzi Bickers sentenced to 14 years; Georgia revenue up 8.5% in August despite national fears of downturn; Most Georgia public colleges won’t require SAT, ACT for 2023-24; Why Fulton prosecutors are interested in Coffee County data breach
Warnock accepts Walker’s preferred Savannah debate with conditions; Dallas lawyer wins subpoena battle with Fulton DA’s office; Where to get updated COVID boosters in Georgia; UPS hiring 100,000 seasonal workers ahead of holiday shipping season
14 killed in wrecks over Labor Day weekend; Video shows fake Trump elector aided copying of Georgia election data; News of hospital closure comes as blindside to mayor’s office; Promised changes to Confederate imagery at Stone Mountain slow coming;
Flooding drenches roads and homes in parts of North Georgia; Georgia ports a growing impact on the economy; After Labor Day, the big-money sprint to Election Day begins
Georgia gas tax break extended for another month; Senator Graham still must testify before grand jury; Delta pilots picket at Hartsfield-Jackson; Shocking news of downtown hospital closure turns to dread
Wellstar consider closing Atlanta Medical Center; Georgia State forecaster says recession is imminent; Monkeypox vaccines to be offered at Atlanta Black Pride events; Prosecutors formally seek death penalty in Kennesaw golf course triple slaying
Metro Atlanta jurisdictions take different approaches to short-term rental regulation; Atlanta awards $8.2 million to select small businesses and nonprofits; Kemp to create $250M grant program for neighborhood improvement; Pilots to picket Thursday at Hartsfield-Jackson
Gwinnett schools confirm district’s first case of monkeypox; Judge denies Kemp’s motion to quash grand jury testimony; Rural Georgia county avoids review after election breach; Man sentenced to life without parole in killing of 7-year-old Kennedy Maxie
Georgia abortion clinics stay open; Georgians gather to say goodbye to former first lady Sandra Deal; Appeals court narrows injunction on federal contractors’ COVID vaccine mandate; Georgia health officials advise schools on handling of monkeypox cases
Three Georgia children with monkeypox caught it at home; Kemp’s grand jury testimony still in question after courtroom clash; Georgia’s system for people with disabilities hits crisis mode; Georgia schools will have to screen young students for dyslexia;
Georgia children diagnosed with monkeypox; Biden announces student loan debt forgiveness for some borrowers; Confidential election files copied by Atlanta tech firm; Georgia Supreme Court declines to suspend metro Atlanta judge
No charges against Atlanta officers in fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks; Midtown shootings suspect had sued victims; Georgia authority acquires Rivian land; Metro Atlanta officials want their share of $1.2 trillion infrastructure law;
Authorities work to contain bird flu at Henry animal sanctuary; Possible election takeover in Fulton delayed until after midterms; Kemp steers more federal dollars toward learning loss; Victims of deadly Midtown shooting were targeted
Judges delay Graham special grand jury testimony; Jury imposes $1.7 billion verdict, largest in state history, against Ford; Ban on distributing food and water at Georgia polls upheld;
Mayor Dickens creates Office of International and Immigrant Affairs; Georgia unemployment rate down to another all-time low in July; GOP’s nominee for lieutenant governor veers from ticket on same-sex marriage; Korean battery recycler to be latest addition to Georgia EV sector
Giuliani testifies before grand jury; Kemp blasts Fulton DA’s office for playing politics as he fights subpoena; Atlanta business community recruits poll workers for Georgia election; Youth detention officer who allowed deadly ‘fight game’ charged with murder
Georgia election data copied under direction of Trump attorney; Feds investigating Black Hammer Party in criminal probe; Poll worker shortage looms ahead of Georgia election; 28 teenagers rescued in Georgia in national sex trafficking operation
Lindsey Graham must testify before Fulton grand jury; College Football Playoff title game returning to Atlanta; Governor taps former Cobb police chief to head GBI; MARTA closer to hiring new CEO
Another violent weekend in metro Atlanta claims 4 lives, 11 others injured; Trial begins in 2020 shooting death of 7-year-old Kennedy Maxie; Appeals court blocks voting rights ruling on Georgia PSC elections; Kemp plows more federal COVID relief money into rural broadband
Atlanta marks 100 homicide cases for 2022, ahead of last year’s pace; Georgia prison employees arrested for drug crimes, battery, sexual assault of inmates; Trump hires attorney Findling to represent him in grand jury probe; MARTA’s Five Points station to get major face-lift
Biden administration officially suspends Kemp’s plan to block ACA site; Early data shows monkeypox disproportionately affecting Black men; Two Fort Benning soldiers dead, others injured after training in North Georgia; Young Thug, other defendants facing new charges in gang indictment
Fulton judge orders Giuliani to testify before grand jury next week; U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson seeks to protect artists’ lyrics from prosecutors; DeKalb vows to help residents facing ouster from apartment complex; Cobb elections board adds Sunday to early voting plan
Travis and Greg McMichael sentenced to life for hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery case; Giuliani seeking to delay Fulton grand jury testimony; With plans for tax rebate, Kemp leverages power of incumbency; Mayor Dickens weighs in on gun violence
Sentencing Monday in hate crimes case over Ahmaud Arbery’s murder; Ex-NFL star’s autopsy points to seizure disorder; Misleading pharma ads on Medicare target Georgia senator; Record year for TV, film production in Georgia
Man kills woman at Atlanta high-rise, shoots self at Central Park; Georgia teacher pension fund dropped $15 billion in rough year for stocks; Indicted Clayton County police officer reassigned after outcry; California Governor tells Hollywood to stop filming in Georgia
Equifax error led to incorrect credit scores for consumers; How Georgia’s new mental health law works; AJC opposes motion to seal records in Fulton grand jury probe; Walker says he’ll participate in a Senate debate
Kemp is set to extend gas tax break until mid-September; Metro Atlanta landlord took $2.5M PPP loan and still sought evictions; Head of Georgia Senate Research Office faces child porn charges; Republicans back fake elector for state Senate
Former West Georgia instructor had no prior interaction with victim; 2022 Music Midtown festival canceled; decision linked to state gun laws; Georgia ethics panel says groups should have disclosed spending on Abrams; $15B in bonds for Rivian EV plant in limbo
Heat puts Georgia outdoor workers at risk; Kemp in standoff with Biden administration over plan to block ACA site; West Georgia professor kills student at Carrollton parking deck; Kemp gives teachers help buying classroom supplies;
Democratic leaders scout Atlanta as finalist to host 2024 convention; Georgia Lottery reaches $25 billion milestone; Raffensperger leads Ga. elections race after resisting Trump; MARTA targets bad behavior on trains and buses
Kemp, Warnock slightly ahead in Georgia’s top races; Abrams’ affordable housing plan targets predatory landlords; Cobb approves record $1.2B budget over conservative opposition; Some Grady EMS workers pushing for a union
Abortion providers take challenge of ban on procedure to state courts; Health officials announce first monkeypox case in woman in Georgia; State bar investigates two Georgia Trump electors; Georgia conservatives target thousands for cancellation
Judge blocks Fulton DA from examining GOP senator in Trump probe; Congressman can’t avoid testimony before Fulton special grand jury; · Local health departments in Georgia to administer monkeypox vaccines; Gwinnett schools adding visitor screening system
Monkeypox cases continue to rise in Georgia; Sanderson Farms merges with another chicken giant after acquisition; Fulton DA announces intention to retry McIver for murder; 11 shot in less than 5 hours in Atlanta as gun violence plagues city
Fulton judge says ‘Alternate’ GOP electors must honor subpoenas to testify; Abortion clinics scramble as Georgia’s restrictive new law takes hold; Georgia Power to wean off coal under approved plan; Kirby Smart, Georgia finalize $112.5M contract extension
Georgia’s anti-abortion law can now be enforced; Judge orders Giuliani to testify before Fulton grand jury; Several Georgia counties seek election audits; A new union, a new contract, a one-day strike;
Georgia’s summer COVID surge is here; Sham Georgia GOP electors face potential charges in Fulton probe; University of Georgia reports record $257 million in donations; Well-known Buckhead apartment building sold for $136M
Georgia’s abortion rate continues to rise as state awaits decision on new law; Georgia ban on giving snacks to voters challenged in federal court; Michael Boggs sworn in as Georgia chief justice; Massive industrial park near Rivian EV plant proposed east of Atlanta;
Fulton DA plans crackdown on dangerous apartment complexes; Atlanta’s homicides up for 3rd straight year; Braves ace Max Fried pulls out of All-Star game; Monkeypox cases climb to nearly 100 in Georgia
2 metro Atlanta day cares under investigation for alleged child abuse; Georgia partners with firm on electric vehicle charging infrastructure; Aerospace defense company opening Atlanta facility; Most eligible Georgians have gotten state income tax rebate
Graham moves to quash Fulton subpoena in Trump probe; Omicron’s BA5 spreading quickly in Georgia; Ex-Stonecrest mayor gets 57 months in COVID fund fraud case; Delta halts flight growth for rest of year
Did Herschel Walker make a campaign misstep?; Critics called on county to demolish Georgia Guidestones; Rivian could soon announce job cuts; Georgia notifies 142,000 registered voters who might have moved;
2022 has been hotter than normal in Atlanta; Judge upholds limits on mass mailings of Georgia absentee ballot forms; Clayton County students to carry clear backpacks in new school year; Abrams demands probe of Georgia’s ‘wasteful’ baby formula policy;
UGA pressured over ‘pregnancy centers’ website; Jeane Argo dies at 92; State of Georgia ends fiscal year with $6 billion increase in revenue; Lawrenceville police captain who filed harassment complaint resigns;
Georgia gets $2.4 billion more in COVID-19 relief; Demand for monkeypox vaccine outstrips supply in Fulton County; Latest Fulton subpoenas indicate escalation of Trump investigation; Former Stonecrest mayor requests no prison time for fraud scheme
Lindsey Graham plans to fight Fulton subpoena; Mysterious Georgia monument removed after explosion; Kemp amasses nearly $7M in latest fundraising period; Fulton animal shelter ‘pleading’ with public to adopt, foster
Fulton grand jury subpoenas Trump campaign lawyers; At least 18 killed on Georgia roads, lakes over July 4th holiday weekend; Atlanta City Council passes resolution urging crackdown of negligent landlords; DeKalb cutting ties with company founded by admitted federal fraudster
Tex McIver murder conviction overturned; Delta pilots picket at Hartsfield-Jackson; Fulton DA pushes back against legislators fighting subpoenas; MARTA committee approves plans for Atlanta transit line
Legislators challenge subpoenas from Trump special grand jury; Atlanta heads into Fourth with gas still above $4 a gallon; Subway homicide suspect was out on bond at time of shooting, records show; Hawks acquire Dejounte Murray, deal Danilo Gallinari, picks to Spurs
More charges for Paulding mother accused of killing 3 children; Alpharetta doctor sentenced to 3 years in federal prison; DeKalb DA won’t pursue charges in fatal police shooting; Judge drops prison time for former Atlanta principal in cheating case
Georgia anti-abortion law likely to remain on hold through at least mid-July; Delta pilots union to picket in Atlanta and around the country; Family grieves as mom arrested in children’s stabbing deaths; Suspect arrested after mayo dispute at Atlanta Subway leaves worker dead
Mother charged with deaths of 3 children after fire at home; Some firms expand health coverage after abortion ruling; Georgia’s health safety net in spotlight as abortion ban looms; GBI Director Vic Reynolds appointed to Cobb bench
Governor Kemp to testify in Fulton County’s Trump probe; Former White House aide says Marjorie Greene requested pardon after January 6th; Airport terminal for the rich and famous coming to Hartsfield-Jackson; Second Atlanta Starbucks votes for a union;
Feds step up investigation of ‘fake’ Georgia GOP electors; Georgia Supreme Court tosses Harris’ murder conviction in hot car case; A ‘Stacey Sweep’: Abrams’ runoff gamble pays off in Georgia; Judge must be reprimanded for detaining bondsman, Georgia high court rules
Travel crowds expected for Fourth of July holiday; Nguyen wins Democratic runoff for Georgia secretary of state; Biden weighs Warnock’s proposal to suspend federal gas tax; U.S. education secretary in Atlanta: more equity in girls sports needed
Georgia election worker to testify at January 6th hearing; Ex-Mayor may owe city $83,000; U.S. House subcommittee rejects Biden plan to close Savannah military facility; Metro Atlanta median home price hits $400,000
Early voting turnout falls; If Roe is overturned, Atlanta officials want APD investigations to be ‘lowest priority’; Kennesaw councilman resigns after city issues permit to Confederate souvenir shop; Mt. Bethel megachurch is halfway to raising $13.1 million settlement;
Atlanta will host part of 2026 World Cup; Herschel Walker acknowledges two more children; Georgia’s pandemic response ranked among the nation’s worst; Georgia jobs surge
Herschel Walker has a second son; Atlanta air quality improved, but still gets an F in annual survey; Former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joining White House in senior post; Atlanta Mayor Dickens announces bonuses for the city’s police officers
Georgia health officials confirm second monkeypox case; Grand jury testimony resumes in Fulton’s Trump probe; Atlanta faces federal police brutality lawsuit over response to 2020 protests; Atlanta completes $30 million facelift of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Trump advisers say Georgia election fraud allegations were false; Recent vandalism and threats over training police center may be linked; Alpharetta judge announces retirement while being investigated; Mourners remember Atlanta rapper Trouble
Toddler at center of Newton County has died; Abrams vows to raise minimum teacher pay to $50K; Former U.S. Attorney Pak to testify at January 6th committee hearing; GBI investigating Cobb County police shooting that left man dead
U.S. House approves McBath ‘red flag’ bill in response to mass shootings; Mayor Dickens announces pay increases for city’s firefighters; Judge says county cannot deny insurance for trans deputy’s operation; Former South Georgia police officer sentenced in January 6th charge;
Georgia will play big part in January 6th hearings; Coalition wants to bring regional hydrogen hub to Georgia; Cobb judge chosen for golf course death penalty case; Southern Baptist leaders act to address news of sex abuse in churches
Reality stars guilty on all counts in federal tax evasion trial; Metro Atlanta gas prices hit another record high; DeKalb finds 1,400 maintenance needs at high schools; Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens tapped to lead new national task force;
Election officials’ Trump probe testimony delayed; First suspected case of monkeypox in Georgia confirmed by CDC; Atlanta rapper Trouble shot, killed at Rockdale apartment complex; Starbucks at Howell Mill first Atlanta-area store to approve union
Pro-Herschel Walker gas giveaway fuels Democratic outrage; Rivian opponents contend Morgan County board erred in recent vote; Atlanta mayor seeks $20 million investment in early childhood learning; MARTA spends more than half of Atlanta sales tax on operations
Jury punishes senior care home in ant attack case; Young Thug denied bond after hours-long hearing in racketeering case; Atlanta’s homeless numbers drop 38% in survey; Bird flu detected in Georgia backyard flock
Lawrenceville official suspended after sexual harassment investigation; Investor-owned housing emerging as key issue for metro Atlanta officials; Georgia officials announce first suspected case of monkeypox; Atlanta Housing’s redevelopment plan for civic center hits snag
DeKalb delays certifying election results; DeKalb school board OKs Druid Hills High updates; Atlanta’s assistant police chief to head department amid national search; Betty Foy Sanders, former first lady of Georgia and artist, dies
Hundreds of flights canceled over Memorial Day weekend; Lake drownings at Allatoona and Lanier claim lives of 5 and 20-year-old; Memorial Day ceremonies resume to commemorate the fallen; Police investigate shootings on Campbellton Road, MLK Jr. Drive
Georgia Governor suspends state gas tax; Two Georgia counties saw some of the biggest housing growth in the U.S.; Solar giant Qcells to build new $171 million plant in Georgia; Delta cutting flights due to staffing, COVID, weather disruptions
Memorial Day travelers will see near-record gas prices; Rivian incentive deal approved by Morgan County board; Several Georgia races head to quick runoffs under voting law; Mayor Dickens lauds plans for affordable housing in southwest Atlanta
Kemp’s GOP victory sets up another battle with Abrams; Summer COVID-19 outbreak begins to take hold in Ga. but case numbers misleading; 3 indicted in triple killing at Cobb golf course; As primary neared, Kemp took in big money and Perdue’s fundraising lagged
Georgia reverses policy that required destruction of unused baby formula; Charges dropped against Atlanta officers who tased college students; Atlanta rappers Young Thug, Gunna will remain in jail for now; Ryan Duke gets 10 years for concealing Tara Grinstead’s death
Hyundai electric vehicle factory to be built near Savannah; DeKalb ditches nearly 6,000 diplomas with fired superintendent’s name; Atlanta begins to disburse $19 million in trash fees settlement;
Judge reinstates candidacy of Georgia Senate contender; Georgia Dept. of Education appoints adviser to help fix DeKalb schools; Johns Creek man, ‘mastermind’ of $11M PPP fraud scheme, gets 15 years in prison; Ga. Supreme Court hears two Confederate monument statue cases
Hartsfield-Jackson expects 2 million passengers in Memorial Day period; Savannah port has record April as some ships switch from West Coast; Higher mortgage rates still not curbing steeply rising home prices; 17-year-old Taco Bell employee wanted in shooting that injured 2 teens
8 arrested at site of Atlanta’s proposed police training center; North Georgia man pleads guilty to January 6th charge; Black students in northwest Georgia file suit alleging discrimination; Rivian CEO addresses environmental concerns about future EV plant;
Parole board denies clemency for convicted child killer; 2 LaGrange baseball players among 3 killed in crash; Kemp issues $415M in federal COVID grants aimed at economy; LG candidate Jones didn’t report private campaign flights in disclosures
Pinky Cole's plan to help Clark Atlanta grads start a business; ‘Treehouse’ structure at Chastain Park burns overnight; Atlanta rapper Lil Keed dead at 24; Abortion rights backers in Atlanta, across US rally against post-Roe future
Perdue’s election fraud claims are ‘conjecture and paranoia’; Dickens adds affordable housing trust fund to proposed budget; Hyundai Motor expected to formally announce Georgia EV plant next week; Kemp signs upcoming year’s budget with teacher pay raises
Special income tax refunds could take months to go out; Eligibility of more than 13,000 voters challenged in Forsyth County; Ex-UGA football player indicted in federal court in clerk’s shooting; Georgia native Lisa Cook confirmed as first Black woman on Fed board
Fulton DA casts rapper Young Thug’s indictment as victory against crime; As the Beltline plans to pass through Buckhead, it’s become neighbor vs. neighbor; Georgia candidate running in wrong House district; Mysterious hepatitis found in ‘several’ Georgia children
Kemp signs $75 million in tax breaks for people who donate to police; Kia’s parent firm planning second Georgia plant; Former Georgia cop fired after sexual indiscretions loses congressional primary in Virginia; Atlanta renovates 271 affordable housing units in the East Lake area
Georgia Power issues bonds to invest in minority vendors, sustainability; Gwinnett parents charged after daughter’s house fire death are on the run; Marjorie Taylor Greene will remain on the ballot; ABC fires Fred Savage from ‘Wonder Years’
Druid Hills High student in custody after lockdown; Georgia Democrats will bid for early presidential primary date; Feds cite two companies in Georgia bridge death; Voter check-in computers come back online after outage in Georgia
Man charged with murder after leaving daughter in car; City of Atlanta fires two employees over alleged ties to bribery scheme; Some metro Atlanta voters getting wrong ballots; GHSA votes to ban transgender athletes from competing based on gender ID
Leaked abortion opinion could herald seismic changes in Georgia; First day of early voting sets a turnout record for Georgia primary; Paul Broun calls rape charge against consultant ‘disturbing’ but won’t cut ties; Decatur man sentenced in January 6th charge
Early voting begins with issues; Special grand jury selected for Fulton DA’s election investigation; State, local officials offer $1.5B to land Rivian project; Atlanta Mayor Dickens replaces a majority of Atlanta Housing board members
Over 80 arrested in large Gwinnett street racing incident; Spelman begins building of $86 million center for arts and innovation; Early voting opens Monday for Georgia primary election; Driver charged after 15 injured in Midtown ‘pedal pub’ crash
Marietta to revisit Juneteenth’s holiday status; COVID-19 research facility in Brookhaven aims to develop better tests; Clayton teachers, parents react to school bookbag ban
New Georgia law allows GBI to investigate elections; Clayton schools banning backpacks, lockers to address ‘spike’ in guns; Groups call on Stone Mountain to cancel Confederate event; Former DeKalb school superintendent says she was blindsided by firing
DeKalb County school board fires Superintendent; Kemp signs $1 billion tax cut bill in his GOP challenger’s home county; Antisemitic incidents in Georgia more than doubled in 2021; Book battle erupts in a Georgia school district;
New details on Georgia Republicans’ actions on and before January 6th attack; Georgia school superintendent says DeKalb mishandled Druid Hills High; Kemp receives NRA endorsement; Should Peachtree Street be car-free once a month?
Uncertainty amid Warner Bros. Discovery merger; Voter registration deadline for Georgia 2022 primary is Monday; ‘We Ready’ rapper Archie Eversole’s brother, charged in his killing; Gwinnett Place team releases two proposals for mall redevelopment
Atlanta ranked No. 3 in U.S. for highest homicide jump during COVID; 13-year-old arrested in shooting at DeKalb skating rink; Georgia state retirees get first pension raise since Great Recession; Man arrested in restaurant security guard’s ‘barbaric’ killing
Parents of 10-year-old killed in Loganville fire face child abuse investigation; Abrams wants judge to stop Kemp’s use of fundraising law before primary; Fulton bars future employees from running for commission; Delta to review flight privileges for mask violators on no-fly list
Federal judge allows effort to disqualify Marjorie Greene from ballot to proceed; Braves, Truist seek tax breaks for Cobb office tower; Mask mandate ends on and Atlanta’s airport; Subtle change may have undermined Georgia automatic voter registration
Suspect in Coweta triple homicide was gun shop customer; Kemp defends comments about minority voter registration in court; Motions hearing scheduled Tuesday for admitted spa shooter; VA proposes massive changes to health-care system in Georgia
Sibling in custody after death in suspected arson; Georgia candidates raise a crush of cash for 2022; Judge extends injunction against Gwinnett DA’s cannabis product ban; Expansion of GA ports pays dividends to economy, companies, jobs
Federal judge rejects Abrams bid to use fundraising law; Officials: ‘Historic’ film studio expansion to brings jobs to South DeKalb; Georgia officials sending team to Druid Hills High after student video
Amazon is UPS’s biggest customer; DeKalb Schools to revisit Druid Hills renovations after student video; Grantville homicides the first in 20+ years for small Coweta town; Ammo maker moves to Georgia
Kemp signs concealed carry bill; The National Urban League's annual State of Black America report; Regents vote not to raise tuition, fees for most Georgia universities; Settlement reached in suit over Fulton jail conditions
Voting rights trial opens; Hartsfield-Jackson reclaims title as world’s busiest airport; Why Georgia Republicans are putting gun measures at heart of 2022 message; Atlanta police find person of interest in fatal shooting at student housing complex
Herschel Walker’s no-show looms over Senate debate; Owner, wife, grandson shot dead in robbery at Coweta gun range; Georgia Republicans see good start for campaigning; Georgia Power’s energy vision comes into focus at hearings
U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson; Small plane crashes on Cobb Parkway; Another active hurricane season is likely on the way; Smaller Georgia colleges grapple with declining enrollment
TSA catches record number of guns at Hartsfield-Jackson in first quarter; Juneteenth is now a paid state holiday for Georgia employees; Georgia lawmakers set rules of the road for delivery robots; Perdue still lags behind Kemp despite Trump’s help
Georgia legislative session ends with last-minute flurry; Georgia Democrats target Kemp’s ‘criminal carry’ gun law; State board approves plan for private tolls on Georgia 400 express lanes; State lawmakers pass college student aid, campus speech zone bills
DOJ says state impeding investigation of prison violence; Judiciary Committee deadlocks on Jackson nomination; Senate will move forward; Atlanta Mayor Dickens announces new ‘nightlife division’ at first State of the City; Short-term vacation rentals in Atlanta now need a permit to operate
Warnock’s ex-wife takes legal action over child custody; Atheists to hold national convention in Atlanta over Easter weekend; Expanded Marietta homeless shelter to open this spring; Dickens administration revises plan to relocate Forest Cove residents
Metro Atlanta post strong job growth; Georgia Senate backs off limits on film tax credit; Permit OK’d for Confederate Memorial Day event at Stone Mountain Park; Fulton County Schools faces surge in student disciplinary issues
Georgia Legislature approves new process for banning books in schools; A year later, Kemp touts success of state’s Crime Suppression Unit; A proposed state Senate bill would ‘crush’ the film and TV industry in Georgia; Georgia farmers paying price for Ukraine invasion; Bill to improve mental health care services in Georgia wins final approval
Supply chain woes prompt yet more expansion for Georgia ports; Kemp signs bill letting parents opt kids out of school mask mandates; Fulton officials create Repeat Offender Tracking Unit; FDA authorizes more adults to get 2nd COVID-19 vaccine booster;
Mayor Bottoms credit card use restrained compared to previous mayor; Atlanta struggles to maintain transparency promise with Open Checkbook; Contract still in works for new Stone Mountain Park management partner; SK boosts hiring plans for Georgia battery plant
Atlanta police have blunt message for criminals; Trump brings his anti-Kemp campaign to Georgia; Cobb 911 operator answers 20,000 calls, shatters county record; Bickers’ trial exposed flaws in city of Atlanta contracting
Permit-less carry of handguns heads to Senate floor; Georgia adds 24,700 jobs in second strongest February ever; As COVID-19 testing dwindles, scientists look at sewage for answers; Group hopes to use Constitution’s ban on ‘insurrectionists’ to disqualify Greene
Jury finds Mitzi Bickers guilty in Atlanta corruption case; Kemp signs bill giving income tax refund from Georgia surplus; No evidence former DA hindered police after Arbery killing; Suspected Gwinnett Greyhound gunman ID’d, charged with aggravated assault
I-85 SWAT standoff with armed man in Greyhound bus ends; Jury returns Wednesday as Bickers awaits fate; Georgia bill would loosen restrictions on teen drivers; How the Georgia Senate almost voted on cannabis product without realizing it
Abrams files lawsuit to use fundraising law meant to aid Kemp; Closing arguments Tuesday in City Hall bribery trial; Matt Ryan traded to the Colts;‘Friends’ host party at late NFL player’s house
Rising inflation increases pressure on Georgia Democrats; Downtown rally calls on U.S., NATO to establish no-fly zone over Ukraine; Abrams wants to use Kemp-backed law to raise unlimited dollars, too; East Point police will post weekly crime stats in quest to be more transparent
DeKalb cops honored for distinguished service in community policing; Georgia Senate gives final passage to gas tax suspension; Tick-borne virus transmitted in Georgia; Metro Atlanta job market stronger than usual in January
Investigation blames human error for issues in Fulton election audit; Former UGA football player charged with murder in shooting; Metro Atlanta gas prices have stopped their meteoric rise...for now; Another Georgian nabbed in January 6th investigation
Arrests made in 72% of this year’s killings in Atlanta; New study finds pollen in Atlanta could get much worse; Police to pay ‘Cartersville 70′ members $900K to settle federal lawsuit; Legislative pay and pension measures, medical marijuana bills win passage on Crossover Day
Georgia couple arrested in January 6th Capitol riot; Braves’ Marcell Ozuna apologizes to teammates, fans for domestic violence incident; Jeremy Williams, Greenville football coach with ALS, dies at age 50; Georgia Capitol braces for voting marathon on Crossover Day
Georgia tabs Florida’s Mike White as new basketball coach; Sam Massell, former Atlanta mayor, dies at 94; Arrest made in case of man found shot dead in Inman Park near Beltline; Buford students tackle cybersecurity
Georgia House panel backs state gas tax suspension; Atlanta’s inflation tops 10%, higher than national average; Lawmakers vote for Georgia to join growing condemnation of Russia; U.S. House passes $1.5 trillion spending package, millions in Georgia earmarks
Georgia leaders rally behind new drive to suspend gas taxes; House, Senate reach deal on midyear budget with pay raises, bonuses, tax refund; Georgia Senate rejects bill that would let drivers touch their phones at stoplights; SPLC report claims extremists now in political mainstream
Metro Atlanta gas prices hit all-time high as U.S. bans Russia oil; Coca-Cola suspends business in Russia, joining corporate exodus; In second bid for governor, Stacey Abrams echoes her 2018 message; ‘A defining issue’: Georgia House approves measure overhauling mental health care
Accreditation agency reverses most criticism of Cobb County Schools; Georgia Senate drops effort to control race discussions in colleges; Former Reed operative accused in Atlanta City Hall scandal heads to trial; Veteran CBS46 anchor Karyn Greer joining WSB-TV as evening anchor
Candidates set to qualify for Georgia’s primary and general elections; Teen killed, at least 9 others shot in Atlanta weekend gun violence; Cobb school board calls meeting to discuss Cognia, accreditation; Bomb squad recovers unexploded Civil War shell at Kennesaw Mountain
Senate panel passes bills setting up horse racing in Georgia; MARTA takes step to find new CEO; Georgia Senate backs midyear budget with raises, bonuses for teachers, workers; ‘Happy this is happening’: Last metro Atlanta city ends mask mandate; Atlanta school board weighs options to ease overcrowded campuses
Soldiers flying out of Savannah for Europe in response to war in Ukraine; Watching warily: Georgia companies with ties to Russia and Ukraine; Georgia House measure would ask voters to raise lawmakers’ pay; Arrests made in shooting that injured Georgia signee E.J. Lightsey; Braves fans disappointed by canceled games, wonder how many more
Georgia regents name Sonny Perdue chancellor of University System; Federal judge upholds Georgia redistricting for 2022 elections; Former Brookhaven sex toy shop owner avoids jail sentence, $420K fine; Georgia Senate votes to let parents opt kids out of school mask mandates
Senate passes bill eliminating need for Georgians to get a license to carry handguns; Kemp’s office says Georgia will ‘fully divest’ from Russian funds; What will Sonny Perdue do if he becomes Georgia system’s chancellor?; UGA police investigating alleged fraud within athletics fundraising; Black students in Gwinnett schools face highest rates of discipline
Representative Greene’s speech at white nationalist event draws new calls for reprimand; Metro schools ease mask mandates after CDC’s latest guidelines; Blackhall Studios founder, investors buy 1,500 acres in Newton County; Unlike Texas, new voter ID rules in Georgia didn’t cause surge in rejections
Stonecrest purges disgraced mayor’s political appointees; Georgia Senate passes bill limiting school sports to gender identified at birth; Atlanta mayor wants to build 1,000 affordable homes with faith leaders; Georgia’s Savannah port plans major expansion amid record shipments
Ahmaud Arbery’s mom announces scholarships to be awarded on his birthday; Feds allege accused in Atlanta bribery probe contacted witness; Bus drivers asked to substitute teach in metro Atlanta school system; Blue police lights atop Georgia state trooper cars might disappear
3 men convicted of hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing; Georgia state government steps in to move Rivian EV plant forward; Kemp announces $422 million in federally funded water and sewer grants; Used-car seller Carvana plans to add up to 3,500 new jobs in Georgia
Ahmaud Arbery’s mother to speak in Atlanta on 2nd anniversary of his death; Buford schools end bus mask mandate; federal order remains in place; New Georgia law revives Israel oath for large state contracts; GOP hopeful for Georgia election chief campaigns on 2020 denial
Georgia parents, teachers on edge by push to limit discussions on race; A search for new ways to remember 1912 racial cleansing in Forsyth County; Closing arguments Monday in hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery’s murder; How Atlanta ducked a Buckhead divorce
Hate crimes trial: jurors see graphic images of Ahmaud Arbery’s wounds; Home prices up 23.5% from a year ago, with investors fueling the surg; Georgia Senate approves bill banning state from working with China; England, longtime Georgia House budget leader, won’t seek reelection
Ahmaud Arbery case: Racist posts introduced at hate crimes trial; Buckhead cityhood supporters vow to continue fight, but future is uncertain; Local hospitals begin enforcing medical worker vaccine mandates; Georgia acts to protect chicken industry after bird flu outbreaks
Rivian’s planned Georgia EV plant sparks local environmental scrutiny; Georgia regents name Sonny Perdue finalist to lead University System; Police ID man accused of setting fire at Atlanta Federal Reserve building; Republicans block Senate vote on Biden nominees to the Fed, including Ga. native
Judge wrestles with voting rights and ‘chaos’ in Georgia redistricting; Georgia’s proposed Rivian plant becomes GOP lightning rod; Georgia official calls for security at more than 2,000 polling places this year; Kemp urges Georgia lawmakers to address mask mandates in schools
Opening statements in the Ahmaud Arbery case start Monday; Teachers rally against bills that limit classroom discussions on race; State GOP leaders scuttle Buckhead secession push in 2022
Ahmaud Arbery case: 57 potential jurors qualified through 4 days; Powerful GOP leader delivers blow to Buckhead cityhood; Georgia lawmaker targets work focused on anti-racism, social justice; New study shows how COVID-19 can cause stillbirths
Kemp to urge legislation to leave school mask decisions to parents; Patient injuries and infections lead to penalties for 21 Ga. hospitals; Judge might delay Georgia primary if he throws out new districts; Georgia’s Lisa Cook: Fed nominee in harsh spotlight, cusp of history
What you need to know about antiviral COVID pills still in short supply; Supreme Court redistricting ruling could stop challenges to Georgia maps; Atlanta school board doubles down on opposition to Buckhead City plan; Atlanta revives grant program to aid small businesses hit by COVID-19
Judge asked to overturn Georgia redistricting based on race; Vernon Jones abandons bid for governor to run for US House seat; Former Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms joining CNN as political commentator; Georgian Nolan Harold Kidd pleads to Jan. 6 charge
Racial gap for COVID vaccinations narrowing in Georgia; Life-size doll found when ‘body’ reported on hiking trail; Bill backed by Georgia Republicans seeks internet filters for schools; Warnock touts first year in office at his first town hall meeting
Sharp growth in Georgia voters alters landscape for 2022 elections; Amid pandemic, critics knock state funding for public health; Deal could give boost to affordable housing in Atlanta; Bill would let Georgia drivers hold their phones at stoplights
FBI investigating bomb threats to HBCUs as hate crimes; Georgia voucher legislation would pay $6,000 toward K-12 tuition; Federal money will help repair Georgia bridges; Atlanta’s Hammonds House Museum in turmoil
Georgia COVID deaths rising as U.S. deaths from omicron surpass delta; Business leaders to lawmakers: Oppose ‘Buckhead City’ or leave us out of it; Lawrenceville police chief resigns after sexual harassment investigation; Emory gets $100 million gift for its school of public health
Judge rejects plea agreement in hate crimes case over Arbery murder; Fulton DA seeks FBI’s aid as Trump probe advance; Fulton DA seeks FBI’s aid as Trump probe advances; Georgia Power plans to phase out all coal plants by 2035; Fundraising law that aids Kemp’s reelection gets temporary reprieve; Effort to unionize Starbucks takes root in Atlanta
Fannin County deputy killed in car crash; Stetson Bennett returns home for championship celebration; Kemp’s latest shuffling of regents could clear way for Sonny Perdue to become chief; Inside a Georgia hospital’s ICU, medical staff wages war against omicron
Judge is asked to release report on alleged Georgia voting vulnerability; Atlanta police make 2nd arrest in death of 6-month-old; Lt. governor pushing for fix to Georgia’s criminal database gaps; Atlanta’s foreign-born Black population soars, new study shows
‘A game-changer’: Atlanta police hope new camera network will help solve, reduce crime; Man killed in 3rd shooting this week at Atlanta nightclubs; Secret report finds flaw in Georgia voting system, but state in the dark; Senate GOP joins fight to limit how race is discussed in Georgia schools
Atlanta police arrest suspect accused of killing 6-month-old boy; Georgia lawmakers try to identify critical race theory in schools; COVID cases in metro Atlanta schools remain high, even as omicron slows; Georgia Ports broke cargo records in 2021
Fulton judges greenlight special grand jury for Trump probe; Georgia’s giant probation population undercuts focus on most dangerous; In reelection year, Georgia governors take on role of ol’ Saint Nick; Old tech and omicron hampered Georgia’s COVID-19 website; Oxendine ethics case over? Not so fast, says Georgia ethics commission
Fulton deputy shoots, kills man who broke into his home; Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver; Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials; Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site
Georgia’s year of strong job growth ends with big December gain; Georgia hospitals plead for public to help lower COVID-19 spread; Fulton DA requests special grand jury for Trump probe; Georgia’s year of strong job growth ends with big December gain; Perdue calls for new election police unit in Georgia
Atlanta Mayor Dickens names the rest of his transition team; Georgia buys new voter registration system after long lines in 2020; Despite raises, turnover remains high at Georgia prisons, juvenile centers; Norwood-backed Buckhead safety task force approved by Council
Lawyer argues Justin Ross Harris wrongly convicted in hot-car case; 3 of 4 suspects arrested in 15-year-old’s shooting death at Douglasville party; Georgia tax collections up 18% for first half of fiscal 2022
One killed in southwest Atlanta house fire; Oxygen introduces latest true crime series ‘The Real Murders of Atlanta’; Propane truck ignites, causes 60 tanks to explode in Cobb County; Voting rights take center stage at annual MLK memorial service
Winter storm hits metro Atlanta, North Georgia; MARTA CEO Jeffrey Parker has died; 100,000-plus turn out to celebrate Georgia’s national championship; Georgia employers are back on their own after court’s vaccine ruling
Amendment to ban noncitizen voting clears Georgia Senate committee; Mercedes-Benz Stadium to host mega-site, can test 2K for COVID-19 a day; Kemp delivers agenda-setting State of the State address; Duncan deals a blow to Buckhead cityhood push; Georgian among 11 charged with sedition in new Jan. 6 indictment
Georgia hospitals warn of ripple effects from COVID surge; Georgia universities report spike in COVID-19 cases; Metro Atlanta inflation hits 40-year high as price hikes continue; Atlanta could break its no-snow streak this weekend
Biden seeks changes to Senate rules to protect voting rights; Metro Atlanta employers bet on return to office space; Complimentary tickets now available for Georgia championship celebration; Man beaten by Gwinnett officers reaches $400,000 settlement
EPA: Metal plant’s hazardous waste releases pose ‘imminent’ danger; Atlanta landmarks to serve as backdrop as Biden, Harris discuss voting legislation; Atlanta Mayor Dickens unveils his administration’s Cabinet; Georgia governor’s proposals aim to crack down on gang crime; Georgia COVID-19 dashboard updated after five-day absence
Alabama stands in Georgia’s path to glory; Most metro Atlanta school districts to resume in-person classes; Father, son sentenced to life without parole in Arbery murder; Georgia quietly becomes a top gun-making state
As nation marks year since Capitol riot, Biden says lies fueled insurrection; New Georgia COVID rules loosen school quarantine, tracing requirements; Perdue campaign files lawsuit to stop fundraising law that benefits Kemp; Former Paulding DA pleads guilty, gets 12 months of probation
Former Stonecrest mayor pleads guilty to federal fraud charges; President Biden, VP Harris plan visit to Atlanta to talk up voting rights; Cobb GOP cancels ‘homage to treason’ for Jan. 6 insurrection; Mary Norwood, back on City Council, proposes Buckhead safety task force
COVID hospitalizations rise over holiday weekend as omicron surges; Stonecrest mayor to resign amid federal fraud case; Omicron scrambles metro Atlanta employers’ office plans; Roswell woman gets 3 years in prison for $6 million PPP scam
Andre Dickens sworn in as Atlanta’s 61st mayor; Metro Atlanta contractor latest arrested in Jan. 6 probe; Georgia crashes kill 15 over New Year’s weekend; Winter weather compounds air travel problems
Atlanta Public Schools to begin the year with online-only classes; Georgia’s rematch against Alabama has political consequences; Atlanta records 158th homicide of 2021, passing 2020’s total; Former Falcons coach Dan Reeves dies at 77
Georgia redistricting signed into law; Morehouse to start the semester online due to COVID-19 surge; New federal law to stop surprise medical bills takes effect Jan. 1; MARTA seeks federal funding for Clayton County transit line
Kemp taps Guard, contract health workers as COVID-19 rages; All but one voting location might close in rural Georgia county; Doraville back in court over allegedly padding budget with fines, fees; Georgia state employees likely to observe Juneteenth as a paid holiday next year
Georgia to send National Guard to hospitals; Emory University to start spring semester online due to COVID surge; UPS driver kidnapped at gunpoint, packages stolen; Judicial ethics panel refuses to dismiss charges against Christian Coomer
Atlanta Public Schools reports soaring COVID cases before break; Alleged ‘dead’ Georgia voters found alive and well after 2020 election; Driver’s license, tag offices closing statewide before New Year’s; After 15-year legal dispute, James Brown’s estate is finally sold for an estimated $90 million
Fulton County reconsiders mandates due to ‘dire’ omicron projections; Georgia food banks see elevated demand despite economic rebound; Georgia tied as third biggest home for scripted TV production; Police fatally shoot suspect on Christmas Eve at DeKalb Walmart
Feds reject work requirement in Kemp’s Medicaid overhaul; Foul play suspected after woman found dead under bridge in downtown Atlanta; Metro Atlanta posts strong job growth amid record low unemployment; Atlanta Beltline hits $300M funding milestone
Testing sites see record traffic as omicron disrupts holiday plans; Roswell quarterback Robbie Roper dies from surgery complications; Police shootings in Georgia surpass 2020 total; Expiring child tax payments could create financial cliff for Georgia families
Atlanta mayor resumes mask mandate due to spikes in COVID-19 omicron infections; Georgia braces for feared surge of COVID-19 cases in stretched hospitals; Metro Atlanta home prices top $350,000 after 24% surge in past year; Even with beds empty, patients can’t get into Georgia state mental hospitals
Atlanta Mayor-elect Andre Dickens tests positive for coronavirus; Atlanta airport, Georgia roads see rising holiday travel amid omicron; FAA approves commercial launch pad off Georgia coast; Devonia Inman freed after 23 years in prison for wrongful conviction
Georgia politician Johnny Isakson dies at 76; Hawks star Young enters health and safety protocols; Georgia hitches electric vehicle dreams to Rivian plant; Varsity under contract to open restaurant in Rome
Rivian confirms EV factory, thousands of jobs for Georgia; Court to hear arguments in lawsuits against Cobb sterilization facility and its landlord; Few jobseekers, strong hiring drive all-time low unemployment; Goodie Mob, Ashanti headline return of the Peach Drop at Underground Atlanta
Raffensperger testimony helps Jan. 6 committee build election influence case; Atlanta health care hub unveils location, holds back other details; DeKalb County School District to keep mask mandate after winter break; I-285 bus rapid transit plan gains steam with $16M study
‘Everybody is going on patrol’: East Point officials take steps to combat crime; Georgia court rejects property owners’ right to boot unauthorized cars; World Series bill rises again: Cobb County spent $456K on security; Mayor-elect Dickens addresses crime during meeting with Buckhead realtors
Large jury pool sought for hate crimes trial over Arbery killing; Georgia GOP senator, running for lt. governor, wants to ban election drop boxes; UGA forecasters: Georgia economy to top pre-pandemic jobs by mid-2022; Concerns raised about crime after 2nd East Point man gunned down in 2 weeks
Perdue’s challenge could trigger new culture war in Georgia; Atlanta mayor names director for city’s new office of violence reduction; Wife grieving after high school sweetheart killed at East Point ATM; Roswell residents help to block massive residential building for seniors
Judge denies attempts to dismiss lawsuits over Georgia voting law; Third omicron case found in Georgia; Atlanta school board chair announces state Senate run; Family of 18-year-old crushed to death by elevator sues apartment complex, prep school
Summary GOP hopefuls in 2022 want to eliminate state income tax; 2 charged with attacking Locust Grove McDonald’s employee over Splenda packet; Evictions up as Georgia lags behind in rental assistance disbursement; 45 years after college student from Georgia vanished, car with remains found in Alabama creek
Atlanta school board gives contract extension to superintendent; Fulton authority turns down incentives for Beltline project; COVID vaccines more popular ahead of holidays; Backlash halts Brookhaven’s long-term blight redevelopment plan
University of Georgia to clean dorms amid student health complaints; Micron chipmaker to open Atlanta center creating 500 jobs; Lawsuits will challenge Georgia’s new maps that favor Republicans; Dedications set for new markers honoring Jackie Robinson and Georgia lynching victim
David Perdue plans to run for governor in 2022; Metro Atlanta resident has first case of omicron detected in Georgia; Gainesville man arrested in January 6th Capitol riot; Georgia teachers weigh in on pandemic’s toll on students
Latest COVID variant raises urgency for young children to be vaccinated; COVID-19′s hidden cost: Georgia taxpayers pay more for public-debt financing; Auditors find high default rate in Georgia student loan program
Stacey Abrams is running for Georgia governor in 2022; Cops: Man accused of shooting 2 DeKalb investigators dies in gunbattle; Dickens wins runoff election, will become Atlanta’s 61st mayor; Georgia elections head sues feds over voting law records
House committee probing Jan. 6 riot interviews Georgia’s top elections official; Man accused of accidentally firing gun at airport turns himself in; Nationally, metro Atlanta ranks in middle of pack in home price increase; Georgia on alert as omicron variant spreads around the globe
Georgia voting rights lawsuit planned to go to trial in February; New proposal for massive ‘city of DeKalb’ surfaces; Delta to continue Atlanta-Johannesburg flights amid restrictions; Attorneys ask federal judge to drop charges against Clayton Sheriff Victor Hill
Atlanta school board opposition to Buckhead City emerges as a top priority; Georgia voting law drives rejections of absentee requests made too late; Delta saw spike in employees withdrawing 401(k) funds during pandemic; Census pointed to 6th District nip and tuck, but GOP maps turned into major surgery
Mother, partner arrested after 8-year-old Gwinnett girl found dead’ Four-county metro Atlanta area in spotlight again with Rivian plant; ‘Sneak attack’: New map pairs Greene’s district with outraged Cobb residents; Cobb County’s bill for World Series? $437K in police overtime
Exclusive AJC poll: Dickens edges ahead of Moore in Atlanta mayoral runoff; Georgia regents: Buildings named for people with ties to slavery won’t change; ‘Double-dip’ La Niña means Georgia is likely in for a warm winter; Suspect in Cobb homicides, officer’s stabbing faces 43 charges in 2 counties
Atlanta airport security in spotlight after gun discharge; Republicans clear path for final vote on new Georgia congressional map; Parents, schools weigh risk of another Thanksgiving during COVID-19; Mayor Bottoms endorses Andre Dickens in Atlanta mayoral runoff
Ahmaud Arbery case: Black pastors flock to courthouse after attorney’s remarks; Georgia Republican senator files bill starting fight for creation of Buckhead City; Georgia sees super job growth in still-churning economy; Milton basketball player loses D1 offer after arrest
‘A life or death situation’: Travis McMichael testifies in his own defense; New Georgia congressional map aims to increase Republican seats; Georgia Reps. Greene, Clyde rack up thousands in mask fines; Cobb County lifts mask mandate, doesn’t renew pandemic order
GOP drops bills to change Gwinnett government until next session; Grand jury indicts six deputies following death of Fulton jail inmate; Prosecution in Arbery murder trial rests its case; Georgia private school settles lawsuit over decades-old sexual abuse
Final vote completes redistricting of Georgia General Assembly; Attorney in Arbery case asks to have Jesse Jackson removed from court; Fulton authority to consider incentives for Ponce City Market expansion; Cops: Ambulance driver charged in fatal crash admitted using drugs, drinking alcohol
8-year-old dies in hospital after shooting at Atlanta apartments; Man found shot in South Fulton residential area dies from injuries; Henry County police officer posthumously saves several people; Cobb schools investigation ends with no accreditation change
After 36 hours, Clarkston 1-year-old found within a mile of home; GOP bills to change Gwinnett government pass senate committee; Atlanta topped nation’s metro areas for inflation in October; MARTA to reduce bus service amid staffing shortage
Police: Suspect in Henry officer’s death kills himself seconds before capture; Stonecrest mayor faces 3 federal charges in pandemic relief fund scandal; Georgia State University completes animal studies of anti-viral drug; Atlanta, Fulton aim to reduce jail population with deal for pre-arrest diversion center
Georgia public health workers tout declining COVID cases, caution on winter; Georgia Senate approves new state maps in first major vote’ Gwinnett judge: School officials can require students to wear masks; Former VA administrator and Georgia senator Max Cleland dies at home
Remington, nation’s oldest gunmaker, to move global HQ to Georgia; Georgia redistricting brings opportunity for political payback; Ahmaud Arbery case: Police officer was seconds away when fatal shooting happened; Mayor Bottoms lifts indoor mask mandate in Atlanta
Georgia’s legal battle with Biden over vaccine mandates grows; Georgia state school superintendent’s race heats up; Demolition of fire-damaged Cheshire Bridge Road overpass in Atlanta to begin; Anthopoulos talks Braves offseason, Freeman, says payroll will increase
Pandemic deaths in Georgia reach 25,000; Kasim Reed concedes defeat after historic bid for third term as Atlanta mayor; 16-year-old dies days after being shot at Gwinnett school bus stop; Kemp reloads campaign account with an eye on Abrams and Perdue
World Series parade to begin Friday in Atlanta, end at Truist Park; Kasim Reed’s prowess appears to come up short with voters in a changed city; Fulton elections head Barron leaves after tumultuous term; 11 white jurors, 1 Black man seated in Arbery murder trial
Election Day in Georgia brings minor glitches and short waits; Jury finally qualified for Ahmaud Arbery murder trial; CDC backs COVID vaccine for younger kids; Georgia House, Senate GOP leaders propose new legislative districts
Enrollment dips at most of Georgia’s public colleges; State medical board director Hughes dies suddenly; Georgia’s ACA health insurance for 2022: Booming market, lower prices; Georgia-based Kaiser Permanente workers vote to authorize strike
Masks to be optional in all Fulton County schools starting Monday; Potential trial date set for Stonecrest recycling plant case; Falcons’ Calvin Ridley out to focus on his mental state; Historic Black school built in segregation era to become Alpharetta office building
World Series sticker shock: $1,000-plus for standing-room-only tickets; Georgia election rule eliminates easy online absentee application; Kemp to spend $110 million to address court backlog brought on by COVID-19; Metro Atlanta’s jobless rate hit record low in September
David Perdue is considering a primary challenge against Brian Kemp; Judge in Arbery death case denies motion limiting protests outside courthouse; Loads of Georgia voting lawsuits still pending after last 2020 cases dismissed; World Series ticket prices surge higher after Braves win
Georgia to challenge federal vaccine mandate in court this week; Biden taps Atlantan to key ambassador post; Biden taps Atlantan to key ambassador post; Georgia Sens. Ossoff, Warnock work to keep Medicaid expansion in spending package; UPS flags holiday shipping challenges after 3Q profit surg
COVID-19 killed 4 times as many Georgia cops as violence, accidents; Look how high ticket prices have soared for World Series games here; Stone Mountain Park board names finalist for new business partner; Coke offers $2,000 to employees who follow new vaccination requirement
Atlanta’s Black voters largely undecided on who should lead the city; 2 teens fatally shoot each other in car at gas station; Kemp takes a swing at MLB as Braves advance to World Series; Judge rules for Oxendine in decade-long battle with Georgia ethics commission; Charlie Morton will start Game 1 of World Series for Braves
Challenges to voter eligibility rejected ahead of Atlanta election; Georgia graduation flattens after years of routine increases; Storied Atlanta startup Spanx sells majority stake to investment firm; Lawsuit in Georgia may shape who gets to keep working from home
Shooting at Midtown high-rise leaves 2 dead, including suspected gunman; Abrams’ group launches campaign pushing Medicaid expansion; Massive Georgia solar energy project coming to South Georgia
Police to team with private lab in Atlanta Child Murders case, Mayor Bottoms says; Atlanta housing market running out of steam after pandemic price surge; Man surrenders in death of woman who fell from Lamborghini in Buckhead; Atlanta council votes to pay $19 million to settle trash collection lawsuit
Georgia consumers likely to see higher natural gas, electricity bills; TSA works to increase 60% employee vaccination rate ahead of mandate; Atlanta mayor pushes for new arrest diversion center at city jail; Federal EPA eyes self-reporting requirement for Cobb County plant that uses ethylene oxide
Strike averted as TV and film crews, producers reach agreement; 14-year-old dead after shooting at Woodstock house party injures teens; House GOP raising money from lobbyists at George Strait concert during session; ‘America’s Got Talent: Extreme’ delays production after escape artist has major injury at Atlanta Motor Speedway
Georgia pediatricians prepare to begin vaccinations for children under 12; Development proposals for two MARTA stations fall through; Atlanta receives $33 million from Centennial Yards to invest in housing, jobs; Tallest elevator test tower in U.S. the star of company’s $200-million Cobb headquarters
Hartsfield-Jackson No. 1 in firearms uncovered at checkpoints; Georgia ballot inspection case dismissed after no fraud found; Walker cancels fundraiser with supporter who had swastika in her Twitter profile; Port of Savannah looks to feds for help unclogging jam
No counterfeit ballots found by Georgia election investigators; Cisco expected to announce major expansion in Atlanta; Ex-GA insurance commissioner Jim Beck gets 7 years in federal prison; DeKalb will remove ‘genocide cannon’ from Decatur Square
Fulton fires 2 elections workers accused of shredding 300 voter applications; Middle Georgia town mourning officer killed in retaliation shooting; The Race for City Hall: A contentious debate kicks off first week of early voting; Will Georgia voting laws reduce turnout? Maybe not, studies show
Suspect captured after Middle Georgia officer shot; 2 children among dead in DeKalb plane crash; Georgia leaders grieve death of state school board member; Kasim Reed says he’s cleared in feds’ probe of City Hall
Defense seeks to exclude Confederate flag vanity plate at upcoming Arbery trial; Tech investment in Georgia, Southeast, off to fast start in 2021; Georgia solar gets another boost: Company plans 500-plus new jobs; Northlake Mall, at 50, takes shot at new life as office center
State labor department spent $1 million on free meals for employees, audit finds; Massive redevelopment to change Buford Highway in Norcross; Fulton County judge denies parents’ request to overturn school mask rule; Changes to federal student loan program will help thousands of Georgia borrowers
Atlanta’s frontline workers to get an extra $500 per month in ‘premium pay’; Atlanta mayor gets to create offices for social justice, reducing crime; DeKalb schools shuffle teachers amid enrollment drop; Wellstar-United insurance contract ends without a deal, affecting thousands
Georgia ballot inspection gambit: Get rid of Democrats; ‘A horror movie’: Two violent deaths shake Atlanta’s Guatemalan community; Film and TV crews vote to authorize a possible strike; New postage stamp could honor civil rights icon John Lewis
Woman found fatally shot along Clayton County interstate; Georgia again named top business state by trade publication; AJC Decatur Book Festival marks single-day celebration amid pandemic; More than 700 apartments, townhouses pitched near Gas South District