Education and civil rights groups say they will sue to overturn Georgia's law banning the teaching of certain racial concepts. They claimed Friday that the ban on so-called divisive concepts violates First Amendment rights to free expression and 14th Amendment rights to equal protection.
A Georgia county's election official has admitted failing to mail more than 1,000 absentee ballots to voters who asked for them. Most of the Cobb County voters who weren't sent their ballots will now have to vote in person on Election Day if they want to vote.
More than one third of Georgia's active voters have already cast their ballots ahead of tomorrow's election, a midterm record.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center have filed emergency litigation after Cobb County elections officials said more than 1,000 absentee ballots were never mailed to voters who asked for them.
Savannah's new minor-league hockey team, the Ghost Pirates, played their first home game in franchise history on Saturday night.
The University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has partnered with Dalan Animal Health to advance the world’s first honeybee vaccine.
A major hurdle could soon be cleared for Twin Pines Minerals’ controversial plan to mine near Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge three years after it was announced. And a coalition of park supporters is rallying the public against those plans it claims would threaten hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands.
Georgia House Speaker David Ralston is stepping down as speaker at the end of the this year, citing health concerns. The Republican has been speaker since 2010.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has extended the suspension of the state's motor fuel tax through Dec. 11. Kemp on Friday signed an executive order extending the suspension for a sixth time.
Georgia is about to receive money from last year’s multi-state opioid settlement. But advocates for those in recovery are frustrated by what they call a lack of transparency about how it will be spent.
Bibb County schools are tackling student mental health with special spaces called sensory rooms.
Georgia bike and pedestrian advocates are calling on state and local governments to invest more heavily in safety improvements.