Dr. Christine King Farris lies in state at the Georgia Capitol today, an honor denied to her younger brother, Dr. Martin Luther Jr.

The state Supreme Court has cleared the way for automaker Rivian to build an electric vehicle manufacturing plant east of Atlanta.

Columbus will pay $600,000 to settle claims that a Black former police chief racially discriminated against two white officers.

One Georgia college administrator, Timothy Renick of Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success, says the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action should serve as a call for college and universities to look in the mirror to fix post-admission problems.

The US Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into conditions in Atlanta's Fulton County jail.

Georgia's booming film and television industry is bracing for another blow as union actors prepare for a strike.

About 100,000 Georgia voters have had their voting eligibility challenged since state lawmakers passed SB 202.

Georgia has removed another 95,000 adults and children from state insurance rolls as it continues to review who is eligible foe Medicaid. 

Airport security officials are detecting more guns at Georgia airports.

Georgia ended the fiscal year with a 33-billion-dollar surplus despite Governor Kemp’s forecast that the state would face a steep revenue decline.

Chris Eubanks fair tale run at Wimbledon is over.  He lost yesterday.

Georgia ended its fiscal year with another $5 billion massive surplus after sate revenue officials collected $33 billion in receipts.

Business leaders in Glynn County will host a job fair this week for laid-off employees of the chemical processing company Pinova.

Airport security officials are finding more guns at Georgia airports, largely because of increased travel and more people with guns.

Ninety-six  people arrived for Fulton County grand jury duty unaware that some of them could decide one of the nation’s biggest cases — whether to indict Donald Trump for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election.  Fulton County Superior Court impaneled two grand juries of 26 people each yesterday.

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Haze and smoke over the past few weeks have brought into focus the 40-year-old state program that monitors air quality.

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Georgia Tech is hosting a watch party this morning as one of its former tennis players, Christopher Eubanks’ who is the breakout star at Wimbledon gets ready to take the court.  This morning Eubanks challenges the world’s number three ranked player Daniil Med-ve-dev. 

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A Democratic state lawmaker criticized by fellow Democrats for voting with Republicans in the state legislature is switching parties.

Georgia Southern University is launching a new school this month focused on sustainability, with a first-of-its-kind doctoral program.

A Georgia grand jury now sworn in likely will consider whether criminal charges are appropriate for former President Donald Trump.

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will lie in state at the Capitol on Friday.  She will be just the fourth African American to receive that honor.

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The Fulton County District Attorney's case against Donald Trump is moving into a new phase. 

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Georgia Southern University is launching a new school this month focused on sustainability...and starting this fall, it will offer a first of its kind doctoral degree in Georgia.

Four DeKalb County residents are filing a lawsuit against the City of Atlanta over a referendum to stop a new police training center.

Longtime Georgia political journalist and Georgia Writer's Hall of Fame inductee Bill Shipp has died at 89-years-old.

The Fulton County District Attorney's case against former President Donald Trump is moving into a new phase. 

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A new state audit describes glaring inconsistencies solitary confinement practices in the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice.

Parts of the Chattahoochee River will remain closed going into a second weekend following a water treatment plant malfunction.

A new review looking into Georgia's maternal mortality finds that almost 90% of pregnancy-related deaths were preventable.

A new audit describes glaring inconsistencies in why, how and for how long youth are subjected to solitary confinement across facilities in Georgia’s Department of Juvenile Justice.

As rent rises, a group of Georgia housing advocates are working to establish more legal protections for tenants facing eviction.

Georgia could see more parents and caregivers seek public office under a new ruling by the state Ethics Commission.  

Southeast Georgia's Bryan County has issued a partial development moratorium as it prepares for a Hyundai manufacturing site.

A South Georgia Girl Scouts organization is rallying opposition to a proposed rock quarry development in Crawford County.

South Georgia Medical Center last month announced that state officials recognized their hospital with a Level Three designation.

Georgia public transit systems in and outside of the Atlanta are getting about $7 million as part of the state’s new Transit Trust Fund.

The Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia are rallying to oppose the development of a rock quarry near Camp Martha Johnston in Crawford County.

Georgia public transit systems are getting $7 million as part of the state’s new Transit Trust Fund.

This summer several local farmer’s markets will serve women, infants and children as part of  a supplemental nutrition program that helps feed close to 200,000 people every month.