President Joe Biden's administration will loan $6.6 billion to electric vehicle maker Rivian Automotive to build a Georgia factory. The announcement Tuesday comes less than two months before Donald Trump becomes president again.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has been elected to lead the Republican Governors Association, a one-year position. The organization works to elect Republicans nationwide and Kemp is expected to use the post to spread his traditional brand of conservatism.
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr says he's running for governor in 2026. The Republican's announcement Thursday makes him the first major candidate from either party in the race. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp is limited to two terms.
Trump fell out with Gov. Brian Kemp after 2020, when Kemp rebuffed his efforts to overturn Georgia’s election result. Their relationship could matter to some voters in a state Trump narrowly lost.
A federal agency is proposing an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge. That could lead to a buyout offer for property that would otherwise be used for mining project conservationists have fought for years.
Georgia's state government cash reserves grew in the 2023 budget year despite some efforts to spend down surplus cash. A new report finds state government now has more than $11 billion in unallocated surplus cash that leaders can spend however they want, after Georgia ran a fourth year of surpluses.
A federal judge won't order the state of Georgia to reopen voter registration for November's elections in the presidential battleground state. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross came after a hearing Thursday.
Hyundai has begun producing electric SUVs in Georgia less than two years after breaking ground on its sprawling manufacturing plant west of Savannah. A statement from Hyundai Motor Group's factory in Georgia says it held an "employee-focused celebration" Thursday as its first EV for commercial sale rolled off the assembly line.
Georgia's state House speaker says lawmakers in 2025 will consider new policies after a school shooting killed four at a high school northeast of Atlanta. But Republican Jon Burns is stopping short of Democratic demands.
Hyundai is aiming to broaden the appeal of its Ioniq 5 electric SUVs with 2025 models boasting improved battery range and additional charging options. The South Korean automaker unveiled the new EVs on Tuesday in Savannah, Georgia, a few miles from Hyundai's huge new factory that will begin producing the vehicles before the year's end.
The Trump-Kemp relationship has been poisoned for years, driven largely by Kemp's refusal to stop the certification of Trump's 2020 loss in the state to Democrat Joe Biden. But a recent meeting between Lindsey Graham and Kemp at a private fundraiser in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood helped set in motion a détente.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are kicking off a two-day bus tour in Georgia that will snake through rural areas in the southern part of the state before culminating in a big rally in the coastal city of Savannah.
Georgia Democrats called on Republican Gov. Brian Kemp Monday to remove three GOP members of the State Election Board for approving “11th-hour” changes to state elections laws they say could disrupt the November elections.
Donald Trump is changing his tune on Georgia's Republican governor after delivering a series of blistering attacks at a rally just weeks ago. In a social media post, Trump thanked Gov. Brian Kemp for his help and support in Georgia.
“Certificate of need” laws, largely supported by the hospital industry, limit health facility construction in 35 states and Washington, D.C. Georgia lawmakers decided its law was complicating the reviving of two hospitals critical to their communities.
