Georgia's Republican attorney general is appealing a judge's ruling that the state's abortion ban is unconstitutional. Attorney General Chris Carr's office is asking the Georgia Supreme Court to reinstate the law that outlaws most abortions after the first six weeks or so of pregnancy while the court considers the state's appeal.
A Republican-led group is challenging Georgia's new requirement that poll workers count the total number of ballots by hand. Eternal Vigilance Action is asking a judge to overturn the rule, saying it's another example of the State Election Board overstepping its legal authority.
Georgia’s State Election Board passed arguably the most contentious of the new rules it had been considering for conducting elections in the state on Friday over the objections of county-level election directors and over the advice of Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr.
Georgia's Fulton County has hired a team of independent monitors to observe its operations for this year's general election. The monitoring of Fulton's elections was proposed during the discussion of a resolution of a State Election Board case against the county stemming from an election recount in 2020.
A Georgia judge has chastised state prosecutors for mishandling confidential emails between a defense attorney and three Atlanta activists who face racketeering charges connected to violent protests against a police and firefighter training center that critics call "Cop City."
Georgia's attorney general says city officials in Savannah overstepped their authority when they outlawed keeping guns in unlocked cars. Savannah's mayor and city council adopted a new ordinance in April that requires people to lock vehicles with guns stashed inside.
A former Augusta University employee has been indicted for allegedly stealing more than $300,000 from the school, Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Thursday.
A racketeering trial in Georgia is again being delayed for the first defendant indicted in protests against the planned police training facility critics call "Cop City." Opening arguments had been expected to begin in the case against 19-year-old Ayla King of Massachusetts.
A Georgia judge has refused to dismiss misconduct charges against a former prosecutor accused of hindering the investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
Nearly five dozen people indicted on racketeering charges related to protests against a planned police and firefighter training facility appeared in court as their supporters rallied outside the courthouse in Atlanta.
Sixty-one people have been indicted in Georgia on racketeering charges following a long-running state investigation into protests against an Atlanta-area proposed police and firefighter training facility that critics call "Cop City."
A right-wing Republican Party faction in Georgia is seeking to punish GOP officials it considers ideological traitors by banning them from future primary ballots. The plan could be voted on at the state Republican convention, which opens Friday in Columbus.
A judge has granted bond for three activists involved in supporting the protest against a planned police and fire training center in Atlanta that opponents have derisively dubbed "Cop City."
Police have arrested three key organizers supporting people protesting Atlanta's proposed police and fire training center, which opponents call "Cop City." The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says its agents and Atlanta police on Wednesday arrested three officers of the group that runs the Atlanta Solidarity Fund.
An Atlanta-area hospital system could take over the hospitals affiliated with Georgia's only public medical school under a deal announced Tuesday. Augusta University Health System says it has signed a letter of intent to join Marietta-based nonprofit Wellstar Health System.
