Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson dies; Medicare can no longer reimburse doctors for some telehealth visits after the COVID-19 public health emergency officially ends; and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified the results of the 2024 presidential election Friday.
The father of the accused Apalachee High School shooter entered a not guilty plea yesterday morning, a Georgia Senate committee studying transgender students participating in school sports hears testimony, and Hyundai's new electric vehicle plant in Southeast Georgia soon begins building the company's largest-ever electric SUV.
Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan man who was accused of murdering nursing student Laken Riley, has been found guilty on all charges.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has been elected chairman of the Republican Governor's Association for 2025.
The Macon Bibb County Commission is moving ahead with a plan to demolish a long vacant downtown hotel by the end of the year to make way for new development.
Prosecutors finished calling witnesses Tuesday in the trial of the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Study says human-caused climate change intensified hurricanes during a recent 5-year period. And Georgia is one of 15 states that require health insurance plans to cover biomarker testing for lung cancer.
The Georgia legislative session will get underway in less than two months. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute is outlining the priorities they'll be keeping an eye on.
Farmers, restaurant owners and chefs gathered in Atlanta this week to discuss the impacts of climate change on the food industry.
The Georgia prosecutor who tried the murder case made famous by the book "Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil" has died. Former Chatham County District Attorney Spencer Lawton Jr. died Wednesday at his home in Savannah.
Friday marks the start of the trial of Jose Ibarra in Athens, the man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia's campus in February.
Because of settlements reached with major opioid manufacturers, Georgia has over $600 million to fund programs in communities hard hit by the opioid epidemic. State leaders came one step closer to distributing a portion of that money this week.
In a report released Thursday, U.S. Justice Department officials say "inhumane, violent" conditions at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta violate the constitutional rights of people held in custody there.
