President Joe Biden has approved a major disaster declaration for Georgia following Hurricane Helene; a group of Atlanta attorneys is filing a class action lawsuit against the company responsible for a fire and chlorine plume; as JD Vance and Tim Walz debated policy during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, college students across Georgia held watch parties.

The International Longshoremen's Association is seeking a new six-year contract with an alliance of port employers.

The pace of recovery from Hurricane Helene in Georgia is only beginning to match the human need in hard-hit communities like Valdosta and Augusta; Donald Trump visited Valdosta Monday to see the damage and talk about relief efforts; Workers at the Port of Savannah and the Port of Brunswick went on strike Tuesday morning, part of a larger walkout across the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico; and Tuesday is former President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday.

Helene is moving through Georgia and has been downgraded to a tropical storm. All of Georgia remains under warnings through Friday as this storm may still have tropical storm force winds, flash flooding and tornadoes, among other hazards. Residents are advised to follow guidance for all warnings.

Chatham County's Democratic district attorney will prosecute former officer Ernest Ferguson for killing a Black man.

As Georgia braces for the impact of Hurricane Helene, emergency management agencies are working on a plan to prepare for the storm, which is expected to cross into Georgia later Thursday evening.

Tariffs begun by Trump and continued under Biden have hurt U.S. households, according to many economists.

Tropical Storm Helene is expected to become a major hurricane.

South Georgia farmers are preparing for heavy winds and rain as Tropical Storm Helene makes its way towards the state. 

Students at Apalachee High School are set to return to class this morning for a half day, nearly three weeks after a gunman killed two students and two teachers at the school in Northeast Georgia.

The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine, a disturbance located over the northwestern Caribbean Sea.

A nonpartisan Black voting rights group held registration drives at three HBCUs in South Georgia last week.

Oct. 7 is the last day Georgians can register to vote in the presidential election.

The State Election Board passed arguably the most contentious of 11-new rules that it had been considering at a closely-watched meeting Friday.

Just over a month before Election Day presidential candidates continue to court Georgia voters.

Georgia has surpassed 100,000 electric vehicle registrations.

A man serving multiple life sentences challenged Savannah police identification in deadly 2017 chase. 

Oprah Winfrey hosted an online event with Vice President Kamala Harris from Michigan Thursday. Several guests, including some from Georgia joined to discuss gun violence and access to reproductive care.

Officials in Macon-Bibb County have announced a new affordable housing development in the heart of one of the city’s most prominent historically Black neighborhoods.

The Atlanta Dream have clinched a spot in the WNBA playoffs.

Georgia U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff previewed a bill Wednesday he says will address what he calls “leadership failures” at the United States Postal Service.

The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to strengthen its rural efforts.

Shalena Cook Jones became the first Black woman to serve as Chatham County DA when she won office in 2020.