Formerly enslaved people would placed ads in newspapers hoping to find lost children, parents, spouses and siblings. Historian Judith Giesberg tells the stories of some of those families in a new book.
In the Senate, the budget was the big news as they took a look at HB 67, the House's supplemental 2024-2025 budget. Meanwhile, the House passed over a dozen bills as the countdown to Crossover Day continues.
Georgia's state Senate wants to boost spending on Hurricane Helene relief even more, including creating a grant program that could provide aid to individuals. The state Senate voted 55-1 Wednesday to amend Georgia's current state budget running through June 30.
A Georgia Republican who ran a fringe campaign for governor under the slogan "Jesus, Guns and Babies" says she's running for Congress in 2026. Kandiss Taylor announced her campaign for southeast Georgia's 1st Congressional District during a Tuesday appearance on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast.
The Georgia State Election Board has voted to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to enforce a subpoena against a conservative group that had alleged ballot stuffing in the state after the group was unable to produce evidence to support its claims.
A federal appeals court is considering whether to dismiss a massive effort to force a vote on an Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center that city officials say is nearly complete. The appeals court had been silent for more than 14 months after hearing arguments in 2023 over whether nonresidents can collect signatures as part of the "Stop Cop City" referendum effort.
Sue Bell became one of the first Alzheimer's patients in the U.S. to receive the drug now marketed as Leqembi. Her husband isn't sure if it made a difference.
Dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts overwhelmingly approved a six-year contract Tuesday, averting the threat of a strike that could have crippled the economy.
Small towns in America create a sense of community, belonging and timelessness that big cities often lack. HGTV recently highlighted one in Georgia: Cartersville.
The BioLab facility in Conyers is offering voluntary severance packages to employees seeking other job opportunities as the plant remains partially closed.
April 2025 marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. In Washington, D.C., a new art exhibit offers counter-narratives of what it means to be Vietnamese American.
Nearly all USAID programs have been eliminated. One official says it's a "global health massacre." And, a federal judge will hear arguments over the decision to fire thousands of probationary workers.
Duolingo's mascot faked his death to get users to do their daily lessons, and attention from pop star Dua Lipa. Here's how he masterminded it — and why one expert sees the campaign as a success.
The detainees were part of a group of some 300 Uyghurs who fled China and were arrested in Thailand in 2014. Thailand deported more than 100 of them to China in 2015, drawing condemnation.
