Sen. John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, stepped aside as president pro tempore of the Senate in June to run for lieutenant governor. The president pro tem presides over the Senate in the absence of the ...

ATLANTA – An investigation led by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has uncovered 510 credible reports of human rights abuses at immigration detention centers across the country. The list included 14 ...

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump has endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ bid to become Georgia’s next governor, siding with his long-time ally ahead of Jones’ fight next year for the Republican nomination ...

ATLANTA – A Floyd County man on probation following convictions for making terroristic threats and other crimes was arrested Friday on charges of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.

Some of the changes Holden and other local election officials testifying at a daylong hearing in Rockmart suggested would alter ballots to create greater transparency, while others ranged from ...

Fifth and eighth graders posted the biggest drops in English proficiency rates. In fifth grade, 43% scored proficient or better, down 5 percentage points from fifth grade test takers the prior year.

Fewer students are routinely cutting class now, but one in five were still deemed “chronically absent” last school year, meaning they missed 10% or more of the school year, typically 180 days. The ...

ATLANTA — Chris Carr, Georgia’s attorney general and a candidate for governor, is suing his Republican primary opponent in federal court over a campaign finance issue. The lawsuit in U.S. District ...

Robert Roberson and Marcus Phillips are charged with violating the inmate’s constitutional rights by showing deliberate indifference to a fire in his cell that caused his death. The indictment, ...

ATLANTA – Five soldiers were shot Wednesday morning at the U.S. Army’s Fort Stewart southwest of Savannah.