Georgia Supreme Court ruling could shift more fire costs to property taxpayers
ATLANTA — In a ruling with potentially far-reaching consequences for homeowners and businesses, the Georgia Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a fire service fee levied by Chatham County. The county, where Savannah is located, must pay about $30 million in refunds...
Bottoms attacks Jackson over abortion at solo debate
ATLANTA — Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms attacked her Republican opponent, Rick Jackson, on data centers, fuel costs and abortion when he skipped what would have been their final debate Monday night. Bottoms used Jackson's absence from the Atlanta Press Club event to...
Georgia Tech to get temporary leader amid search for Cabrera successor
ATLANTA — An executive vice president at Georgia Tech will step temporarily into the top job amid a search for a permanent president. Chancellor Sonny Perdue on Tuesday named Timothy Charles Lieuwen as interim president effective Nov. 1. That is when current President...
A lifetime studying Cumberland Island, a new fight over its future
When G. Wayne Clough was doing research for a book about the Georgia coast, he drove to St. Marys, boarded the ferry to Cumberland Island, then hopped onto an ATV piloted by a local legend. Carol Ruckdeschel, the self-taught naturalist who had lived on the island for...
Trump and accusations of extremism were dominant themes in Georgia’s U.S. Senate debate
ATLANTA — The first debate between Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, the Republican nominee challenging him, centered on President Donald Trump. It was also an opportunity for the two opponents to paint each other as dangerous extremists. The...
Georgia candidates for governor trade attacks, promise solutions in debate
ATLANTA — In what was likely to be their only debate before Election Day on Nov. 3, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson attacked each other and sometimes agreed on policy during a live encounter hosted by Atlanta News First Tuesday night. Billed...
Georgia’s public school class of 2026 scored higher on SAT
ATLANTA — Georgia's public school class of 2026 did better in math and a little worse in reading and writing on their SAT tests than students who graduated the year before. The overall SAT score still rose. The mean score for public-school students in the state was...
Georgia voters will see pen and paper at polls
ATLANTA — Attentive Georgia voters will notice something different when they go to their polling places on Election Day: pen and paper. Poll workers will log each voter in electronically, but they will also be recording voters' names on a backup log using pen and...