Ossoff has fundraising edge against Collins in fight for U.S. Senate
ATLANTA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff raised about 10 times as much in campaign contributions over the past three months than U.S. Rep. Mike Collins, his Republican challenger in the November general election, according to numbers from the two campaigns. Ossoff's...
Former High Museum executive faces prison for theft
ATLANTA — Brady Lum liked to play music, but he did not like to pay for his hobby. Instead, he used the Southeast's leading visual arts museum as a piggy bank, according to federal court documents. Lum, 59, of Atlanta, pleaded guilty to stealing from the High Museum...
Warnock and Dickens tout bipartisan federal housing law amid affordability concerns
ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock met with other Democratic officials, including Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, in front of a corporate-owned house in southwest Atlanta Monday to celebrate a new federal law that seeks to give renters more hope in their quest to own a...
Fight over Georgia voting system escalates ahead of November elections
ATLANTA — The battle over voter confidence in Georgia's election machines flared up after the Legislature decided last month to keep them until 2028. Weeks after lawmakers voted to postpone their prior ban on the machines’ use of QR codes to tally results, the U.S....
Gas tax break takes another bite out of state revenue
ATLANTA — Georgia tax revenues fell in June, driven by a gas tax suspension and helped along by increased income tax refunds. Net tax revenues for the month fell 6.8% compared with June 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Revenue. The bulk of it was driven by...
Georgia election board adopts new rules targeting election mistrust
ATLANTA — Georgia's election board adopted two rules Wednesday aimed at bolstering confidence in the state's election system. One of the rules will have no immediate impact since it bans a method of counting votes that will not be used anytime soon. The other could...
Georgia Supreme Court rebukes appellate decision, confirms RICO Act applies in family lawsuits
ATLANTA — A 1980s law originally aimed mainly at organized crime can be used in domestic disputes, the Georgia Supreme Court clarified in a ruling involving a legal clash between former spouses. The decision last week reversed the state Court of Appeals, which had...
Real estate brokerage ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to Georgia homeowners
ATLANTA — A real estate company that gave homeowners money in exchange for a pledge to use its services when they sold their homes decades later has been ordered to pay $1 million to hundreds of Georgians. MV Realty also was barred from doing business in Georgia,...