Ryan Buchanan stepping down as U.S. attorney
ATLANTA - Ryan Buchanan has announced his resignation as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. Buchanan will step down from the post on Jan. 19, one day before Donald Trump is sworn in as the nation's 47th president. After serving as assistant U.S....
SCAD president receiving Presidential Citizens Medal
ATLANTA - A co-founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is being awarded a Presidential Citizens Medal Thursday at a White House ceremony. President Joe Biden named 20 recipients of the award this week, including Paula Wallace, 76, who launched SCAD in...
Ossoff, Warnock pick up new Senate committee assignments
ATLANTA - Georgia's two U.S. senators have landed plum committee assignments as the 119th Congress prepares to convene on Friday. Democrat Jon Ossoff will serve on the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, which has jurisdiction over the federal budget. "I look...
Deadline extended for Helene victims to apply for federal benefits
ATLANTA - The filing deadline for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for victims of Hurricane Helene has been extended to Feb. 7, the Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday. DUA is a federal program established to help workers whose primary income...
National day of mourning set for Jimmy Carter
ATLANTA - Flags flew at half-staff across the nation Monday, a day after former President Jimmy Carter died at age 100 at his home in Plains. Gov. Brian Kemp issued two executive orders following the passing of the longest living ex-president, one ordering all U.S....
Jimmy Carter, longest living ex-president, dies at 100
ATLANTA - Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died Sunday afternoon at the age of 100 at his home in Plains. Carter, a Democrat and the only Georgian to serve as the nation's chief executive, served a single term in the White House from 1977 until...
Judge rules Georgia lawmakers can subpoena Willis
ATLANTA - A judge has ruled that the state Senate can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis in its investigation of her role in the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump, the Associated Press reported Friday. Fulton Superior Court...
New laws will affect elections, taxes, health care
ATLANTA - Most new laws the General Assembly enacted this year took effect in July. But some significant legislation or portions of legislation lawmakers passed pertaining to elections, taxes, and health care don't become operative until New Year's Day. The list...