ATLANTA - State energy regulators will vote in April on Georgia Power's request for additional electrical generating capacity. The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a hearing schedule Tuesday that calls for a final vote April 16 on an updated Integrated...

ATLANTA - The Technical College System of Georgia has launched a website to help link job seekers in Georgia with employers, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday. The Labor Exchange Platform will provide access to job listings, educational and training resources, and...

ATLANTA - Former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins will head the new Georgia chapter of the America First Policy Institute, a national think tank, the organization announced Monday. Collins, a Republican from Gainesville, represented Georgia's 9th Congressional District from...

ATLANTA - An Atlanta-based environmental group is renewing its campaign against gasoline-powered lawn equipment. The Environment Georgia Research & Policy Center has released a study showing that gas-powered leaf blowers, lawnmowers, string trimmers, chainsaws and...

ATLANTA - Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, married for 77 years to former President Jimmy Carter, died Sunday at the age of 96 at the couple's home in Plains. For decades, she championed the causes of mental health, caregiving, and women's rights. "Rosalynn was my...

ATLANTA - After years of failed efforts to get legalized gambling through the General Assembly, political observers could hardly be faulted for not betting on 2024 to be different. But if Las Vegas were setting odds on the three options that have generated the most...

ATLANTA - The Port of Savannah had a good October but business is down when looking at a bigger picture. Savannah handled 449,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containerized cargo last month, the port's fourth-busiest October ever and a 5% increase over...

ATLANTA - Atlanta was awarded Major League Baseball's 2025 All-Star Game Thursday, two years after the game was pulled from Georgia during a flap over voting reform legislation state lawmakers had passed earlier that year. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred commended...