Georgia Power offers to freeze customer rates
ATLANTA - Georgia Power will not seek to raise base rates for the next three years under a proposed agreement the Atlanta-based utility announced Monday. The agreement between the company and the state Public Service Commission's (PSC) Advocacy Staff - if approved by...
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Yes, and an airsick journalist!
BRUNSWICK – We arced toward the blue sky, punching through cotton ball clouds as the fearsome acceleration pressed me into the ejector seat with a force that equaled multiples of my own weight. The Blue Angels will be dazzling a crowd at an airshow over...
Purveyors of hemp beverages high on Georgia market, as beer hits new low
ATLANTA - Georgians have had a long relationship with beer, an affection that grew during the pandemic before it started to unravel. Now, many are attracted to a new and different product, something with intoxicating power but without the familiar downsides: hemp...
Thirty gang members and associates charged with racketeering, murder
ATLANTA - An eight-count federal court indictment unsealed in the Southern District of Georgia charges 30 alleged members of the Sex Money Murder (SMM) gang and associates with crimes including racketeering and murder. The suspects were arrested in four Georgia cities...
Federal appeals court hears arguments over Georgia election maps
ATLANTA - As Georgia looks ahead to the 2026 elections, a court fight is still brewing over the election maps scheduled to be used. The federal court of appeals in Atlanta heard three cases Thursday stemming from those early maps, which were drawn by state...
Bobby Dodd Stadium slated for major renovation
ATLANTA - The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a $70 million plan Thursday to renovate Bobby Dodd Stadium on the Midtown Atlanta campus of Georgia Tech. The project, to be funded by the Georgia Tech Athletic Association, will create a new premium...
Gooch enters race for lieutenant governor
ATLANTA - Georgia Senate Majority Leader Steve Gooch will seek the Republican nomination to run for lieutenant governor next year. Gooch, R-Dahlonega, announced his candidacy Wednesday in a press release, describing himself as "unapologetically pro-life, pro-Second...
State unemployment rate flat again
ATLANTA - Georgia's unemployment rate held steady at 3.6% last month for the 11th consecutive month, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The jobless rate in the Peach State remained six-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. "This sustained...