Real estate investor headed to prison in Atlanta fraud scheme
ATLANTA - The head of a commercial real estate investment firm has been sentenced to 87 months in prison and ordered to pay $45 million in restitution in a fraud scheme involving the Atlanta Financial Center in Buckhead. Elchonon (Elie) Schwartz, 46, of New York City...
Tariffs anticipation behind surge at Georgia ports
ATLANTA - Businesses front-loading orders to avoid looming tariffs are continuing to drive containerized cargo traffic at the Port of Savannah. The port handled 515,500 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) last month, up 17% from April of last year and the...
Former Atlanta mayor running for governor
ATLANTA - Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms entered the 2026 race for governor Tuesday, vowing to push back against the disruption perpetrated by the Trump administration. "We know there's a lot of chaos coming out of Washington, D.C.," Bottoms, a Democrat,...
New state law targets corporate landlords, as U.S. senator investigates ‘mistreatment of renters’
ATLANTA - Corporate landlords have been consolidating ownership in Georgia's single-family housing market, drawing increasing criticism and political attention, including from U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff. The Georgia Democrat said Monday that it's too soon to know how a new...
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...