Georgia’s university system announces new campus presidents
ATLANTA — Thousands of students at Georgia's public colleges will have new leadership when they return this fall after the University System of Georgia named new campus leaders. On Monday, the system named three new presidents: Greg Tanner at South Georgia State...
Georgia tallies cost of gas tax suspension
ATLANTA — Drivers are paying the 33-cent-per-gallon excise tax at Georgia gas pumps again, but the suspension that ended Tuesday saved them nearly $200 million in May. Motor fuel tax collections fell by $199.6 million, or 99.5%, compared to May 2025, according to the...
Amid data center backlash, Google gives $1M for South Georgia wetlands
ATLANTA — Google will spend $1 million on conservation work in a watershed in South Georgia near one of its data centers. The donation, announced this week, is part of a $17 million commitment by Google to support seven waterway and infrastructure improvement projects...
Kemp adds local sales‑tax option for property tax cuts to special session call
ATLANTA — Some homeowners could eventually see a rollback in their property tax bills after Gov. Brian Kemp revised his call for a special session. Last month, Kemp ordered lawmakers back to the Capitol to redraw district lines and to address legal concerns with the...
Feds probe MARTA safety, spending after two stabbings ahead of World Cup
ATLANTA — The federal government will review safety protocols and security spending at Atlanta's transit agency after two stabbing attacks last week, one of them fatal. The investigation comes as Atlanta’s Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority was supposed to...
Georgia high court scraps vaccine‑based pause on executions
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has removed a pandemic-era barrier to executions, checking off a legal condition that must be met before ending the lives of certain inmates sentenced to death. The decision overturned a lower court ruling that had put executions on...
Alone on debate stage, Burt Jones backs GOP election changes and slams opponent Rick Jackson for skipping
ATLANTA — The final Republican gubernatorial primary debate revealed more about Lt. Gov. Burt Jones than it did about billionaire Rick Jackson, as the latter declined to attend. Or maybe it revealed a lot about Jackson, Jones said, speaking next to an empty lectern in...
Lieutenant governor hopefuls sharpen personal attacks in debate about leading Georgia Senate
ATLANTA — Most of Georgia's statewide primary races have been settled on either the Democratic or Republican ticket, but the race for leadership of the state Senate remains up for grabs on both sides of the aisle. While not a senator, the lieutenant governor presides...