Trump win puts Georgia squarely back in red column
ATLANTA - Georgia voters have reasserted the Peach State's bona fides as a Republican stronghold. Four years after losing to Democrat Joe Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes in Georgia, former President Donald Trump captured the state's 16 electoral votes Nov. 5 by...
First Georgia Power battery storage project enters commercial operation
ATLANTA - Georgia Power's first "grid-connected" battery energy storage system (BESS) has gone into commercial operation, the Atlanta-based utility announced Friday. The Mossy Branch Battery facility in west-central Georgia's Talbot County will generate 65 megawatts...
Georgia lawmakers looking to promote emerging markets for timber
ATLANTA - The state should actively promote developing sustainable aviation fuel and mass timber construction as emerging markets for a struggling timber industry, a legislative study committee recommended Thursday. While Georgia is the nation's No-1 state for...
Republicans maintain majorities in General Assembly
ATLANTA - Georgia Democrats were unable to put a dent in the General Assembly's Republican majorities in Tuesday's legislative elections. After the dust settled from Election Night, Republicans remained in control of the Georgia Senate with the same 33-23 majority the...
Trump carries Georgia four years after losing Peach State
ATLANTA - Former President Donald Trump won Georgia's 16 electoral votes Tuesday, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris by a narrow margin, several national news outlets projected before 1 a.m. Wednesday. With only three rural counties not having reported, Republican...
Status quo prevails in Georgia congressional elections
ATLANTA - The makeup of Georgia’s congressional delegation likely will remain unchanged, as voters were poised Tuesday night to reelect 13 of the 14 U.S. House lawmakers and choose Republican Brian Jack to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Drew Ferguson. The result would...
Georgia property-tax relief measures headed to easy victories
ATLANTA - Georgia voters were poised to overwhelmingly approve two tax-relief measures on the statewide ballot Tuesday night, while a third tax-related proposal held a smaller lead. With 122 of the state’s 159 counties reporting, a constitutional amendment offering...
Middle Georgia poll worker charged with making threats
ATLANTA - A Georgia poll worker has been arrested and charged with mailing a letter to the Jones County election superintendent threatening poll workers. Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville was serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office on Oct....