Freight rail line from coast to northwest Georgia reports record traffic
ATLANTA — Georgia's freight rail line from the Port of Savannah to Murray County had a record haul last month, as seven CSX trains per week carried nearly 4,000 containers, up 35% from November 2024. The Appalachian Regional Port opened in 2018 near Chatsworth, about...
Tentative agreement with Georgia Power could mean new capacity for data centers
ATLANTA — Georgia's dominant electric power monopoly has a reached a tentative deal with state regulators that would allow a major expansion of energy production, mostly from natural gas. The Public Service Commission's public interest advocacy staff had previously...
Fulton prosecutor to testify about Trump case, despite effort to fight subpoena
ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday in a dispute over the extent of the Georgia General Assembly's authority to compel testimony, but the case may become irrelevant next week now that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has agreed...
Member of state House indicted in federal unemployment benefits case
ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta lawmaker accused of theft of government funds in connection with COVID-19 relief pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday. Rep. Sharon Henderson, D-Covington, walked into the courtroom in downtown Atlanta wearing ankle cuffs, after she was...
Murderer scheduled for execution next week
ATLANTA — Two Cobb County women lost their lives because of a few thousand dollars, and soon the man convicted of killing them and taking their money is scheduled to meet his own end. Eighteen years ago, Stacey Ian Humphreys was convicted of murder and other crimes in...
Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at Trump, who called her a traitor
ATLANTA — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized President Donald Trump in a televised interview Sunday, saying he had abandoned his MAGA followers to help "major industries" and "big donors." During her nearly 14-minute interview on the CBS News program 60 Minutes,...
All public schools to have naloxone by spring
ATLANTA — In a nod to the spread of opioids, Georgia is installing overdose reversal kits at all 2,300 public schools in the state using money from a legal settlement with the pharmaceutical industry. Distribution began this fall in parts of metro Atlanta and in...
Lawmakers seek Lottery money for need-based college scholarships
ATLANTA — A record number enrolled in Georgia's public colleges and universities this fall as the state's lottery continued to produce a windfall for academic scholarships, but a bipartisan legislative committee thinks too many students are still being left...