GOP keeps hold on north Atlanta suburbs with solid win in Senate election
ATLANTA -- Republican Jason Dickerson cruised to a strong finish ahead of a Democratic challenger in the special election Tuesday to fill a vacant state Senate seat in the northern suburbs of metro Atlanta. Dickerson, a businessman from Canton in Cherokee County, took...
Three of Georgia’s top higher education institutions retain high rankings
ATLANTA -- Georgia's two public flagships for higher education placed in the top 100 again along with Emory University in the annual U.S. News rankings for 2026. The Georgia Institute of Technology moved up a spot to 32nd. The University of Georgia remained at 46th...
New round of community grants for literacy open with reading by Super Bowl champ
Literacy advocate Malcolm Mitchell tosses a football while warming up to read a children's book he authored, as Atlanta Public School students gather to watch him at the College Football Hall of Fame on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 (Ty Tagami/Capitol Beat) ATLANTA --...
State school safety efforts contribute to kids missing class
ATLANTA -- Efforts to make Georgia schools safer are exacerbating student absenteeism, a major problem that lawmakers have been studying since this summer. Many students who are awaiting a tribunal for an alleged disciplinary infraction may be out of school for...
Kemp indicates visit to South Korea not reaction to federal raid
ATLANTA -- Gov. Brian Kemp's upcoming trip to the Republic of Korea was planned "well before" the federal immigration raid on Georgia's Hyundai electric vehicle battery plant west of Savannah, his office said, indicating the two are unrelated. “Governor Kemp and First...
Georgia lawmakers look for ways keep social media from harming children
In a rare bipartisan act to protect children, Georgia legislators adopted a law last year that regulated social media companies. But the industry sued and, for now, has sidelined the prohibition on advertising to children. The law also required platforms to obtain...
Employment basically unchanged over past month
ATLANTA -- The August workforce report for Georgia shows a gain of 1,900 jobs, with the unemployment rate unchanged from July. Nearly five million are employed in the state, according to numbers released Thursday by the Georgia Department of Labor. Health care and...
Former Georgia poll worker imprisoned for bomb threat
ATLANTA -- A man who threatened to bomb a Macon area polling place will serve 20 months in prison. Nicholas Wimbish, 26, of Milledgeville, must also serve a year of supervised release and pay a $2,000 fine under the sentence issued by U.S. District Judge Marc...