Folkston immigration detention center to become nation’s largest
ATLANTA - South Georgia soon will become home to the largest illegal immigrant detention center in the country. The D. Ray James Correctional Facility in Charlton County will become part of the Folkston Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Centre under...
Georgia ends fiscal year with slight increase in tax revenues
ATLANTA - The state closed out fiscal 2025 at the end of last month with a slight increase in net tax collections compared to fiscal 2024, Gov. Brian Kemp reported Tuesday. Net tax revenue for the 12 months ending June 30 was up $197.4 million over the previous fiscal...
Georgia man gets 35 years for dealing fentanyl
ATLANTA -- Dwan Maurice Hewlett must have thought he was about to make a lucrative deal when he drove to an Athens gas station. His car was filled with fentanyl and other drugs, in baggies ready to go. Instead, he wound up sprinting down the road, in a hapless attempt...
Burt Jones enters race for Georgia governor
ATLANTA - Lt. Gov. Burt Jones announced Tuesday he's running for governor, a long anticipated move that sets up a primary race next year among Republican heavyweights. Jones, a former state senator from Butts County, posted his first campaign video on YouTube, touting...
Appellate court: Local elections officials must certify results
ATLANTA - Certification of election results in Georgia is a mandatory duty of local elections officials - not a discretionary decision - the state Court of Appeals has ruled. The decision dismissed a lawsuit filed by Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton...
Georgia lawyers consider limited role for legal assistance by non-attorneys
ATLANTA — A committee created by the Georgia Supreme Court is recommending that the state try letting people with special legal training do limited kinds of attorney work that would give more people access to the justice system. A three-year pilot program in three...
Former Georgia senator to head state health agency
ATLANTA - Gov. Brian Kemp named Dr. Dean Burke Monday commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH). Burke, 67, a former state senator now serving as the state agency's chief medical officer, will take up his new role on Aug. 1. Before serving in...
Georgia courts deliberate over how to incorporate AI into the justice system
ATLANTA -- It started harmlessly enough, with kids using artificial intelligence to cheat on their writing assignments, but the technology has become a palpable threat to society as lawyers and others in the justice system have conducted novel experiments with it and...