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Georgia Senate Republicans are set to expand their majority after attorney Steven McNeel won Tuesday's special election runoff in Senate District 18, defeating Democrat LeMario Nicholas Brown.
From Sen. Raphael Warnock to Ambassador Andrew Young, Georgia officials and former Atlanta mayors remember Jesse Jackson as a global freedom fighter.
The NAACP and allied groups are asking a judge to limit how the federal government uses voter data seized in an FBI raid near Atlanta.
All eyes are on Georgia's 14th Congressional District as early voting begins in the special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Many political candidates pitch themselves as outsiders.
At Atlanta's historic "City Hall of Sweet Auburn," Sen. Jon Ossoff and Fulton County DA Fani Willis framed the moment as a crisis for democracy.
Georgia Democrats are launching a coordinated effort to prevent the expansion of ICE detention centers, introducing legislation and city resolutions to block new facilities in South Fulton and across the state.
Nathan Wade did not show up to testify in front of the Georgia Senate panel investigating his former boss and romantic partner, District Attorney Fani Wilis.
Under Sen. Raphael Warnock's amendment, ICE couldn't use new funding to open immigrant detention centers in Social Circle or Oakwood.
Officials in the small town of Oakwood, Georgia say they've heard little support to open a immigration detention center in the community, but some residents approve of the plan.
The Georgia Senate has passed a series of bills aimed at reducing personal income taxes for residents. The legislation now heads to the House, where its fate will be decided in the coming weeks.
Fulton County DA Fani Willis argues that a new state law targeting prosecutors, invoked by codefendants in the dismissed Georgia election interference case, is unconstitutional and being misapplied.
The first Atlanta's e-bike rebate program was highly popular in 2024, so officials have approved another round of rebates for those wanting to start pedaling.
Jackson argues Georgia's "leadership committee" law gives Jones an unconstitutional fundraising advantage in the 2026 Republican primary.
Wade's attorney says a court order tied to a separate legal matter prevented him from getting a hearing before an immigration judge, and is now pursuing congressional and legal avenues to bring him home.
A record 67 Black lawmakers are currently serving in Congress. Here in Georgia, new faces are breaking local barriers.
Georgia officials push for transparency after affidavit reveals details of FBI search of Fulton County's election office.
A former Georgia Department of Community Affairs employee is among six people newly indicted in Fulton County in an alleged scheme to steal nearly $230,000 from a COVID-19 rental assistance program meant to help struggling families.
Georgia librarians are currently immune from being charged for giving material deemed "harmful" to minors. A bill in the House could change that.
Plans for a 10,000-bed ICE detention center near an elementary school have united Social Circle residents in opposition, raising concerns about overcrowding, a lack of local infrastructure, and the detention of non-criminal immigrants.
Seven months after an alleged $140 million Ponzi scheme collapsed, investors are impatient to recover their money.
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff from Georgia energized Atlanta supporters, spotlighting health care as a defining issue for Democrats in the 2026 election cycle.
Attorney General Pam Bondi says she's not worried about the involvement of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard in an FBI search of a Georgia election office.
Georgia Republican U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk says he won't seek reelection this year.
Khalid Kamau, former mayor of South Fulton, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor criminal trespass in a 2023 incident, allowing him to avoid a felony charge and resulting in probation, community service, and a fine.
After Marineland of Canada's sudden closure, Georgia Aquarium welcomes Balor and Zephyr, who are among 30 beluga whales being relocated in a sweeping rescue mission.
An Albany Police Department telecommunications specialist was arrested in Cobb County after an alleged incident involving a girl under 16 at a Marietta-area hotel pool.
Matt Olson hit a three-run homer to back six strong innings from Bryce Elder, leading the Atlanta Braves past the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 to avoid a three-game sweep.
Federal prosecutors say Drive Planning founder Russell Todd Burkhalter defrauded more than 2,000 investors while using their money to fund a yacht, luxury real estate, vehicles and travel.
A Coweta County grand jury has indicted former sheriff's deputy Mike McGuffey on three counts of child molestation and two counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes, according to recently filed court records.