The General Assembly responded with legislation codifying public fishing rights into state law. But that didn’t clear up confusion over which rivers and streams across the state are navigable and, ...

ATLANTA – A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan to expand the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge – including land near the swamp being eyed by a mining company – received strong support this week.

ATLANTA – President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former U.S. Rep. Doug Collins of Gainesville to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, Trump announced on social media Thursday.

A Georgia Senate study committee proposed legislation providing civil and criminal penalties for parents or caregivers who allow children access to a loaded firearm and lowering insurance premiums for ...

ATLANTA – Georgia House Democrats Thursday elected longtime Rep. Carolyn Hugley of Columbus to serve as House minority leader during the two-year term starting in January.

The Georgia ports of Savannah and Brunswick were shut down in late September and early last month by a labor dispute involving the union representing dockworkers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. A ...

ATLANTA – Georgia’s unemployment rate was 3.6% last month for the third month in a row, the state Department of Labor reported Thursday. The state’s labor force rose by 1,370 in October to a ...

ATLANTA – Georgia Department of Corrections officials began laying the groundwork Wednesday for an infusion of state funding to beef up staffing, replace aging infrastructure, and improve inmate ...

ATLANTA – The Georgia House Republican Caucus voted Tuesday to reelect the entire GOP leadership team to serve in those roles during the two-year term starting in January. Rep. Chuck Efstration, ...

ATLANTA – The University System of Georgia has hit an all-time high for student enrollment this fall. Nearly 365,000 students are enrolled at the system’s 26 public colleges and universities, an ...

ATLANTA – A company that provides automated warehouse services to businesses of all sizes will invest $144 million in a new distribution facility in Butts County, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Wednesday.

Individual income tax revenue declined by 8.7% in October, mostly due to a sharp drop in tax return payments of 36.5%. Net sales tax receipts also were down, but only by 1%.