Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Georgia Man Charged Again in Selling Fake Workers’ Comp Insurance Certificates
Sep 17 2025 // A Georgia man has been arrested for at least the second time in four years, charged with posing as an insurance agent and selling fake workers’ compensation policies. Fernando Jose Cuellar Membreno, 54, was arrested...
Georgia Church Leaders Charged With Buying Homes With False Documents
Sep 15 2025 // Leaders of a Georgia-based church with congregations in five states have been charged by federal prosecutors with swindling millions of dollars in veterans benefits from parishioners serving in the military. An indictment...
Georgia Judge Won’t Award Attorney Fees to Governments in Rivian Lawsuit
Sep 15 2025 // A judge has rejected an attempt by the state of Georgia and a local development agency to force people who unsuccessfully sued to block an electric vehicle plant to pay the government’s legal fees. State government...
Georgia Judge to Toss Landmark Racketeering Charges Against ‘Cop City’ Protestors
Sep 11 2025 // ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge on Tuesday said he will toss the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of a yearslong conspiracy to halt the construction of a police and firefighter training facility that...
Former Alfa Agent in Georgia Pleads Guilty to Misusing Premium Payments
Aug 28 2025 // A former Alfa insurance agent in Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to using more than $200,000 from one policyholder to cover other expenses, including the premium payments for other insureds. Jeremy Lasseter, of Warner...
Georgia Commissioner to Fine 22 Health Insurers $20M for Lack of Mental Health Parity
Aug 18 2025 // Georgia’s insurance commissioner announced plans to fine 22 health insurers a total of $20 million for failing to cover mental health treatments as required by law, but he did not name the insurance companies in the...
Allstate to Pay About $500K on Georgia Claim Highlighted in Hearing, Senator Says
Aug 6 2025 // Three months after a U.S. senator chastized Allstate for its response to a Georgia woman’s storm claim, Allstate has paid more than 10 times its initial payout on the claim, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said...
Two Georgia Men Denied Bond After Charged With Large Cache of Homemade Bombs
Jul 30 2025 // Two Georgia men, denied bond, are in jail awaiting court action after they were charged with possessing a large amount of homemade explosive devices. The Georgia Office of Insurance Commissioner and State Fire...
Ga. Funeral Home Sent Parents Their Deceased Son’s Brain by Mistake, Lawsuit Says
Jul 28 2025 // Two funeral homes allegedly gave grieving parents their deceased son’s brain in a box, which began to smell, leaked into their car and got on the father’s hands when he moved it, according to an updated lawsuit...
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Cancels Run for US Senate Seat
Jul 25 2025 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King is dropping out of the race for a U.S. Senate seat after meeting with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Multiple news outlets reported that King, a Republican in the commissioner’s job...
Slave Descendants Still Fighting for Georgia Court to Hear Discrimination Claims
Jul 23 2025 // DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Black landowners from a tiny island community returned to a Georgia courtroom, urging a judge to let them move forward with a lawsuit that accuses local officials of illegally weakening protections for...
11th Circuit Upholds $1.75M Verdict Against Church Mutual on Georgia Roof Claim
Jul 23 2025 // Central Baptist Church of Albany, Georgia, suffered roof damage during a hailstorm in 2014. Its insurance carrier, Church Mutual Insurance, determined that the roof had only minor damage that could be repaired. It offered...
New Georgia Workers’ Comp Rules Took Effect in July, Aiming at Clarity, Consistency
Jul 22 2025 // The Georgia General Assembly made no statutory changes to the Workers Compensation Act in 2025. However, effective July 1, 2025, the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation (SBWC) has introduced several...
Countertop Maker in Georgia Fined for Exposing Workers to Silica Dust
Jul 11 2025 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Georgia countertop maker $33,000 for allegedly exposing workers to high levels of silica dust, which causes silicosis and other respiratory...
Georgia Commercial Lender Owner Charged With $140M Ponzi Scheme
Jul 11 2025 // NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed Thursday. The civil lawsuit by the U.S....
Fire in the SE Sky May be Linked to Home Damage in Georgia
Jun 27 2025 // An object bright enough to be seen streaking across the midday sky fell across parts of the Southeast U.S. on Thursday. The object was likely either a meteor or space junk, with most sightings of the streak of light and...
Jury Awards $2.25M to Georgia Couple in Suit Over Autopsy Images of Baby
Jun 23 2025 // A jury has awarded a Georgia couple $2.25 million in their lawsuit accusing a pathologist of posting graphic videos of an autopsy of their decapitated baby. A Fulton County jury returned the verdict against Dr. Jackson...
Families of People Killed in Georgia Ferry Dock Collapse Sue Companies That Built it
Jun 13 2025 // Relatives of seven people who drowned in waters off a Georgia island after a ferry dock walkway collapsed announced Wednesday they filed a lawsuit against the companies that designed and built it. Dozens of people were...
Baptist College in Georgia Places President on Leave as it Probes Sex Abuse Claims
Jun 10 2025 // A Baptist college in northeast Georgia has placed its president on leave while it investigates whether he ignored claims that a former administrator was abusing students. Trustees at Truett McConnell University in...
A Deep Dive: Recommendations on Georgia’s Rising Premiums, Loss Ratios
Jun 9 2025 // Homeowners’ insurance premiums in Georgia cost less than in other states. Neither affordability nor availability have been major concerns in a state with hundreds of licensed insurers. But things changed in 2023-2024...
