Latest Georgia Headlines
All the headlines from our Georgia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Inside the Toxic Legacy of Georgia-Based Mulitbillion-Dollar Carpet Empire
Feb 6 2026 // Bob Shaw glared at the executives from the chemical giant 3M across the table from him. He held up a carpet sample and pointed at the logo for Scotchgard on the back. “That’s not a logo,” fumed Shaw, CEO...
Georgia City Warns Against Drinking Tap Water After Atlanta Airport Fuel Spill
Feb 2 2026 // A town south of Atlanta advised its residents on Friday not to drink their tap water after a fuel spill at Atlanta’s airport may have contaminated the Flint River. The city of Griffin, whose water system serves more...
Navigators Can’t Parse ‘Additional Insured’ Policy Wording in Georgia Explosion Case
Jan 27 2026 // Navigators Insurance Co., a Hartford excess insurer, cannot escape a Georgia utility company’s argument that the utility is an additional insured on a policy, after a 2018 gas explosion in Georgia that left three...
Georgia Financial Adviser Awaits Sentencing in $380M Ponzi Scheme
Jan 26 2026 // A financial adviser in Georgia pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud in a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than 2,000 people out of $380 million, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors accused Todd Burkhalter, the...
Georgia Farm Bureau Promotes Willis, LIRG Names Roche Marketing Chief
Jan 22 2026 // Georgia Farm Bureau announced that Gary Willis, who recently served as executive director of insurance operations, is the general manager for the bureau’s insurance corporation. Willis Willis takes over for George...
Georgia Seeks to Spend $1.8B to Unclog Interstate 75
Jan 16 2026 // Georgia’s governor said Wednesday that he wants to spend $1.8 billion to unclog one of traffic-choked Atlanta’s notorious chokepoints on the most important highway between the Midwest and Florida. Republican...
Georgia Lawmakers Move to Strike Savannah Ban on Guns in Unlocked Cars
Jan 15 2026 // Georgia lawmakers on Tuesday gave final passage to a bill that aims to void a city of Savannah ordinance that imposes fines and possible jail time for leaving guns in unlocked cars. The state Senate gave final approval to...
Georgia Republicans Move to Scrap State Income Tax by 2032 Despite Concerns
Jan 12 2026 // Eliminating state income taxes sounds great to many voters, but Republicans backing the push in multiple states still face questions about whether such big tax cuts can be made without raising other taxes or sharply...
Viewpoint: Georgia Reforms May Reshape Markets in Unintended Ways
Jan 6 2026 // Georgia lawmakers enacted two consumer-focused statutes that have gone into effect with the New Year that acknowledge and address one simple, but critical fact of life: Time is money. Approved by legislators in May 2025,...
Georgia Regulators Approve Huge Electric Generation Increase for Data Centers
Dec 24 2025 // Georgia’s only private electric utility plans to increase power capacity by 50% after state regulators on Friday agreed 5-0 that the plan is needed to meet projected demand from data centers. It would be one of the...
Son of Ponzi-Accused Georgia Building & Loan Founder Now an Insurance Agent
Dec 19 2025 // The former co-leader of a collapsed Georgia savings and loan, a lending firm that is now the subject of state and federal Ponzi scheme investigations, has been granted an insurance producer’s license in the...
Higginbotham Adds Energy Sector Specialty Firm in Georgia
Dec 19 2025 // Higginbotham, ranked as one of the top-20 largest independent insurance brokerages in the U.S., has continued its growth with the addition of Charter Energy, a specialty insurance brokerage in Atlanta. Charter was founded...
Georgia Commissioner Touts More Auto Rate Reductions by Major Insurers
Dec 17 2025 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John King announced more auto insurance rate reductions for motorists in the state—the second announcement in as many months. King credited tort-reform laws and stepped-up efforts to combat...
FEMA to Send Georgia $300M in Helene Aid After Accusations of Delays
Dec 15 2025 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced it would send $350 million in funding to localities and electric cooperatives for relief efforts following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Debby. The...
Man Sentenced for Flashing Three Insurance Agencies in Georgia
Dec 12 2025 // A man convicted of flashing workers at three insurance agencies in Warner Robins, Georgia, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Demarcus Tyrell Mann, 30, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in October, after he was...
UConn, Georgia Tech Students Win ACORD Challenge Using AI Tools in Pet Insurance
Dec 11 2025 // The insurance industry data standards organization ACORD announced today that University of Connecticut graduate student Manasa Ramaka has won the ACORD Student Challenge 2025, a national competition that asks university...
Verlan Files Subrogation Suit Against Georgia Chemical Plant After $20M Payout on Fire
Dec 9 2025 // About 5 a.m. on Sept. 29, 2024, an employee at the Bio-Lab chemical warehouse outside Atlanta heard a popping sound, a tell-tale sign that stored chemicals had come in contact with water and were reacting. Within 90...
OSHA Fines Korean Construction Firm $20,000 After Georgia Worker’s Death
Dec 8 2025 // Following the death of a worker at a Georgia solar systems plant in May, a federal safety agency has cited a construction firm for serious violations. But the fine levied against Hyoungwon E&C America is only about...
Dunkin’ Cashier in Georgia, Stabbed by Rapper, Can’t Claim More Than Workers’ Comp
Dec 8 2025 // A Dunkin’ Donuts cashier who was stabbed by an Atlanta-area rapper has only the workers’ compensation remedy, even if the incident seems far outside the scope of work duties, the Georgia Court of Appeals has...
‘Agent of the Year’ in Georgia Sentenced to 2+ Years After Misusing Premium Payments
Nov 24 2025 // A central Georgia insurance agency owner and former Alfa insurance agent of the year must serve more than two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to bank fraud and misusing more than $220,000 in premiums. Jeremy...
