Georgia Lawmakers Approve $300M in Farm and Timber Tax Breaks After Helene March 24, 2025 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers on Friday approved tax breaks for farmers and timber owners harmed by Hurricane Helene that...
Billions in Hurricane Helene Aid to Farmers to Start Flowing by March 21 March 14, 2025 By Jeff Amy and Russ Bynum ATLANTA (AP) — Tens of billions in aid for victims of Hurricane Helene should start flowing later this month, U.S....
Georgia Lawmakers Push to Ban Automated Speeding-Ticket Cameras March 6, 2025 By Jeff Amy (AP) — Outside Beacon Hill Middle School in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, like along hundreds of roadsides across Georgia,...
Georgia Lawmakers Must Now Fix Differences on Bill to Boost Hurricane Helene Relief March 3, 2025 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Senate wants to boost spending on Hurricane Helene relief even more, including creating a grant...
Georgia Tort Bill Advances After Kemp Makes Concession on Medical Costs February 24, 2025 By Charlotte Kramon and Jeff Amy Georgia senators voted 33-21 on Friday to support Gov. Brian Kemp’s top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, but not before some...
Georgia Governor Wins Support for Tort Reform From 3 Skeptical Senators February 18, 2025 By Charlotte Kramon and Jeff Amy Three Republican holdouts in the Georgia Senate got on board with Gov. Brian Kemp’s top-priority legislation to limit lawsuits, showing...
Battery Firm Pulls Plug on $2.6 Billion Plant in Georgia February 11, 2025 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — A clean energy company is abandoning a plan to build a giant electric battery factory in Atlanta’s...
Georgia Lawmakers to Take up School Safety, Hurricane Relief as Session Starts January 15, 2025 By Jeff Amy and Charlotte Kramon ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Monday proposed giving public schools a one-time additional $50 million to spend...
Winter Storm Gripped on Parts of the South, With Snowy Roads, Flight Cancellations January 13, 2025 By Jeff Amy and Ben Finley ATLANTA (AP) — Flight cancellations piled up and officials warned of continuing dangerous roads Saturday in the wake of a...
One Dead, Two Hurt After Tyson Foods Plant Fire in Georgia December 30, 2024 By Jeff Amy and Dee-Ann Durbin ATLANTA (AP) — A woman died and two other people were hospitalized with injuries after a fire at a Tyson...