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...
Letters Don’t Seem to Sway Judge: Oxendine Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison July 15, 2024 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in...
Atlanta Gets a Handle on Broken Water Main That Left Parts of the City Dry June 5, 2024 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — For at least some residents, Atlanta’s water problems weren’t over Monday. Milena Franco, who lives in the...
Three Weeks Before Trial, Former Georgia Commissioner Oxendine Pleads Guilty March 25, 2024 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — A former Georgia insurance commissioner who made a failed Republican run for governor has pleaded guilty to...
Georgia House Approves Bill to Let Drivers Refuse to Sign Traffic Tickets February 23, 2024 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are seeking to change state law to say that officers don’t have to arrest people...