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ATLANTA — A fifth state lawmaker has joined the campaign to become Georgia’s next lieutenant governor, with Rep. David Clark, R-Buford, announcing his candidacy Tuesday.
ATLANTA – The University System of Georgia (USG) generated $23.1 billion in economic impact in fiscal 2024, while recent graduates stand to earn $1.4 million more over their lifetimes thanks to their ...
ATLANTA – The University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a $3.87 billion fiscal 2027 operating budget request Tuesday. The 2027 budget, which takes effect next July, represents a $267.5 ...
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump has endorsed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones’ bid to become Georgia’s next governor, siding with his long-time ally ahead of Jones’ fight next year for the Republican nomination ...
ATLANTA – An investigation led by U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has uncovered 510 credible reports of human rights abuses at immigration detention centers across the country. The list included 14 ...
Sen. John F. Kennedy, R-Macon, stepped aside as president pro tempore of the Senate in June to run for lieutenant governor. The president pro tem presides over the Senate in the absence of the ...
Fifth and eighth graders posted the biggest drops in English proficiency rates. In fifth grade, 43% scored proficient or better, down 5 percentage points from fifth grade test takers the prior year.
Fewer students are routinely cutting class now, but one in five were still deemed “chronically absent” last school year, meaning they missed 10% or more of the school year, typically 180 days. The ...
ATLANTA – The son of the owner and president of a financial institution that is the subject of a federal lawsuit and a state investigation has resigned from the Georgia Republican State Committee ...
ATLANTA – A Floyd County man on probation following convictions for making terroristic threats and other crimes was arrested Friday on charges of threatening to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Some of the changes Holden and other local election officials testifying at a daylong hearing in Rockmart suggested would alter ballots to create greater transparency, while others ranged from ...
ATLANTA – Five soldiers were shot Wednesday morning at the U.S. Army’s Fort Stewart southwest of Savannah.