STATE/REGIONAL NEWS
Gov. Sonny Perdue is proposing deep new cuts to the state's healthcare providers, slashing the amount they receive for treating Medicaid patients and removing a sales tax exemption for non-profit hospitals.
A polarizing proposal that would split Fulton County in two has cleared a House committee.
The state Senate has approved a wide-ranging overhaul of property taxes in Georgia.
The Defense Department says it will partially resume a grant program that pays for college classes and career training for military spouses, who were outraged when the program was abruptly halted last month.
Three of Zoo Atlanta's African lions are moving to a new home at a Mexican adventure park.
Workers in Kingsland are preparing to build a 1.5-mile trail that officials say will be the first of many for the southeast Georgia city.
A Columbus man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after a jury convicted him of attacking police officers with a pipe bomb.
Georgia's public defender system is still trying to recover its financial footing after a courthouse gunman racked up a $3 million defense tab on the way to his conviction.
New legislation would mandate parent-teacher conferences when a student receives a failing grade on two consecutive report cards.
Savannah is celebrating the resurrection of one of its famous squares, a site that helped spark the city's preservation movement after its demolition in the 1950s.
New job numbers are out for January and Hancock ranks worst in the state with 23.5 percent unemployment.
Former Christian Coalition head Ralph Reed says that after much thought and prayer he has decided not to run for Congress in Georgia.
Governor Sonny Perdue's water conservation bill is one step closer to becoming law after the Senate approved the proposal, which is also up for consideration in the House.
Sen. Mitch Seabaugh is proposing cutting 19 superior court judges -- a move he says could save the state up to $14 million.
A 33-year-old Pickens County High School teacher has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a male student.
A federal appeals panel has upheld the conviction of a French art thief who admitted stealing and trying to sell paintings by Claude Monet and other famous artists.
An Albany military base is naming its kennel in honor of a Marine canine handler whose parents were allowed to adopt his bomb-sniffing dog after the young Marine was killed in Iraq.
Georgia Tech is getting a $50,000 grant from the Ford Motor Co. Fund to test a new "smart lock" technology for bicycles in Emory University's bike-share program.
The leader of an assisted suicide group charged with helping a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself said he's looking forward to a trial that he hopes will validate the group's work.
Two soldiers from South Carolina and Georgia have been killed in a vehicle rollover in Iraq.
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