State Rep. Houston Gaines became the first prominent Republican to enter the race for an open U.S. House seat in northeast Georgia, launching his campaign Thursday by highlighting his ties to the ...

Metro Atlanta school systems are dealing with a storm of funding problems as they try to set their budgets for the 2025-2026 school year. Federal cuts, health insurance cost increases, efforts to ...

As voters peppered U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock with questions this week about the White House’s escalating battle with the federal bureaucracy, one name came up more than any other. And it wasn’t ...

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to reflect the accurate bill number for legislation prohibiting transgender care for prisoners. An earlier version of the column had an incorrect bill number ...

The worried calls have come into Tom Houck one after another. Houck, the former Atlanta radio host and journalist, operates a popular civil rights tour of Atlanta, guiding students, professional ...

Kemp said his proposal, unveiled Thursday, is a way to rein in lawsuits he and supporters believe have gotten out of hand in recent years, resulting in massive jury payouts. In some rare cases, ...

Five international students and two alumni from Georgia colleges have filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing it illegally terminated their immigration records. The Friday filing — ...

The Trump administration’s ongoing immigration crackdown has targeted both recent border crossers and people who have been living in the U.S. for decades. Few cases in the latter camp have captured ...

Atlanta is on a winning streak with major sporting events — the World Cup next summer, the Super Bowl in 2028 and the Final Four in 2031. But these events come with a price tag that will likely test ...

Six individuals were arrested Tuesday night at a large immigration protest on Buford Highway that ended with tear gas and fireworks hurled at police. Hundreds attended the rally, which began at 6:30 p ...

In March 2024, three months after announcing he wouldn’t run for reelection, the four-term Republican from Pike County reported spending almost $27,000 in stored-up campaign donations on a trip to The ...