Georgia News

Gov. Nathan Deal says his administration is researching a pilot program aimed at job applicants who fail drug screening tests.

The Georgia Council for the Arts has released the final policy recommendations from the Arts Learning Task Force. There are more than a dozen recommendations

Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, died Saturday night, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Authorities say a woman is dead after a tractor-trailer stopped beside a northwest Georgia highway rolled downhill away from its driver and collided with a pickup.

Georgia officials say Planned Parenthood Southeast and other facilities in Georgia are following state law requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains after an abortion.

A former Georgia congressman is returning to the classroom at Kennesaw State University.

Georgia’s net tax collections for July totaled nearly $1.58 billion, an increase of $90.9 million, or 6.1 percent, compared to July 2014.

The facilities manager of the Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Middle Georgia estimates that damage from a recent storm will result in up to $300,000 in repairs.

School systems in Georgia are struggling to provide parents and students with the school choice options they seek.

Health officials in Georgia have confirmed the state's first human case of West Nile virus of the season.