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Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is promising the new Republican majority will quickly resurrect Keystone XL pipeline legislation killed by Democrats, potentially setting up an early 2015 veto confrontation with President Barack Obama.

A meeting Tuesday morning laid the groundwork that could lead to the consolidation of fire departments in Helen and White County.

At its meeting Tuesday evening, Gainesville City Council members unanimously approved an annexation/rezoning request that will bring a high-end development to Ahaluna Drive, off Dawsonville Highway.

The country is facing an epidemic of unscrupulous debt collectors willing to pose as law enforcement and threaten arrest to squeeze dollars out of Americans, a top prosecutor said Tuesday as he announced the arrests of seven people who worked for an Atlanta-area company

U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs again Tuesday as investors were encouraged by a positive outlook from homebuilders and better news from Japan and Germany.

The Georgia Department of Labor will help Factory Direct Wholesale fill a number of positions at its distribution center in Commerce.

U.S. homebuilders' confidence rebounded in November as both sales expectations and buyer traffic improved.

Adrian Peterson's future with the Minnesota Vikings dimmed further Tuesday, with the NFL suspending the star running back without pay for at least the rest of the season.

The government has the power to hold drone operators accountable when they operate the remote-control aircraft recklessly, a federal safety board ruled Tuesday in a setback to small drone operators chafing under Federal Aviation Administration restrictions.

School officials in Hall County, the city of Gainesville and the city of Buford have been seriously discussing a new penny sales tax referendum to benefit the three systems.