Ken Stanford

President Obama said Tuesday more difficult decisions about the nation's biggest expenses - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - will have to be tackled by Democrats and Republicans acting together.

The president of the Lake Lanier Convention and Visitors Bureau says a proposal by a state lawmaker to allow video casinos in high tourist areas like Lake Lanier comes as a surprise to her and her stakeholders.

The John Jarrard Foundation is continuing to expand its annual series of concerts with the first-ever John Jarrard Spring Concert planned for April 16 in Dahlonega.

Shoppers pushed retail sales up for a seventh straight month in January although the increase was the weakest showing since June.

A Savannah Republican plan to introduce a constitutional amendment this year that would open the door to casino-like gambling in such tourist-rich areas as Jekyll Island, Savannah's Hutchinson Island and Lake Lanier.

The Oakwood City Council Monday night authorized the city staff to solicit proposals from consultants to conduct a citywide development impact fee to fund capital projects.

Gainesville State College and Georgia Gwinnett College will benefit from a $50,000 grant from the SunTrust Foundation to the University System of Georgia (USG) Foundation.

President Barack Obama's budget proposal resurrects a series of tax increases that were largely ignored by Congress when Democrats controlled both chambers. Republicans, who now control the House, are signaling they will be even less receptive.

The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and punishment given to a Dawson County man who was 15 when he was formally charged with aggravated child molestation.

Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson says rescue workers believe that two University of Florida students who died in a north Georgia cave were trapped by their rappelling ropes in a frigid waterfall.