Ken Stanford

University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock says no one should be surprised that state Department of Revenue Commissioner Bart Graham has announced he'll be replaced when Nathan Deal becomes governor next month.

Gov.-elect Nathan Deal says he will re-appoint Bill Donohue to his job as Executive Director of the Lake Lanier Islands (LLI) Development Authority.

The Georgia Department of Labor says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in November, up three-tenths of a point from October.

A 26-year-old Gainesville man accused of killing his girlfriend's 13-month-old baby in 2009 was found guilty Wednesday.

A major traffic snarl developed in Gainesville shortly after lunch Wednesday.

Gov.-elect Nathan Deal said Wednesday the state will have to lay off workers to shrink its 104,000-person workforce as it copes with an ongoing state budget deficit.

A kindergarten student, who was hit by a Hall County school bus on Bird Road Wednesday morning, is apparently going to be okay.

U.S. factory output grew for the fifth straight month, adding to evidence that manufacturing remains an engine of economic growth.

Piedmont College says it will begin offering a bachelor's degree program in nursing at its Athens campus nest year.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up near a mosque in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, killing at least 38 people at a Shiite mourning ceremony, state media reported.