Ken Stanford

Americans pulled back on their spending in May after a tepid April, underscoring how fragile the consumer spending recovery remains, new data released Thursday show.

A boil water advisory for a Hoschton subdivision has been lifted.

President Barack Obama's planned meeting Thursday with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer faces a protest from opponents of Arizona's new immigration law

The U.S. Forest has closed a section of the Appalachian Trail in northeast Georgia to camping because of "persistent bear activity."

Gubernatorial candidate Eric Johnson Wednesday released a plan to eliminate the sales tax on energy used in manufacturing.

Students fighting laws that target illegal immigrants are taking a page from the civil rights era, adopting tactics and gathering praise and momentum from the demonstrators who marched in the streets and sat at segregated lunch counters as they sought to turn the public tide against racial segregation.

The Hall County Board of Education is expected to be presented, for preliminary approval, a budget proposal for the coming year when it meets next week.

Gov. Sonny Perdue signed a long-awaited transportation bill on Wednesday that will allow Georgia voters to decide whether to hike the sales tax to pay for roads and infrastructure.

At a time when some such educational institutions are barely able to stay open or are closing because of the recession, a new church-affiliated school is planned in northeast Georgia.

The University of Georgia's interim bulldog football mascot, who got the job late last season after Uga VII died unexpectedly, will get a chance to extend his unbeaten record.