Ken Stanford

Exhausted Georgia lawmakers capped the longest-running legislative session in years Thursday by expanding gun rights and banning drivers from texting behind the wheel

Immigration reform has become the first of President Barack Obama's major priorities dropped from the agenda of an election-year Congress facing voter disillusionment. Sounding the death knell was Obama himself.

Brian Sloan qualified Thursday to run for a second term on the Hall County Board of Education.

The head of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce said she's still waiting on a response from city and county officials to her offer to pay for a mediator to settle Hall County's own "water war."

A Latino clergy group says it will file the first lawsuit challenging Arizona's tough new law targeting illegal immigration.

The number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped for a second consecutive week, further evidence that the job market is slowly improving.

A judge from Hall County has been chosen to determine if a recall petition against Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charles Bannister will be issued.

The government recalled thousands of Simplicity and Graco cribs Thursday, warning that babies could suffocate or strangle in them.

Interim Atlanta Police Chief George Turner says a task force has been formed to fight crime on and near the city's college campuses.

With the Georgia legislature entering its final day of this year's session today, a compromise state budget was hashed out late Wednesday night by House and Senate negotiators.