Ken Stanford

The Arizona House has defeated a bill that would have made it the only state in the nation to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants.

How hot was it in June? You no doubt heard a lot of people complaining abut the heat but the number of 90-plus days recorded at the Gainesville airport last month was the same as June a year ago.

New census data show many of America's largest cities are now growing more quickly than the rest of the nation, reversing a decade-long trend... with Atlanta among the 25 fastest-growing cities. Every municipality in Hall County showed a population increase.

The rate in the decline of prices on existing homes is slower in Atlanta than the national average.

Four Georgia banks now find themselves facing FDIC orders to boost their capital.

A new report shows that as of January, the number of registered Latino voters in Georgia has now reached 145,991, representing 3% of the electorate in the state.

Republican Norm Coleman conceded to Democrat Al Franken in Minnesota's contested Senate race on Tuesday, ending a nearly eight-month recount and court fight over an election decided by only a few hundred votes.

The beginning of July ushers in a slew of new laws in Georgia, including a measure that seeks to celebrate the Confederacy while also honoring a civil rights leader, tighter rules targeting a long-time scourge of cotton farmers and a pair of new laws long sought by prosecutors as a way to strengthen victim's rights.

City of Gainesville and Hall County offices will be closed Friday in observance of July 4 which falls on a Saturday this year. In addition, county offices will be closed Monday, July 6, as well.

The verdict in a Gainesville malpractice case is overturned by the state Supreme Court.