Ken Stanford

More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any year in the nation's history, topping the peak during the baby boom 50 years earlier, federal researchers reported Wednesday.

You will get a chance starting next Thursday this month to tell Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) what you think about a plan to allow some motorists to pay to use the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lanes on I-85 in Gwinnett and DeKalb counties.

University of West Georgia officials have notified nearly 1,300 students and faculty members that their personal information was on a laptop stolen from a professor traveling in Italy.

The chairman and CEO of American International Group acknowledged Wednesday to congressional interrogators that some of the insurance giant's executive bonuses are "distasteful."

The Georgia House Appropriations Committee has approved an $18.6 billion budget.

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), which plans to open a prison in Gainesville this year which will house federal detainees, recently announced the appointment of Jerry Lankford as senior director, State Customer Relations for Florida, Georgia and Louisiana.

One of two adults charged in the drug overdose death of a Jackson County teenager remains behind bars.

The state Public Service Commisison approved Georgia Power's plan to build two new nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, near Augusta.

Voters in Lula Tuesday rejected/approved a liquor referendum.

Eight Senate Democrats are opposing speedy action on President Barack Obama's bill to combat global warming, complicating prospects for the legislation and creating problems for their party's leaders.