Ken Stanford

For all the complaints about Washington, it was American groupthink that produced divided government in the past two elections and a Congress that has been tied in knots lately.

With two convicted killers back in police custody, authorities have shifted attention to finding out who made the phony court documents that led to the mistaken inmate releases that rocked Florida's judicial system.

Bill Hardman, Georgia's first tourism director, died Friday in Gainesville. Hardman, who was 87, lived in Dahlonega.

Georgia leaders say that conservation rules are reducing water use in metro Atlanta as they fight with Florida over water rights, but it's not entirely clear why consumption has dropped.

Epic failures by Georgia's child welfare system have given the state one of the nation's highest rates of death by abuse and neglect, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz said Saturday that Republicans lost the government shutdown budget battle because some members of his own party in Congress turned on their colleagues, but that he doesn't think they will make the same mistake during another political impasse.