Ken Stanford

Republican voters in east Georgia will have to return to the polls in three weeks to choose a challenger for the Deep South's last white Democrat in Congress, though it remained unclear Wednesday exactly which GOP candidates would appear on the runoff ballot.

There was more than one story line playing out in the stock market Wednesday.

Medicare's war on fraud is going high-tech with the opening of a $3.6 million command center that features a giant screen and the latest computer and communications gear. That's raising expectations, as well as some misgivings.

Gov. Nathan Deal, Baxter International Inc. chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert L. Parkinson, Jr., and other dignitaries broke ground Wednesday for a new manufacturing facility for biological medical treatments that Baxter will locate near Covington.

More than half of U.S. counties now are classified by the federal government as natural disaster areas mostly because of the drought.

The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) and Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) have awarded $90.4 million in loans and $9 million state direct investment (SDI) for eight water supply projects through the Governor

The Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the TAG Education Collaborative (TAG-Ed) have announced the finalists for the first annual S.T.E.M. Education Awards, and a Cumming school is one of them. In addition, Gainesville Middle School has been recognized.

Republicans Stan Wise and Chuck Eaton fended off GOP challengers in Tuesday's primary, winning a chance to keep their seats on Georgia's Public Service Commission, which regulates gas, electric and telephone utilities.

A top Pentagon official says automatic cuts in defense spending would force the military to reduce training for warfighters and trim the number of weapons purchased.

Republican and Democratic voters said overwhelming Tuesday that they want to limit the gifts that lobbyists give to influence Georgia state lawmakers.