Ken Stanford

The 8th Art in the Square Festival is set for September 17th in downtown Gainesville.

The number of people applying for unemployment benefits rose back above 400,000 last week.

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is rolling out a statewide team to urge voters to adopt a transportation tax.

Oil giant BP said Thursday it was investigating a new sheen in the Gulf of Mexico but added there was no immediate indication it was the result of a new oil spill.

U.S. officials say the Obama administration is ready to make an explicit call for Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave power and has notified Arab and European allies that an announcement is imminent.

State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler says Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 10.1 percent in July, up two-tenths of a percentage point from 9.9 percent in June and the same as a year earlier.

At 17 years old, Jared Cano had been expelled and had several run-ins with the law, though none of the charges from burglary to drug possession had been pressed.

A Georgia House committee has signed off on a bill that would push regional votes on a tax hike to fund transportation projects to the November 2012 general election.

The draft project lists approved by each of the twelve Regional Transportation Roundtable (RTR) Executive Committees for the potential transportation sales tax (T-SPLOST) have been finalized by the state Department of Transportation.

Though he made no promises, House Speaker David Ralston said Wednesday he feels sure the concerns about adding new House districts to Hall County will be addressed during the current legislative session.