With bipartisan debt-limit talks deadlocked, House Republicans and Senate Democrats readied rival emergency fallback plans Sunday in hopes of reassuring world financial markets the U.S. government will avoid an unprecedented default.
A newspaper investigation has found that the University System of Georgia has been on a spending spree as billions have been cut from the state's budget during the recession.
More than a year after Georgia legislators scaled back tough sex offender restrictions, only a handful of convicts have taken advantage of new rules that allow some to petition to get off the statewide sex offender registry.
Buoyant gay couples cheered by supporters began marrying Sunday on the landmark day that New York became the sixth and largest state to recognize same-sex weddings and provided fresh energy to the national gay rights movement.
Initial unemployment insurance claims in Georgia were down over the past twelve months by 9 percent, but in Gainesville they were up by the largest percentage of any metro area in the state.
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Army's flagship hospital where privates to presidents have gone for care, is closing its doors after more than a century.
Work will continue each night this weekend on the resurfacing of 21 miles of Georgia 365 between Lula and Cornelia including the additional work zone that was added this week.
