Ken Stanford

With time growing short and warnings more dire, the first, fragile signs emerged Thursday of a possible compromise to raise the nation's debt limit and avert a potentially catastrophic default on Aug. 2.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill making California the first state in the nation to add lessons about gays and lesbians to social studies classes in public schools.

The Habersham County Board of Education is considering a school tax rate hike of more than one mill.

A local business is set to be issued a $5 million revenue bonds by the Gainesville/Hall County Development Authority as it moves toward stepping up production.

Georgia has been awared $72 million in federal grants for public housing renovation statewide, includig a number in northeast Georgia.

The City of Gainesville will host a community workshop tonight as it continues to seek public input on an update of the city's Comprehensive Plan.

Cornelia Better Hometown is kicking off a retail/restaurant business plan competition they hope will increase interest in spaces available in downtown Cornelia, and also generate some economic development for the city center.

Consumers spent more on cars and in big chain stores in June but falling gas prices held back retail sales.

Amid new warnings and fresh signs of strain, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are entering a perilous debt-limit endgame.

The nation's largest food companies say they will cut back on marketing unhealthier foods to children, proposing their own set of advertising standards after rejecting similar guidelines proposed by the federal government.