Ken Stanford

The state attorney general's office says the state has filed a notice of appeal of a federal judge's ruling that blocked parts of the Georgia law cracking down on illegal immigration from taking effect.

House Republicans are siding with food companies resisting the Obama administration's efforts to pressure them to stop advertising junk food for children.

House Republicans are siding with food companies resisting the Obama administration's efforts to pressure them to stop advertising junk food for children.

Six of Georgia's historic theaters - including one in northeast Georgia - are splitting $10,000 in grants to preserve the buildings and promote tourism.

The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested Tuesday as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mobil Corp. to get to areas damaged by the crude spilled from a company pipeline.

A probe has found that more than 78 percent of Atlanta schools examined by state investigators engaged in cheating on standardized tests.

The cause of a late afternoon house fire Monday in North Hall remains under investigation.

The Georgia State Patrol says 19 people were killed in the state in highway accidents during the July 4 holiday period, seven of them in northeast Georgia.

A leading House Democrat thinks members of Congress could reach a deal to avoid a government default if they could get past the semantics of tax increases.

A woman convicted in Mississippi of harboring illegal immigrants from China, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India and Mexico faces up to 10 years in prison when she's sentenced next week.