Ken Stanford

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Gov. Nathan Deal's appointee to a six-figure job as the state's mental health ombudsman has no previous experience in the field and previously served as scheduler for former Gov. Sonny Perdue.

You'll have two chances today to comment on a possible Hall County Commission tax hike, as the commission moves toward a vote on the tax rate tonight.

In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati handed the administration a victory Wednesday by agreeing that the government can require a minimum amount of insurance for Americans.

With jobs and federal aid at stake, U.S. cities are lining up to contest their 2010 census counts as too low.

A ruling from a federal appeals court has propelled metro Atlanta from a weak position at the bargaining table into a much stronger one.

North Gwinnett will host more than 38,000 Jehovah's Witnesses from the metro Atlanta, North and South Carolina at four conventions this year starting this weekend.

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Wednesday that Caterpillar, Inc. will make a major investment in its Griffin Engine Center in Spalding County.

The Gainesville Regional Office of Georgia Legal Services is hosting a Family Law Advice Only Clinic to be held at its office at 705 Washington Street, Suite B-1, next Thursday.

In a blunt challenge to Republicans in Congress, President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that eliminating selected tax breaks for oil companies and the super-wealthy must be part of any deficit reduction plan.

Four people - including a woman, her son and his daughter - are under arrest in Commerce in connection with a four-county burglary ring that netted more than $20,000 in tools.